Industrial Modeling & Optimization Engineer

Corning Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 102,848 - 141,416; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-wide bonuses and long-term/in‑

Job summary

Corning Inc. seeks an Industrial Engineer – Modeling & Optimization to join the corporate engineering team in Painted Post, NY.

You will apply mathematical modeling, simulation, and optimization using Python-based tools, serving as the primary resource for this specialized work and guiding its use across sites to influence capacity, cost, and process flow. The role is onsite with approximately 50% travel and relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/masters level degrees in OR/IE/Applied Math or related quantitative field.
• Experience applying mathematical modeling, simulation, optimization to business/engineering problems.
• Hands‑on experience building mathematical and simulation models in professional or applied research settings.
• Experience with optimization/modeling tools such as CPLEX, Gurobi, Pyomo, GLPK, or similar.
• Experience with simulation/modeling tools such as AnyLogic, FlexSim, SimPy, or similar.
• Strong Python capability for data processing, analysis, and tool development including libraries such as Polars, Streamlit, Altair.

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply mathematical programming, simulation, and cost models to solve problems.
• Analyze process flows, resource allocation, production planning, and data to identify improvements.
• Travel to Corning sites to gather inputs and translate operations into model assumptions.
• Build interactive tools and web-based applications in Python to support analysis and decision-making.
• Communicate results to technical and non-technical audiences and document approaches.

Skills

Operations Research

Industrial Engineering

Applied Mathematics

Mathematical modeling

Simulation

Optimization

Python programming

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related quantitative discipline

Master’s degree preferred; PhD may also be a strong fit

Tools

CPLEX

Gurobi

Pyomo

GLPK

AnyLogic

FlexSim

SimPy

Polars

Streamlit

Altair

Job description

Corning Inc. seeks an Industrial Engineer – Modeling & Optimization to join the corporate engineering team in Painted Post, NY.

You will apply mathematical modeling, simulation, and optimization using Python-based tools, serving as the primary resource for this specialized work and guiding its use across sites to influence capacity, cost, and process flow. The role is onsite with approximately 50% travel and relocation assistance.