Analytical instruments and lab services for life sciences, diagnostics, and chemical analysis
Agilent is a $6.85B public company manufacturing analytical instruments (HPLC, GC/MS, ICP-MS) and providing lab services across pharma, diagnostics, food safety, and environmental testing. The hiring surge (471 roles posted in 30 days) is concentrated in sales (310), engineering (181), and support (162), while tech debt is visible in pain-point data: manual scheduling processes, legacy system migration to S/4HANA, and critical QC challenges. Active adoption of SAP Fiori and SAP Analytics Cloud signals enterprise modernization, though the org is still transitioning from older EPM tooling.
Notable leadership hires: Technical Lead, Benefits Lead, Quality Head, Head Service Parts Fulfillment, Service Parts Fulfillment Lead
Agilent Technologies designs, manufactures, and services analytical instruments and diagnostic solutions for research, clinical, food safety, environmental, and pharmaceutical applications. The company operates a global supply chain serving thousands of lab customers across 25+ countries, with revenue streams from hardware sales, consumables, software (CrossLab), and technical support services. Core product lines span liquid and gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, ICP analysis, genomics, and pathology diagnostics. Operations span manufacturing, distribution, field service, and customer success teams at scale.
Agilent actively hires across 25 countries: United States, China, India, Germany, Japan, Canada, Denmark, South Korea, Singapore, Sweden, France, Brazil, Malaysia, Netherlands, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom, Thailand, and Peru.
Core analytical instruments include HPLC, GC/MS, LC-MS, and ICP-MS/OES. Enterprise platforms: SAP (ECC, HANA, Fiori), Oracle EPM (being replaced), SAP Analytics Cloud. Web/cloud: AWS, GCP, React, Angular, Node.js, Java, Python, GraphQL, Adobe Experience Platform.
Active projects include e-commerce operations and checkout solutions, finance transformation (SAP migration), supply chain logistics digitalization, global service scheduling systems, and new product introductions across analytical instrument lines.
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