Optical Systems Process Engineer - Digital Manufacturing

NCBiotech; Concord (NC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical / Dental / Vision

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Bonus program

Job summary

Corning in North Carolina seeks an engineer to provide engineering-level support for optical measurement equipment and related manufacturing processes. You will analyze datasets, develop dashboards, and lead projects to reduce costs and optimize processes.

Required BS/MS in Optics or related field with 2+ years of experience in systems development or manufacturing; skills in Python, SQL, Power BI and MATLAB are valued.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in optics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or physics is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering-level support for optical measurement equipment, systems, and related manufacturing processes.
• Solve manufacturing and measurement-system issues using data analysis, experimentation, process modeling, statistical methods, and collaboration with SMEs.
• Lead/support projects for cost reduction, process optimization, new products/processes, equipment deployment, and digital transformation.
• Analyze large manufacturing and measurement datasets to identify trends, variation, capability, risk, and improvement priorities.
• Develop dashboards, visualizations, analytical tools, process maps, models, and documentation to support decision making and repeatable operations.
• Recommend and implement improvements to chronic issues, equipment performance, quality architecture, process repeatability, and product performance.
• Monitor, analyze, and communicate key performance metrics while developing predictive and proactive response strategies.
• Support plant safety initiatives, train operations on equipment/process changes, and assure process and product quality.

Skills

Optics

Statistical analysis

Process optimization

Data analytics

Dashboard development

Data visualization

Python

SQL

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS in Optics

MS in Optics

BS in EE/ME

MS in Physics

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

MATLAB

JMP

Minitab

Databricks

Excel

Job description

Corning in North Carolina seeks an engineer to provide engineering-level support for optical measurement equipment and related manufacturing processes. You will analyze datasets, develop dashboards, and lead projects to reduce costs and optimize processes.

Required BS/MS in Optics or related field with 2+ years of experience in systems development or manufacturing; skills in Python, SQL, Power BI and MATLAB are valued.