Senior Staff Engineer — Industrial & Lean Systems

Corning Incorporated; Painted Post (NY); On-site; USD 123,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses & incentives

Full pension plan

401(k) matching

Health benefits

Paid parental leave

Recognition program

Job summary

Corning is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer – Industrial and Lean Engineering to join our team in Corning, NY. This role supports manufacturing and business teams across Corning locations and requires approximately 50–60% domestic travel.

Relocation assistance is available. You will apply Industrial Engineering, Lean principles, manufacturing systems thinking, and Theory of Constraints to improve the flow of products, materials, information, and decisions across operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field is required.

Responsibilities

• Apply Industrial Engineering, Lean Principles, Systems Thinking, and Theory of Constraints to improve product and information flow, increase capacity, reduce inventory and complexity, and lower cost.
• Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives across manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and business operations.
• Conduct current-state and future-state assessments, value stream analyses, and operational performance evaluations.
• Identify and prioritize productivity, throughput, capacity, cost reduction, and process simplification opportunities across multiple facilities and organizations.
• Develop and execute project plans, including requirements, deliverables, resources, timelines, milestones, stakeholder engagement, and risk mitigation.
• Develop and deploy data visualization solutions that enable operational decision-making and clear performance reporting.
• Apply advanced Industrial Engineering methods, including capacity analysis, manufacturing flow analysis, labor productivity improvement, cost modeling, and facility optimization.
• Communicate recommendations, project status, business impact, and technical findings through presentations, dashboards, and technical documentation.
• Coach and mentor engineers, analysts, and operational teams, and serve as a technical resource to manufacturing and business leaders.
• Develop standards, methodologies, best practices, and technical documentation that strengthen organizational capability and institutional knowledge.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Systems Thinking

Theory of Constraints

Capacity Analysis

Value Stream

Manufacturing Flow

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Communication

Leadership

Data Visualization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering

Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering

Tools

SIMUL8

FlexSim

AnyLogic

Python

Job description

Corning is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer – Industrial and Lean Engineering to join our team in Corning, NY. This role supports manufacturing and business teams across Corning locations and requires approximately 50–60% domestic travel.

Relocation assistance is available. You will apply Industrial Engineering, Lean principles, manufacturing systems thinking, and Theory of Constraints to improve the flow of products, materials, information, and decisions across operations.