Senior Process Engineer: Manufacturing Excellence & CI

Corning; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 97,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses & incentives

401(k) matching

Health & wellness benefits

Job summary

Corning in the United States is seeking a Process Engineer to drive manufacturing excellence through process optimization, technical problem solving, and new technology implementation.

You will independently manage technical projects, support day-to-day production, and collaborate across functions to transfer new products and technologies into production. Travel up to 10% and standard 8–5 schedule apply; Corning offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience supporting production processes, equipment improvements, or continuous improvement initiatives preferred.
• Strong engineering, process improvement, and technical problem-solving fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily technical support to manufacturing operations to ensure safe, stable, and efficient production.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for process, equipment, quality, and productivity issues.
• Analyze manufacturing data to identify trends, establish process capability, and improve operational performance.
• Develop and implement corrective and preventive actions in partnership with production teams.
• Lead capital and productivity projects from concept through implementation.
• Support the transfer of new products, materials, technologies, and processes from development into manufacturing.
• Coordinate equipment design, specification, procurement, installation, startup, qualification, training, spare-parts planning, and sustainment.

Skills

Process engineering

Data analysis

Problem solving

Cross-functional work

Project management

Tools

Minitab

PLC programming

Statistical software

Job description

Corning in the United States is seeking a Process Engineer to drive manufacturing excellence through process optimization, technical problem solving, and new technology implementation.

You will independently manage technical projects, support day-to-day production, and collaborate across functions to transfer new products and technologies into production. Travel up to 10% and standard 8–5 schedule apply; Corning offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.