Scientist - Optics

Corning•City of Corning, NY

1d•$84,141 - $115,694•Onsite

About The Position

Corning is a world leader in materials science, known for its innovations in glass, ceramics, and related materials. The company's technologies push boundaries across various fields, from space exploration to everyday devices. Corning's success is driven by its people, who consistently break through limitations and drive progress. The company offers numerous opportunities for employees to make a significant impact, contributing to advancements in life sciences, mobile electronics, optical communications, display technology, automotive, and solar energy. Corning's diverse businesses serve multiple markets with trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, provide durable cover glass for electronic devices, deliver high-speed information through optical fiber, enable advanced displays, and contribute to cleaner transportation and solar energy solutions.

Requirements

BS/BA in a technical discipline required such as physics, engineering, chemistry, or mathematics.
Minimum 1-year demonstrated hands-on experience beyond the classroom (such as industry or research lab) with emphasis on optical delay and photoelasticity-based measurement systems for materials metrology (i.e., polarimetry, interferometry).
Strong background in data collection, processing, and analysis.
Hands-on experience with polarization sensitive measurements and devices.
Experience with operating optical measurement systems and analyzing output data.
Familiarity with stress, strain, polarization, and stress-induced birefringence (photoelasticity).
Ability to solve technical problems and document them effectively.

Nice To Haves

Experience with designing, aligning, and/or troubleshooting optical measurement systems.
Knowledge of coding (such as MATLAB, Python, LabView, or similar) for automation of data analysis/collection.
Experience with material science and material properties.
Strong understanding in mathematics for manipulating expressions for use of comparing theory and experiment or extracting useful measurement values/relationships.
Familiarity with measuring/interpreting stress from photoelasticity data.

Responsibilities

Evaluates materials, properties, and techniques used in research and production from an optical metrology standpoint.
Advises design engineering on the selection, application, and testing of optics and electronic components and systems.
Determines experimental requirements for components and systems.
Develops new techniques and analytical tools for early identification of potential problems with new products, packaging, and processes.
Makes recommendations for changes in the selection and application of components and systems.
Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data.
Works with lab technical leads to develop and implement research tasks.
Drives research projects focusing on optical delay (retardation) and birefringence measurements, polarized light and material interactions, and data collection and analysis.
Develops analysis techniques for existing and novel optical systems.
Contributes to the creation of relevant IP to protect key inventions related to optical delay and birefringence signatures.
Proposes and executes research projects/activities involving optical delay and birefringence measurements.
Performs optical delay and birefringence measurements.
Implements hands-on solutions for experiment, project, or equipment requirements.
Develops experiment workflows for the lab and its customers.
Designs spreadsheet workbooks to track, analyze, and share data with research teams.
Develops measurement and project reports and attends meetings to communicate results.
Works closely with other research scientists, engineers, and technicians to execute multi-disciplinary experiments.
Collaborates on various materials and projects, designs experiments, and executes technology transfer with various organizations in Corning, NY, and other Corning sites.