Sr. Scientist, Glass Process

Corning•City of Corning, NY

20d•Onsite

About The Position

The Scientist - Glass Process is responsible for identifying and developing new and/or improved processes to create new products or improve existing products’ attributes or develop processes that reduce glass manufacturing cost. You are expected to demonstrate technical leadership, collaborate with interdisciplinary teams across research, development and manufacturing groups. You will be responsible for designing and executing experiments, delivering impactful results, and transferring processes to business. Also, you are expected to take leadership in developing new analytical techniques as necessary. This will include working with people of expertise to gain fundamental understanding of underlying phenomena or mechanisms.

Requirements

PhD in materials science, chemical engineering, geology or equivalent
Demonstrated strong technical knowledge
Material processing and understanding of process impact on material properties
Experience in initiating research activities and successful execution of experiments
Working knowledge of physical phenomena (heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, etc.) and thermodynamics with a strong background in relating material properties to process conditions and product attributes
Innovative thinking, creative
Ability to take an idea from concept to reality
Understand value of using modeling as well as characterization and tools
Ability to work effectively with diverse teams
Advanced problem-solving skills
Interest in hands on experimentation
Ability to design and carry out experiments

Nice To Haves

Knowledge and experience in glass melting
Experience interfacing with equipment designers to build process equipment
Strong organization skills, ability to manage multiple tasks
Self-starting individual with strong leadership potential

Responsibilities

Planning, designing and executing experiments; analyzing results, delivering conclusions and planning next steps
Developing new analytical tools or utilizing existing tools to support learning process fundamentals and to deliver optimized/robust processes
Collaborating with process and modeling experts in other organizations to accomplish objectives
Participating on cross functional teams
Communicating and documenting results
Providing updates to project teams, stakeholders