Optical Furcation Design Engineer

Corning Incorporated; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 68,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses & incentives

Pension plan

Health benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Corning Incorporated in Hickory, NC is seeking a development engineer focused on advancing optical component design and cable demarcation. You will work on furcation design, over-molding, and mechanical structures while collaborating across engineering teams to reduce costs and improve performance.

The role requires a BS in Mechanical Engineering, strong problem solving, and experience with CAD tools like Creo. Travel up to 25% is expected as projects span global manufacturing partners.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated problem solving techniques.
• Demonstrated, applied mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to clearly express technical ideas.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to communicate effectively to internal and external customers and within multi-national groups
• Ability to work in technical project teams in a team member role.
• Desire to learn and develop personal and organizational knowledge.
• Proficient in the use of MS Office (Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint)

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers and technicians to design and develop new process methods and technologies for multifiber cable breakout point and demarcation points
• Create operational ranges for parameters defined because of experimental development.
• Support project teams and the definition of project deliverables and timelines.
• Work with internal and external subject matter experts to identify key processing technologies and determine feasibility.
• Engage global manufacturing plants to capture manufacturability of proposed solutions and support initial implementation of new process technologies.
• Collaborate with internal and external equipment and tool designers to establish functional requirements.
• Solve problems and improve processes based on fundamental understanding.
• Capture innovative ideas for patent submission.
• Ensure that requirements are properly developed and documented in conjunction with appropriate manufacturing, development, and commercial personnel.
• Work with manufacturing engineering to develop and implement process documentation for each project.
• Review and interpret data to make recommendations on immediate actions, long term corrective actions, follow-up experiments, etc.
• Define experimental plans, measurement methods, and mechanical setups for evaluation of key learning objectives.
• Conduct experimental plans by setting up equipment (such as various types of measurement systems and mechanical apparatus), perform experimentation, data collection & analysis, and providing test reports.
• Maintain and improve a safe work environment.

Skills

Problem solving

Mechanical aptitude

Communication skills

Teamwork

MS Office

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PTC Creo

Job description

Corning Incorporated in Hickory, NC is seeking a development engineer focused on advancing optical component design and cable demarcation. You will work on furcation design, over-molding, and mechanical structures while collaborating across engineering teams to reduce costs and improve performance.

The role requires a BS in Mechanical Engineering, strong problem solving, and experience with CAD tools like Creo. Travel up to 25% is expected as projects span global manufacturing partners.