Sr. Scientist, Coating Process
About The Position
Corning Incorporated is hiring a Sr. Scientist, Coating Process at Sullivan Park in Corning, NY. This is a full-time onsite role that typically works Monday–Friday, 40 hours per week, with flex as needed, and requires less than 5% travel, with possible international travel. Relocation assistance is available. Join Corning’s Corning Environmental Technologies (CET) Development team at Sullivan Park, Corning’s central R&D campus, and support coating development for ceramic substrates and filters. In this hands-on scientist role, you will help develop and evaluate slurry coatings, catalyst or absorbent systems, and related processes that enable products to perform in areas such as emissions control and carbon capture. You will work across technicians, program managers, technical development teams, and external partners to plan experiments, analyze performance, troubleshoot issues, and support process scale-up and application development.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related field
- Experience designing and executing experiments and analyzing technical data in a hands-on materials, coating, or process development environment
- Experience with laboratory materials characterization and property testing methods
- Ability to work effectively across research, development, and manufacturing with a range of technical and business stakeholders
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to coordinate and delegate work to technicians
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt in a fast-moving, changing project environment
Nice To Haves
- PhD in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related field
- Experience with slurry coatings, coating process development, or related materials processing
- Experience with analytical techniques such as SEM, XRD, FTIR, TGA/DSC, ICP, XRF, or similar
- Experience in industrial coating, catalyst coatings, carbon capture, Direct Air Capture, sorbent/absorption systems, or related environmental technologies
- Experience with DOE, statistical analysis, process transfer, scale-up, or coater/contract manufacturer qualification
Responsibilities
- Lead experimental design, execution, and analysis for coating and materials processing projects
- Develop and optimize slurry coatings, coating processes, and related test methods for ceramic substrates and filters
- Delegate experimental activities to technicians and communicate priorities across project teams
- Perform material characterization, analyze technical data, and recommend next steps
- Investigate performance issues and conduct failure analysis on internal and external samples
- Partner with technical development teams supporting carbon capture, future CET programs, and base business applications
- Collaborate with external customers, coaters, and contract manufacturers
- Support process transfer, qualification, and scale-up activities
Benefits
- Relocation assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
