Process Engineer - Advanced Manufacturing & Optical Tech

Corning Incorporated; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses & incentives

Company pension

Health benefits

Paid leave

Job summary

Corning Incorporated seeks an engineer to apply engineering principles to manufacturing projects, independently solving problems and advancing process improvements. You will lead equipment transfers, cost justifications, and documentation while collaborating across departments to ensure repeatable production success.

Candidates should have a Bachelor of Science in Engineering or a technical field and 2–5 years of manufacturing experience, with strong problem-solving, data analysis, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or other technical field required.
• 2-5 years' experience in manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day problem-solving support to production operations.
• Analyze data to understand process capability and monitor trends to drive manufacturing excellence.
• Identify process improvement and cost reduction projects based on analysis of process data.
• Prepare cost justifications and capital requests for new equipment purchases.
• Interface with operators, team leaders and peers to develop and implement process, equipment, or safety improvements.
• Oversee all aspects of bringing new equipment into production, including financial justification, designing, specifying, purchasing, and tracking spending.
• Support the transfer of new cabling technology, materials, or processes from development to production.

Skills

Creative problem solving

Strong technical fundamentals

Collaborate across org

Results oriented

Learn new technology

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or other technical field

Tools

Minitab

Inventor

Job description

Corning Incorporated seeks an engineer to apply engineering principles to manufacturing projects, independently solving problems and advancing process improvements. You will lead equipment transfers, cost justifications, and documentation while collaborating across departments to ensure repeatable production success.

Candidates should have a Bachelor of Science in Engineering or a technical field and 2–5 years of manufacturing experience, with strong problem-solving, data analysis, and