Senior Glass Forming Engineer

Corning Incorporated is a diversified technology company with a rich history spanning more than 150 years. Corning concentrates efforts on high impact growth opportunities worldwide. We combine our expertise in specialty glass, ceramic materials, polymers and the manipulation of properties of light with strong process and manufacturing capabilities to develop, engineer and commercialize significant innovative products for the flat panel display, telecommunications, environmental and life sciences markets.

 

To know more about Corning visit us at: http://www.corning.com/

 

Job Title: Senior Glass Forming Engineer

Requisition Number: 161744

Location: Corning, NY 14830

 

Scope of Position:

- Technical leader / process engineer that develops and applies fundamental understanding or engineering principles and/or process simulation analyses to develop or improve glass forming processes

- All glass related Corning business divisions, all stages of product life from research and development to manufacturing

 

Day to Day Responsibilities:

- Glass forming process development and engineering.  Lead activities related to achieving process objectives.

- Develop conceptual designs of glass forming processes, understanding of defect sources and mechanisms and ability to apply knowledge to design improvements and process troubleshooting of glass forming 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

 

Work Location:

- Based in Corning, NY

- On-site assignments at manufacturing operations

 

Travel: 25%, mostly US, some international possible

 

Required Skills:

- Technical: understanding of glass forming processes; background in fundamental sciences of fluid flow, mechanics, thermal sciences, or glass properties

- Data analysis skills: ability to use the PC to analyze process data and trends to reach conclusions that help solve forming process problems

- Experience: Manufacturing or engineering experience in the glass industry, >5 years

 

Desired Skills:

- 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 that has project leadership in place

- Confident presentation skills that convince customers and management of technical direction - ability to tailor message to the audience

 

Education / Experience:

- B.S. - Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering

- 5+ years glass forming experience

 

Benefits Statement:

Corning Incorporated offers a comprehensive benefits package which provides health care coverage and financial security for employees and their families. This package features a pension plan, 401k plan, employee share purchase plan and a health and welfare program, plus many other valuable benefits including dental, vision, employee assistance plan, group legal services, short and long-term disability plans, flexible spending accounts, vacation pay, holiday pay, tuition reimbursement, survivor benefits, work-life benefits and more. Corning also offers medical, dental, vision, employee assistance plan, Group Legal Services and Lifeworks benefits and more to same-sex domestic partners and their eligible dependents.

 

Corning is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

Submit your application online at:

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