Staff Engineer - Tape Casting & Ceramic Process

Corning•City of Corning, NY

1d•$95,481 - $131,287•Onsite

About The Position

The role will develop deep understanding of ceramic formulations and processes. The major focus of this position is to support tape-casting formulations and processes development for energy materials, battery materials, and other emerging ceramic products. The person is expected to have broad technical interests, strong motivation as well as sound interpersonal skills to work with interdisciplinary teams of diverse cultural, educational, and ethnic backgrounds.

Requirements

Minimum Master's degree in polymer engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, ceramic engineering, material science engineering or related discipline, PhD preferred
Minimum 3+ years of tape-casting experience, with deep expertise in organic binders and plasticizers—including rheology, solvent compatibility, and burnout behavior—and hands-on skill in slurry processing, rheology measurement, and doctor blade or slot-die ceramic shaping.

Nice To Haves

Advanced ceramics materials processing
Basic process integration and/or material understanding in battery-related materials
Delivery of results in a high-tech, fast paced and dynamic environment
Manufacturing and/or pilot manufacturing experience of advanced product
Combine theory, modeling and mechanistic understanding into practical problem solving and knowledge delivery

Responsibilities

Participate in new products and process development.
Based on project objectives and overall strategy, drive learning efficiently and systematically by designing, planning and executing experiments on lab and pilot-scale equipment.
Drive critical understanding based on first principles, inference and observations.
Support design of prototype equipment and pilot equipment, establish baseline processes and transfer process knowledge to engineering team.
Manage day to day activities with hands-on experimentation and documentation/sharing of results.
Define the appropriate process and response data to collect, then analyze and interpret that data to generate actionable insights.
Coordinate with other process areas to build a shared understanding of the overall process window and deliver samples for internal and external use.