Applications Engineer - Architectural Glass

Corning•City of Corning, NY

37d•Hybrid

About The Position

Corning is a world leader in glass, ceramic, and materials science innovation. The company's technologies push boundaries across various fields, from deep-sea exploration to space. Corning's success is driven by its people who consistently break through limitations and drive progress. The company offers endless possibilities for making an impact in areas such as life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. Corning's innovations include products that accelerate drug discovery, damage-resistant cover glass, optical fiber, precision glass for displays, auto glass and ceramics, and solar energy solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline
Minimum 1 year of industry experience as an Application Engineer
Experience in Manufacturing, Quality, or R&D
Proven commercial and technical experience working with customers
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to lead cross-functional teams
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts clearly to large audiences
Demonstrated leadership capabilities, with experience leading multi-functional matrixed teams
Experience in product engineering and working with commercial functions
Up to 25% travel required both domestic and international

Responsibilities

Serve as a technical lead for North American and European customer relationships, addressing technical queries, resolving issues, and ensuring seamless support by collaborating with internal teams such as Technology, and Sales.
Support customer manufacturing cost understanding and total system cost initiative to enable a scalable technology for customers that is cost neutral to incumbent technology.
Collaborate with OEM partners to ensure equipment, software, and processes exist for mass commercialization of glass technology for IGUs.
Work directly with customer engineering and manufacturing organization to understand equipment and process to maximize throughput and maintain world-class quality.
Act as the conduit for customer feedback, ensuring technology and quality requirements are communicated internally to shape product strategies, sales plans, and technology roadmaps.
Identify unmet customer needs and opportunities for product enhancements, collaborating with internal teams to assess feasibility and drive innovation.
Collaborate with development and product design team to maximize window design and thermal performance for triple and quadruple windows.
Educate sales and account teams on Corning’s technical product offerings to enhance their understanding and engagement.
Monitor market trends, identify new opportunities, and drive customer programs aligned with account plans to deliver value while maintaining Corning’s desired margins.