Early-Career Metallurgy Engineer: Solve Materials Challenges

Corning Incorporated; City of Corning (NY); On-site; USD 67,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Pension

Health benefits

Job summary

Corning Incorporated is seeking an Engineer, Metallurgy to support innovation across projects. The role involves laboratory testing, production experiments, and failure analysis to deliver robust metallurgical solutions.

The position emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with scientists, engineers, and plant staff, while developing fundamental understanding of metals, alloys, and coatings in diverse environments.

Qualifications

• Broad metallurgical knowledge across metals and alloys
• Fundamentals: strength, corrosion, heat transfer, diffusion
• Experience with failure analysis and materials processing methods

Responsibilities

• Provide technical solutions to metallurgical problems across labs and manufacturing
• Design/execute tests to understand materials behavior
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and plant personnel
• Conduct root-cause failure analyses and recommend long-term fixes
• Develop and write metal specifications and vendor qualifications
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed

Skills

Metallurgical knowledge

Engineering fundamentals

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical curiosity

Education

Bachelor's degree in materials/metallurgy

Master's or PhD in materials/metallurgy

Tools

Coating processes (PVD, CVD)

Job description

Corning Incorporated is seeking an Engineer, Metallurgy to support innovation across projects. The role involves laboratory testing, production experiments, and failure analysis to deliver robust metallurgical solutions.

The position emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with scientists, engineers, and plant staff, while developing fundamental understanding of metals, alloys, and coatings in diverse environments.