Process Engineer
About The Position
Corning Incorporated is hiring a Process Engineer at our Erwin Park Center facility in Painted Post, NY. This role typically works M-F, 40 hours per week with flex as needed and requires up to 50% travel, primarily domestic across multiple locations, with international travel possible as well. Join Corning in a hands-on engineering role focused on process improvement, manufacturing support, and structured problem solving across the business. In this position, you will work across manufacturing, supplier, and cross-functional teams to reduce defects, improve process performance, strengthen process control, and evaluate new materials, equipment, and process parameters. This role may support any Corning division or Research & Development organization and will help drive improvements in cost, quality, uptime, yield, cycle time, and safety.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical, materials, ceramic, or mechanical engineering, or computer science
- Problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to use data to support decision making and process improvement
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Organization and time management skills
- Ability to work effectively with others, with initiative and flexibility
Nice To Haves
- Engineering and/or manufacturing experience
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment
- Experience supporting process development or process improvement activities
- Presentation skills
- Innovation experience
- Six Sigma Green Belt or higher
Responsibilities
- Design and develop new processes or improve existing processes at Corning facilities worldwide
- Reduce defects by identifying and addressing root causes
- Solve process and manufacturing problems using structured problem-solving methods such as KT, Designed Experiments, DMAIC, and Six Sigma tools
- Apply statistical tools to analyze process data and support decision making
- Implement process control and process discipline systems within manufacturing operations
- Review and interpret data to recommend immediate actions, long-term corrective actions, and follow-up experiments
- Improve manufacturing cost, quality, uptime, yield, cycle time, and safety
- Work with suppliers to improve performance
- Evaluate new raw materials, equipment, and process parameters
- Document SOPs, SOSs, experiment plans, and process changes, and train operators and peers on defined processes
Benefits
- Equal employment opportunities
- Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
