Staff Engineer and Project Lead, Forming Equipment
About The Position
Materials Forming Technology is a capability group within Corning’s Technology Community. It innovates new forming processes and advances current forming platforms by developing first-principle understanding and translating fundamentals into engineered solutions. The Forming Equipment Technology department focuses on early-stage technology equipment innovation aligned with Corning businesses and research. This role provides hands-on mechanical design and equipment engineering for forming equipment, tooling, and prototype systems used in glass-forming applications. The position also leads technical workstreams and small-to-medium projects, with individual ownership and cross-functional collaboration across research, development, engineering, and manufacturing organizations. Work includes design and documentation, engineering analysis, equipment build and validation support, vendor collaboration, and project coordination. The regular schedule is Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with flex-time possible. Local, domestic, and international travel may be required depending on project location, up to 25%. The position does not support immigration sponsorship.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering; Mechanical Engineering is preferred.
- Strong mechanical design capability using SolidWorks or equivalent 3D CAD software.
- Ability to create detailed part drawings, assembly drawings, and design documentation suitable for fabrication, procurement, and installation.
- Demonstrated technical leadership, curiosity about equipment performance, ability to identify root causes, and ability to develop practical design solutions.
- Ability to learn and apply mechanical design fundamentals to new technology areas.
- Experience resolving complex mechanical or equipment problems using engineering fundamentals, structured problem-solving, modeling, and data analysis.
- Ability to support equipment build, installation, startup, debugging, and validation in collaboration with fabrication, controls, process, and operations teams.
- Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries and communicate effectively throughout all levels of an organization.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical workstreams or small-to-medium projects while remaining hands-on technically.
- Willingness to learn, self-motivation, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Strong interpersonal skills and experience networking in a matrixed environment.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Find clarity in direction and drive to get results.
Nice To Haves
- Prior glass-forming, fiber, or precision-equipment experience.
- Experience designing equipment, tooling, fixtures, or prototype systems for laboratory, pilot, or manufacturing environments.
- Familiarity with design for manufacturability, design for assembly, tolerance stack-ups, GD&T, and fabrication methods.
- Experience supporting equipment installation, checkout, commissioning, debugging, or validation.
- Experience using modeling software such as SolidWorks Simulation, COMSOL, or ANSYS.
- Ability to independently solve problems using data and translate technical needs into practical equipment designs.
Responsibilities
- Develop mechanical designs for forming equipment, tooling, fixtures, and prototype systems using SolidWorks or equivalent CAD tools.
- Generate detailed part and assembly drawings, bills of material, and supporting documentation for fabrication, procurement, and build execution.
- Apply engineering analysis, modeling, and data-driven decision-making to evaluate design options, resolve technical issues, and improve equipment performance.
- Support equipment installation, startup, debugging, and validation in laboratory, pilot, and manufacturing environments.
- Collaborate with process, mechanical design, controls, fabrication, and operations teams to deliver integrated equipment solutions.
- Partner with fabrication vendors and internal build resources on manufacturability, assembly, fit-up, and design-for-maintenance considerations.
- Document design work through design reviews, drawing packages, test plans, validation summaries, technical reports, and invention disclosures as appropriate.
- Lead technical workstreams and small-to-medium projects, managing priorities, schedules, risks, actions, and stakeholder communication.
- Travel locally, domestically, and internationally as project needs require, up to 25%.
Benefits
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives.
- Company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout the career, as described in one benefits passage.
- 401(k) matching contributions; one benefits passage describes matching that may bring combined retirement contributions to 7%–12% of pay, while another states matching contributions of up to 4% of pay when the employee contributes 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
