Senior Automotive Applications Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Company-wide bonuses and long-term/in센

401(k) matching up to 4%

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid parental leave and family support

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Corning Inc. is seeking a seasoned technical account professional to define and drive the customer’s technical roadmap and manage validation programs.

You will coordinate design-in efforts, ensure alignment with customer needs, and support data analysis for ongoing programs across substrates, filters, catalysts, and controls. The role emphasizes collaboration with regional managers, QA processes, and emission-related technology, with domestic travel up to 25% and standard M-F hours.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in 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' and competitive technologies.
• Understanding of specifications and the approval process (including boundaries and tools).
• Understanding of the basics of global emissions legislation.
• Understanding of the basics of emission testing.
• Familiarity with 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. 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

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Presentation skills

Negotiation skills

Project management

Customer focus

Technical drawing

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Automotive, Materials, or Ceramic preferred)

Tools

QA systems (IATF16949, AIAG, PPAP, etc.)

Job description

Corning Inc. is seeking a seasoned technical account professional to define and drive the customer’s technical roadmap and manage validation programs.

You will coordinate design-in efforts, ensure alignment with customer needs, and support data analysis for ongoing programs across substrates, filters, catalysts, and controls. The role emphasizes collaboration with regional managers, QA processes, and emission-related technology, with domestic travel up to 25% and standard M-F hours.