Electrical Engineering Manager

Corning Incorporated; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 126,041 - 173,307; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-wide bonuses

100% company-paid pension benefit

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid parental leave

Recognition program

Job summary

Corning Incorporated is seeking a Controls & Hardware Supervisor in Rochester, NY, to provide technical and supervisory leadership in developing measurement and control systems for optical systems. Responsibilities include overseeing a team of 6–8 engineers, ensuring comprehensive performance assessment, and refining test methods. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 5+ years of experience in complex engineering projects. Benefits include bonuses, retirement contributions, and comprehensive health coverage.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial or combined industrial and graduate level research experience.
• Experience with multi-disciplinary engineering projects.
• Hands-on troubleshooting experience with electronics.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for development of test and measurement systems.
• Supervise and mentor a team of engineers and technicians.
• Define metrology and controls system architectures for assessment.

Skills

Technical leadership

Supervisory experience

Mathematical analysis

Error budgeting

Electronics

Software development in Python or MATLAB

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Multimeters

Oscilloscopes

LabWindows

LabVIEW

Computer vision software (e.g., OpenCV)

Job description

The Controls & Hardware Supervisor provides technical and supervisory leadership for the development of measurement, control, and automation systems used to evaluate performance, optimize quality, and ensure compliance of complex optical systems. This role works with multidisciplinary engineering teams to specify, develop, build, and maintain complex test systems for use in both engineering and production environments, while supervising and mentoring a team of engineers and technicians.

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the architecture and development of metrology, controls, hardware, and software systems supporting optical system test and measurement.
• Supervise, mentor, and provide day‑to‑day guidance to a team of approximately 6–8 engineers and technicians, including task assignments, technical oversight, and performance feedback.
• Define metrology and controls system architectures for test benches to enable comprehensive assessment of optical system performance.
• Develop and maintain error budgets and use them to refine test bench architectures to ensure robust and repeatable measurements.
• Specify, design, assemble, test, and document automated test and control systems, including motors, detectors, cameras, data acquisition, timing circuitry, wiring, and cable assemblies for prototype and production environments.
• Develop and maintain software applications to automate test execution, data acquisition, analysis, and data storage in engineering and production settings.
• Coordinate technical activities with optical design, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, quality, and program management teams.
• Support test system deployment, troubleshooting, and sustainment in both laboratory and cleanroom environments.
• Serve as a technical contributor on complex projects, maintaining approximately 50% hands‑on involvement alongside supervisory responsibilities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of industrial or combined industrial and graduate level research experience.
• Experience working on complex, multi‑disciplinary engineering projects with challenging technical requirements and schedule constraints.
• Firm foundation in mathematical analysis, including statistics and trigonometry.
• Strong understanding of error sources, error budgeting, and mitigation techniques.
• Background in electronics, including analog and digital circuits, with hands‑on troubleshooting experience using tools such as multimeters and oscilloscopes.
• Familiarity with optical elements, imaging systems, and illumination systems.
• Familiarity with developing software using interpreted or scripted languages such as Python or MATLAB.
• Demonstrated experience leading small teams, supervising technical staff, or mentoring engineers.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience developing precision measurement systems, including architecture definition, error budgeting, and calibration.
• Programming experience in C, C++, or C#.
• Experience with National Instruments Lab Windows or LabVIEW environments.
• Experience with computer vision systems and libraries (e.g., OpenCV).
• Familiarity with control loops, PID tuning, and process automation.

Travel Requirements

Occasional travel may be required to support program needs, integration activities, or coordination with other company sites.

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

The range for this position is $126,041.00 - $173,307.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job‑related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.

Benefits

• Company‑wide bonuses and long‑term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
• As part of our commitment to your financial well‑being, we provide a 100% company‑paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
• Our health and well‑being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company‑paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
• Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.

EEO / Disability Accommodation

We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at [e-mail].