Product Development Supervisor - Optical Fiber

Corning

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Development Supervisor is responsible for Product Development Project Management and/or individual technical execution to develop new processes/ products and/or process conditions for improved product attributes or reduced cost of optical fiber. Scope includes receiving projects from R&D that have demonstrated product and process concepts with a promising Value Proposition and managing them to achieve demonstrated profitability with verified market channels. Scope further includes direct supervision and will be responsible for management of 4-6 salaried employees. This will include, but not limited to work prioritization, annual reviews, training, and administrative tasks. The role will be in the Draw and Coating PPD group, working on new coating development and testing as well as new products/processes. The Development Supervisor is expected to use defined processes in solving problems and designing definitive experiments to drive understanding and to further engage Scientists & Engineers for modeling and characterization (existing or develop new), Product Engineering for product qualification, Manufacturing groups to ensure process control, quality architecture definition, and safety and Commercial organizations for continued validation of the business case. Cross-business networking to achieve optimal product, application, and business success is expected.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering with minimum 3 years of engineering experience
Supervisor/leadership and project experience
A process engineering background with emphasis on chemical transport and reaction processes as well as resultant product and equipment performance.
Use the scientific method and fundamental engineering principles to solve problems thoroughly and effectively, using well-designed and executed process experiments.

Nice To Haves

Experience working on forming, coating, or coating application products/processes
Strategic team building experience
Experience with UV-curable polymer coatings
Product development and transfer into an industrial setting
Knowledge/experience in organic coating materials and application, free-radical polymerization and optical fiber draw and downstream manufacturing
Experience in draw process development, experimentation, and/or process support
Proficient in data analysis tools and techniques

Responsibilities

Manage a structured product/process development and utilize the Innovation Process and relevant risk management tools to ensure on-time delivery
Use established processes to identify concepts for manufacturing new and advantaged products and processes; design and execute product or process validation tests in a manufacturing plant; analyze data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations
Manage a cross-functional team and apply traditional project management methodologies of performance, scheduling, and cost control; set direction, roles and responsibilities, and priorities for team members and self-directed work
Collaborate with product or process design experts in other organizations
Use scientific method to define problems, outline hypotheses, design critical experiments and use fundamental understanding to drive robust solutions
Communicate and document results