Manufacturing Engineer II

Requisition Number: 65216

Corning is vital to progress – in the industries we help shape and in the world we share.

We invent life-changing technologies using materials science. Our scientific and manufacturing expertise, boundless curiosity, and commitment to purposeful invention place us at the center of the way the world interacts, works, learns, and lives.

Our sustained investment in research, development, and invention means we’re always ready to solve the toughest challenges alongside our customers. 

Our Optical Communications segment has recently evolved from being a manufacturer of optical fiber and cable, hardware and equipment to being a comprehensive provider of industry-leading optical solutions across the broader communications industry.This segment is classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical-based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications. The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical-based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.

Role Purpose:

A manufacturing engineer monitors and improves established manufacturing processes and equipment. To do so, they must leverage:

• fundamental understanding of manufacturing within their area of expertise, and basic understanding of manufacturing outside their area
• data retrieval, analysis and reporting techniques
• rigorous problem-solving methodologies
• scientific methods and experiment planning

A manufacturing engineer makes changes to manufacturing processes and equipment with the goal of improving safety, reducing cost, improving quality, or increasing output. A manufacturing engineer also receives technology from development groups, delivers technology to production groups, and provides high level troubleshooting for manufacturing equipment issues.

Scope of Position:

• Work closely with development teams to maximize potential for success of incoming manufacturing/products
• Collect data for incoming products and compare vs. metrics
• Perform trend analysis (by equipment, attribute, product) and monitor/response plans
• Recommend improvements to manufacturing processes/equipment and drive equipment robustness
• Identify chronic issues and recommend corrective actions
• Ensure accurate documentation for incoming manufacturing/products
• Create manufacturing improvement corrective action plans and solutions
• Provide inputs about equipment maintenance requirements and shortfalls
• Identify when engineering support is required to address significant production platform/process/specification issues or changes
• Work with production techs to drive equipment/manufacturing standardization and continuous improvements
• Interface with production resources in other sections to drive consistency and share best practices
• Interface with Engineering, Facilities, IT and Development organizations 
• Work with Operations team to include section supervision, shift supervision, and associates as required to ensure teams understand new manufacturing processes/products 
• Provide technical documentation for experiments conducted, changes made, and lessons learned as a result of above responsibilities.
• Train operational organizations on new manufacturing processes , products, or changes to establishe