Software R&D Engineer

Job Description

Join Agilent’s ICP-MS Software R&D team and help create software for advanced analytical instruments that support important work in laboratories around the world. Our technology is used in chemical analysis, environmental testing, and life science applications, and this role offers the opportunity to apply your software engineering skills to products that have clear real-world impact.

This is a strong opportunity for engineers who enjoy thoughtful product development, stable long-term engineering work, and solving technical problems in collaboration with others. You may already have experience in instrument control or Windows desktop development, or you may come from adjacent areas such as embedded systems, industrial software, device communication, automation, or other software environments where reliability, maintainability, and quality are important.

What You’ll Work On

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software used to operate and control ICP-MS instruments.
• Build robust, reliable, and maintainable software features that support instrument performance, usability, and quality.
• Investigate technical challenges, analyze issues, and contribute to effective long-term solutions.
• Collaborate with software engineers, scientists, and cross-functional partners to turn requirements into practical product solutions.
• Contribute to design discussions, technical documentation, integration, and product release activities.
• Continuously learn new technologies, tools, and domain knowledge relevant to analytical instrument software.

Qualifications

Who We’re Open to Considering

We are open to candidates from a broad range of software engineering backgrounds. If you have built software in environments that require careful design, debugging, long-term maintenance, or close collaboration with other technical teams, your experience may be highly relevant here. Direct experience in scientific instruments is welcome, but not essential.

We are especially interested in engineers with strong object-oriented programming foundations and a genuine interest in building reliable products over time. Candidates from C#/.NET, Windows applications, embedded software, industrial systems, data processing, backend systems, or other complex software environments are all encouraged to apply.

For engineers in Japan who value craftsmanship, technical ownership, and meaningful global collaboration, this role offers the opportunity to help shape the future of ICP-MS software from Japan, a key development hub, while partnering with colleagues across functions and sites worldwide.

If you do not meet every preferred qualification exactly, we still encourage you to apply. We value strong software fundamentals, learning agility, professionalism, and the motivation to contribute to high-quality product development in a collaborative environment.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in software development using object-oriented programming concepts.
• Ability to understand, modify, and improve existing code in a structured and maintainable way.
• Experience or interest in technical investigation, debugging, and problem solving.
• Interest in working on software connected to physical systems, instruments, devices, or data-rich applications.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and build domain knowledge in analytical instruments.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with local and global team members.
• Japanese language ability for day-to-day work, and sufficient written English for technical collaboration.

Preferred Experience

• C#/.NET or Windows application development.
• Software for instrument control, device communication, measurement, automation, or industrial systems.
• Scientific, analytical, regulated, or data-intensive software environments.
• Experience working across the software lifecycle, from requirements through release and support.
• Exposure to chemistry, analytical instruments, or adjacent technical domains.

Why Join Us

At Agilent, you can build a long-term career while working on products that matter. This role offers the opportunity to deepen your software engineering expertise, learn a specialized technical domain, and contribute to high-quality products in a collaborative R&D environment that values reliability, continuous improvement, and teamwork.

Additional Details

This job has a full time weekly schedule.
Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locations
Agilent Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.

Travel Required:

Occasional

Shift:

Day

Duration:

No End Date

Job Function:

R&D