Applications Engineer

Corning Incorporated; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 96,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid pension

401(k) matching

Health benefits

Bonus/incentives

Job summary

Corning Incorporated in Troy, Michigan seeks a Senior Technical Account Manager to define customer roadmaps, manage projects, and coordinate validation efforts across substrate, filters, catalysts, and controls.

You will lead technical account strategies, deploy product portfolios, monitor progress, and collaborate with regional managers to ensure customer needs are met, with domestic and international travel.

Qualifications

• BS Engineering (Mechanical, Automotive, Materials, or Ceramic preferred).
• Minimum 3 years of business-related experience, desired 5 years.
• Experience in application engineering, account management or system engineering with automotive customers and platform technologies (preference: emissions systems)
• Knowledge of competitors’/competitive technologies
• Understanding of specifications and approval process (incl. boundaries, tools)
• Understand the basics of global emissions legislation
• Understand the basics of emission testing
• Familiarity w/ QA systems (IATF16949, AIAG, PPAP, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Define, update, maintain Corning's technical account strategy for their customer
• Define and deploy Corning’s current product/support portfolio that matches the customer’s needs.
• Gage competitor activities and status
• Management of all day-to-day technical activities at the account
• Coordinate Corning products design-in effort at specific customer
• Ensure Corning Program(s) understand the customer’s needs
• Support the customer’s test data analysis/interpretation (ongoing design programs)
• Support specific customer initiatives
• Coordinate understanding of coating and canning impacts during design-in and PPAP
• PPAP/Specification Management at Customer
• Coordinates with Regional Technology Manager to ensure Corning management understands the customer’s needs
• Coordinates System Engineering support

Skills

Application engineering

Account management

System engineering

Automotive customers

Emissions systems

Competitive technologies

QA systems

CAD

CAE

CAPA

LIMS

WWESS

PPAP

Education

BS Engineering

Tools

CAD

CAE

CAPA

LIMS

WWESS

PPAP

Job description

Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.

Requisition Number: 75138

Role Purpose

• Primary technical contact for the account
• Define and interpret the customer’s technical roadmap and monitor their system progress (substrates, filters, catalysts, controls, operating window, etc.)
• Manage customer projects
• Define customer technology and quality requirements
• Coordinate and lead all customer validation projects

Key Responsibilities

• Define, update, maintain Corning's technical account strategy for their customer
• Define and deploy Corning’s current product/support portfolio that matches the customer’s needs. Define gaps in those needs not met by current products.
• Gage competitor activities and status
• Management of all day-to-day technical activities at the account
• Coordinate Corning products design-in effort at specific customer
• Ensure Corning Program(s) understand the customer’s needs
• Support the customer’s test data analysis/interpretation (ongoing design programs)
• Support specific customer initiatives
• Coordinate understanding of coating and canning impacts during design-in and PPAP
• PPAP/Specification Management at Customer
• Coordinates with Regional Technology Manager to ensure Corning management understands the customer’s needs
• Coordinates System Engineering support

Travel Requirements

• Domestic Travel
• Could require international travel

Qualifications

Required Education:

• BS Engineering (Mechanical, Automotive, Materials, or Ceramic preferred)

Required Years And Area Of Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of business-related experience, desired 5 years

Required Skills:

• Experience in application engineering, account management or system engineering with automotive customers and platform technologies (preference: emissions systems)
• Knowledge of competitors’/competitive technologies
• Understanding of specifications and approval process (incl. boundaries, tools)
• Understand the basics of global emissions legislation
• Understand the basics of emission testing
• Familiarity w/ QA systems (IATF16949, AIAG, PPAP, etc.)

Desired Experiences/Education:

• Understand current and future OEM-specific engine/system designs, strategies, functionality requirements, and implications for Corning products
• Understand OEM and supply chain development processes, including series introduction
• Strong knowledge of vehicle emissions systems, including substrates, filters, physical attributes, specifications, production, and quality methods
• Familiar with Corning systems such as CAPA, LIMS, and WWESS
• DFMEA/PFMEA experience
• Thorough understanding of design tools and services, including mounting/canning, coating effects, CAD, CAE, testing, emissions testing, and prototyping
• Established Corning (CET) network with knowledge of company structure, markets, and strategies
• General knowledge of engine and emission control technologies, trends, customer organizations, and supply chain roles/technologies

Soft Skills:

• Team player with strong negotiation, presentation, communication, and project management skills
• Able to read technical drawings, solve problems, write technically, and maintain strong customer focus
• Self-starter with strong technical curiosity

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

Compensation and Benefits

The range for this position is $96,254.00 - $132,349.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.

• Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well.
• As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
• Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
• Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at [e-mail].