Regional NPI Quality Engineer – Launch Excellence

Corning Inc.; Reynosa; On-site; MXN 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Corning Inc. seeks a Regional NPI Quality Engineer to lead quality readiness for new product introductions, partnering with R&D, Engineering and Operations to ensure robust controls and smooth production transitions.

You will translate requirements into practical inspections, drive risk management, and monitor ramp-up quality, leveraging Six Sigma methodologies and cross-functional teamwork to prevent defects and ensure launch success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Five to seven years of experience in Quality Engineering, NPI quality, Quality Management Systems, manufacturing engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience supporting new product introductions, product launches, industrialization, or production readiness.
• Strong working knowledge of APQP, FMEA, control plans, process capability, validation, qualification, and quality risk management.
• Experience with structured problem-solving methodologies such as Six Sigma, DMAIC, 8D, or equivalent.
• Experience working in manufacturing or engineering environments, with the ability to connect system-level quality requirements to practical process execution.
• Strong project management, analytical, communication, and influencing skills, including the ability to lead through cross-functional collaboration without direct authority.
• Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 15–25%, including occasional international travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead NPI quality readiness activities, including APQP, risk assessments, FMEA reviews, control plan deployment, validation, qualification, and launch readiness.
• Identify and mitigate risks across design, process development, industrialization, and ramp-up to prevent quality escapes and downstream issues.
• Translate customer and quality requirements into practical engineering controls, inspection methods, testing strategies, and process controls.
• Drive early root cause analysis and corrective actions using structured problem solving methods such as 8D, DMAIC, or Six Sigma.
• Monitor quality performance during ramp-up, coordinate corrective actions, and use lessons learned from production and customer issues to improve future launches.

Skills

Project management

Analytical

Communication

Influencing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Corning Inc. seeks a Regional NPI Quality Engineer to lead quality readiness for new product introductions, partnering with R&D, Engineering and Operations to ensure robust controls and smooth production transitions.

You will translate requirements into practical inspections, drive risk management, and monitor ramp-up quality, leveraging Six Sigma methodologies and cross-functional teamwork to prevent defects and ensure launch success.