About Agilent
Agilent Technologies is a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets, providing laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications, and expertise. Their Mulgrave technology centre — Agilent's Spectroscopy hub for Australia — is a state-of-the-art R&D; and manufacturing facility, designing and building instruments trusted by scientists across environmental, food, pharmaceutical, and industrial sectors globally.
Agilent is Great Place to Work Certified in Australia, part of a broader global recognition of its people-first culture.
The Opportunity
Agilent's Spectroscopy Product Line is looking for a Hardware Quality and Test Engineer to join its Hardware Test Labs in Mulgrave.
This is a hands-on, dual-focus role spanning Quality Engineering — ensuring products are designed and manufactured to meet company and customer standards — and Test Engineering, providing hardware testing support to certify product designs against EMC, environmental, reliability, and product safety standards (including IEC 61010).
Step into Agilent's world-class Hardware Quality and Test team, delivering safety and reliability testing for spectroscopy instruments trusted by laboratories worldwide. You'll join on an 18-month contract, with a clear and active pathway to a permanent position — a great opportunity to build your career within a well-resourced, high-impact engineering environment.
What You'll Be Doing
- Conduct hands-on safety testing and contribute to CPC (product certification) audits and programs
- Test and evaluate products and assemblies against corporate, regulatory, and safety requirements
- Define, implement, and verify test methods, procedures, limits, and set-ups
- Design custom test fixtures for reliability testing
- Troubleshoot test failures, determine root cause,
and recommend engineering solutions
- Generate technical reports and present findings to relevant teams
- Maintain test equipment and machinery to minimise downtime, including calibration scheduling
- Collaborate with R&D; to define test plans covering performance, life, reliability, and design margin testing
- Support ISO 17025 lab compliance, with the opportunity to work toward qualified signatory status for safety test releases
- Plan and manage incoming equipment schedules for testing
About You
- Engineering background in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, or Optical Engineering — a relevant Bachelor's degree is preferred, though exceptional candidates with robust equivalent experience will be considered
- Hands-on experience conducting safety tests, ideally within a formal test lab environment (experience in an ISO 17025-accredited lab highly regarded)
- Exposure to, or understanding of, CPC (product certification) audits and programs
- EMC testing knowledge is a strong plus
- A genuine quality-driven mindset, with a solid understanding of safety standards and compliance
- Prior exposure to spectroscopy or vacuum products is highly regarded, but not essential
- Comfortable in a 100% on-site, lab-based role
- Candidates without local Australian work experience are welcomed
- Permanent working rights in Australia are required — visa sponsorship is not available for this role
This is a chance to build your career with a global leader in scientific instrumentation, known for a people-first culture, within a collaborative, hands-on engineering environment at Agilent's state-of-the-art Mulgrave technology centre.
Ready to apply? Include a cover letter, or simply add a short summary at the top of your resume highlighting why you're a great fit for this role.
To learn more, reach out to Mel at ESE Recruitment —
[email protected] | 03 9272 6106.
📌 Hardware Quality and Test Engineer (Mulgrave)
🏢 ESE Recruitment
📍 Mulgrave