Corning is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics, creating and manufacturing keystone components that enable high-technology systems.
Corning’s history is filled with breakthrough technologies that have played an important role in the way the world works. We thrive on solving difficult, commercially relevant problems through an innovative and collaborative research and development process. Corning succeeds through sustained investment in R&D, more than 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, and a distinctive collaborative culture.
Corning's Manufacturing, Technology and Engineering division (MTE) is recognized as the leader in engineering excellence & innovative manufacturing technologies by providing diverse skills to Corning’s existing & emerging businesses.
We anticipate & provide timely, valued, leading edge manufacturing technologies and engineering expertise. We partner with Corning’s businesses and the Science & Technology division. Together we create and sustain Corning’s manufacturing as a differential advantage.
Scope of Position:
Technical process engineer that develops and applies fundamental understanding or engineering principles to develop, improve or transfer glass forming processes.
All glass related Corning business divisions, all stages of product life from research and development to manufacturing.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Forming process development and engineering.
Manage/ lead projects with worldwide impact on glass processes.
Interface with Research and Development and Plant Engineering to develop and lead production trials of new products, processes, and technology to improve forming operations.
Technical analyses of forming processes and application of results to improving processes and meeting customer requirements.
Design and implementation of process experiments.
Role is to provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise in glass forming.
Travel Requirements:
25+% possible, including international
Hours of work/work schedule/flex-time:
40 hours, Monday – Friday; weekend possible depending on location
Required Education:
M.S. – Ph.D. mechanical engineering, thermal engineering, chemical engineering, materials science.
Required Skills:
Technical: strong academic background, able to apply scientific and engineering principles to solve complex problems.
Data analysis skills: ability to use the PC to analyze process data and trends to reach conclusions that help solve process problems.
Desired Skills:
Experience: Development, Engineering or Manufacturing experience in the glass industry.
Technical: understanding of glass processes, particularly glass forming
Working knowledge of statistics and application of tools for process control and management.
Multi-lingual: Japanese, Cantonese.
Soft Skills:
Strong interpersonal skills – effective at interacting and communicating across varying payroll levels.
Able to lead and work in a team environment to solve problems or produce a product.
Able to lead a technical team or provide technical leadership in a larger project team.
Confident presentation skills – ability to tailor message to the audience.