Junior Process Controls Engineer (MPC/ML)

Corning Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immigration sponsorship

Company bonuses

401(k) with match

Pension plan

Health benefits

Paid parental leave

EAP

Job summary

Corning is seeking an Advanced Process Controls Engineer to apply MPC, optimization, and ML to manufacturing processes. You will design, develop, and implement control solutions across diverse processes in our facilities.

Work with cross-functional teams to translate business goals into mathematical models, calibrate controllers, and drive improvements. Domestic and international travel up to 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• M.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering (or related field) with coursework in Advanced Controls, Optimization, or Data Analytics.
• 1–3 years of industry experience on manufacturing processes. New graduates with related internship experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement process controls solutions for manufacturing processes, working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Evaluate existing control strategies and propose enhancements, from PID improvements to model-based algorithms such as MPC and IMC.
• Develop and maintain MPC-based solutions for assigned processes, including formulation of underlying optimization problems.
• Build and improve large-scale optimization models (LP, NLP, MILP) for production planning and scheduling.
• Partner with manufacturing to define hardware and software platforms and implement solutions in PLC/DCS environments.
• Develop knowledge of processes with SMEs; apply data analytics and ML to gain process understanding and opportunities.
• Apply multivariate statistical methods and ML to process monitoring, fault diagnosis, and predictive maintenance.
• Translate business processes into mathematical models, objective functions, and constraints.
• Plan and execute tasks in a R&D environment; contribute to proposals for new projects.
• Support transfer of new technologies into manufacturing and share knowledge with personnel.
• Generate intellectual property through reports and disclosures.

Skills

MPC

PID control

Modeling

Optimization

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

Machine learning

Communication

Manufacturing environment

Team collaboration

Education

M.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering

Tools

Gurobi

Pyomo/AMPL/PuLP

Job description

Corning is seeking an Advanced Process Controls Engineer to apply MPC, optimization, and ML to manufacturing processes. You will design, develop, and implement control solutions across diverse processes in our facilities.

Work with cross-functional teams to translate business goals into mathematical models, calibrate controllers, and drive improvements. Domestic and international travel up to 25% is expected.