Quality & New Products Engineer
About The Position
Corning’s Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile and stationary applications. The Quality & New Products Engineer ensures customer quality requirements are understood, communicated, and met throughout manufacturing and delivery. The role is the primary quality contact for customers, addressing concerns, leading problem-solving, and coordinating corrective actions to prevent recurrence. It works closely with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and sales teams to reduce defects, improve response time, and strengthen customer confidence. The engineer also leads and participates in project teams developing new products and manufacturing technology to reduce cost, increase capacity, and improve process capability. Work includes customer quality and measurement systems, product and process testing, statistical analysis, new-product introduction, process control, scale-up, and manufacturing transfer. The position provides second-level support for the Erwin ceramics lab. The position is scheduled Monday through Friday, typically 8 AM–5 PM, with flexibility as needed. Travel is less than 5%. The position does not support immigration sponsorship.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, such as materials, chemical, and/or mechanical engineering.
- At least 7–10 years of engineering experience in manufacturing.
- Minimum of 5 years in a quality engineering role.
- Work experience with ISO 9001.
- Excellent ability with data analysis software and techniques, including Excel, MiniTab, Pi, Access, and JMP.
- Strong statistical and analytical skills, including MSAs, gage R&R, and bias studies.
- Performance Excellence certified green belt and/or black belt.
- Excellent leadership skills and ability to work at all organizational levels, mentor, coach, or teach.
- Critical decision-making skills; ability to manage to SOP, troubleshoot, and act under pressure.
- Understanding of financial measures of manufacturing success and effectiveness.
- Ability to drive root-cause analysis, solve problems, and direct engineering solutions.
- Ability to understand and own multiple plant areas and prioritize.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks at once.
Nice To Haves
- Active listening.
- Technical curiosity, including asking questions and seeking deeper understanding of new technology or technical gaps.
- Ability to act quickly and decisively.
- Ability to communicate effectively in all directions.
Responsibilities
- Manage customer specifications, customer-specific requirements (CSRs), document control, PPAPs, inspections, audits, complaints, and corrective actions.
- Ensure current customer requirements are converted into approved manufacturing specifications.
- Partner with QA, engineering, operations, product engineering, and account teams to meet customer quality requirements.
- Apply QMS, PQA, ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ETQ CAPA, and MOC practices.
- Maintain measurement system analysis (MSA) systems and develop inspection and testing methods for product and equipment precision and accuracy.
- Conduct QA testing and statistical analysis of nonconforming products and materials, including cost and responsibility review.
- Provide second-level support for the Erwin ceramics lab.
- Lead new-product introduction, experiments, process control, scale-up, and manufacturing transfer.
- Work with engineering and operations teams to improve quality, yield, cost, capacity, and capability.
- Lead and participate in project teams developing new products and manufacturing technology.
Benefits
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives.
- Company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout a career (described in one benefits statement).
- Company matching contributions to a 401(k) savings plan; one benefits statement says total retirement contributions can reach 7%–12% of pay depending on age and years of service, while another specifies matching up to 4% of pay when contributing at least 6%.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Family building support.
- Fitness benefits.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Disability benefits.
- Disease management programs.
- Paid time off.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Recognition program to celebrate successes and reward exceptional contributions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
