Materials Engineer II: Process & Quality Optimization

Corning Incorporated; Tolleson (AZ); On-site; USD 82,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching up to 4%

Bonus programs

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

Corning Incorporated in Tolleson, AZ, seeks a Material Engineer to support material, process, and manufacturing performance across plant operations. You’ll improve process capability, support quality, investigate material issues, and help deploy new materials and manufacturing technologies.

Work with operations, quality, engineering, and product development to boost efficiency and reduce waste. The role focuses on process documentation, experimental planning, and cross-functional collaboration

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, or related discipline.
• 2-5 years in materials/ process/ manufacturing engineering.
• Experience in manufacturing setting with process, quality, or material performance responsibility.
• Strong data-driven problem solving and analytical skills.
• Experience with root cause analysis, defect investigations, and corrective actions.
• Knowledge of material properties and their relation to manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Support material and manufacturing process development to improve quality and throughput.
• Lead process improvement trials and studies to identify root causes of variation.
• Apply data analysis to evaluate process performance and reduce yield loss.
• Investigate material defects, nonconformances, and failure mechanisms; implement corrective actions.
• Evaluate material properties and process capability to meet specs.
• Support finished product quality through inspection methods and data collection.
• Partner with production, quality and engineering to implement improvements.
• Assist with new product introduction, material qualification, and tech transfer.

Skills

Materials analysis

Manufacturing process support

Root cause investigation

Statistical analysis

Process optimization

Defect characterization

Technical documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Continuous improvement

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering

Tools

Minitab

SPC

DOE

Job description

Corning Incorporated in Tolleson, AZ, seeks a Material Engineer to support material, process, and manufacturing performance across plant operations. You’ll improve process capability, support quality, investigate material issues, and help deploy new materials and manufacturing technologies.

Work with operations, quality, engineering, and product development to boost efficiency and reduce waste. The role focuses on process documentation, experimental planning, and cross-functional collaboration