Senior Thermal Process Engineer

Corning•City of Corning, NY

2d•$84,932 - $116,782•Onsite

About The Position

Corning is seeking a Senior Thermal Process Engineer to join our Manufacturing, Technology & Engineering team at Sullivan Park in Corning, NY. This onsite role supports a typical Monday–Friday schedule with flexibility as projects require and includes approximately 50% travel, primarily to Corning manufacturing and development sites in U.S. locations through international may be a possibility. Join our team and play a vital role in driving innovation and excellence in thermal process engineering. If you are passionate about high-temperature processes, materials, and leveraging cutting-edge technologies, we encourage you to apply! This position supports high-impact high-temperature manufacturing and development programs across Corning such as glass melting, glass forming, heat treatment, fiber optic processes, ceramics, advanced optics, and solar manufacturing. The engineer will apply process engineering, materials science, and data-driven problem-solving to help transition processes from development into manufacturing, resolve production issues, and improve safety, quality, yield, reliability, and throughput.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science/Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Glass Science/Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
2+ years of technical or engineering experience in manufacturing, process development, or a related industrial environment.
Experience with glass melting, glass forming, ceramic firing, fiber optic manufacturing, heat treatment, or another high-temperature materials/process environment.
Experience analyzing process data and supporting troubleshooting, root cause analysis, process trials, or process improvement.
Ability to work independently on an assigned project while collaborating effectively across manufacturing, engineering, and development teams.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and sound technical judgment.
Ability to travel domestically approximately 50%, based on project needs.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in a relevant engineering or materials discipline.
Experience supporting development-to-manufacturing scale-up, production support, line startup, equipment commissioning, or capacity expansion.
Experience with fiber optic processes, fusion draw, advanced glass/materials manufacturing, ceramic processing, furnaces, kilns, lehrs, or thermal equipment.
Familiarity with DOE, DMAIC, Lean, Manufacturing Engineering Excellence, statistical analysis, or process control methods.
Experience leading technical projects or cross-functional workstreams.

Responsibilities

Analyze process and product data to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve thermal process upsets, defects, yield losses, and equipment-performance issues.
Plan and execute process trials, experiments, and evaluations; develop hypotheses and use structured problem-solving to recommend solutions.
Support process scale-up, technology transfer, and manufacturing readiness from development through production.
Partner with operators, technicians, manufacturing engineers, development teams, and other stakeholders to implement process improvements.
Support manufacturing line startups, capacity expansions, equipment ramp-up, and process stabilization activities.
Apply process improvement methods, such as root cause analysis, Design of Experiments, Lean, DMAIC, or similar tools, to improve safety, quality, cost, yield, and throughput.
Maintain process documentation, standards, control plans, and operating procedures for assigned work.