Senior Automation Technician — Lead Equipment Testing

Corning Inc.; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 71,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses and incentives

Pension plan

401(k) matching

Health benefits (medical, dental, etc)

Job summary

Corning Inc. is seeking a skilled technician to perform equipment design, build, installation, and ramp-up activities within our Optical Communications manufacturing environment. You will lead planning, data collection, and testing to help engineers resolve production issues and improve yields.

Travel will be substantial, up to 25–50%, including international assignments. Ideal candidates have 10+ years of technical delivery experience, strong reading of blueprints, and a background in process

Qualifications

• Training/ apprenticeship/ certification in technical field
• Minimum 10 years of expereinces with technical delivery teams
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Reads blueprints and/or drawings
• Other technician and/or operator roles that lead to a better understanding of the equipment and processes

Responsibilities

• Understands equipment used in key process(es) and interprets data from process(es) to solve problems
• Works with teams focused on product innovation, cost reduction projects, etc.
• Troubleshoots process and equipment issues
• Works with engineers to develop and implement testing and integration of equipment
• Works on equipment projects to reduce costs, downtime and/or defects and increase yields
• Proactively guides front-line production workforce and technical teams to comply with safety, health, equipment standard operating procedures, and environmental regulations
• Provides inputs to project plans that identify resources and accurate timelines
• Equipment transportation logistics
• May be asked to participate in developing a new process or machine to improve the current process
• May be asked to write process, product or equipment documentation.
• Independently solves most problems on basis of examining pertinent facts

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Blueprint reading

Leadership experience

Education

Technical field degree or equivalent

Yellow belt / Green belt

Job description

Corning Inc. is seeking a skilled technician to perform equipment design, build, installation, and ramp-up activities within our Optical Communications manufacturing environment. You will lead planning, data collection, and testing to help engineers resolve production issues and improve yields.

Travel will be substantial, up to 25–50%, including international assignments. Ideal candidates have 10+ years of technical delivery experience, strong reading of blueprints, and a background in process