Process Engineer II

Requisition Number: 69525

 

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Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.  ​  

 

How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward. ​  

 

​At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.​   

 

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Corning’s businesses are ever evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, and automotive markets. We are changing the world with: 

• Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
• Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
• Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
• Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences 
•  Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation 

Role Purpose

Lead projects to drive continual improvement within process operations, develop and implement the Product Quality Architecture of sample and prototyping processes.  Drive understanding and improvements to the overall Quality Management System. Lead the quality and process engineering function within operations. Design of experiments, extend process capability and support customer experimentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates with research, development, engineering and manufacturing functions on new product development, research activities, and execution of complex projects to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Evaluate the impact of product, process and equipment changes on product attributes.
• Interfaces with New Product Development teams, Product Engineering, and Operations to understand customer needs, design experimentation, demonstrate or extend capability, and document results.
• Leads process improvement and lean programs and activities.
• Recommends changes or upgrades to equipment, work methods, equipment layout or other aspects of the process to optimize quality, efficiency and utilization of resources including labor, energy and raw materials.
• Ensures that a robust quality architecture is developed for new processes and products at the organizational level.
• Facilitates efforts in understanding process capability and product quality architecture.
• Facilitates root cause analysis on products and processes not meeting specified standards and requirements.
• Work with engineering on proactive sustainable solutions vs. reactive responses.
• Hold/ evaluate/ release ware produced under non-standard conditions.
• Perform experimental designs and data analysis. Documents results.
• Instills a quality focused culture in which everyone feels ownership for quality and acts accordingly.
• Learn & understand process & equipment functions in area of responsibility.
• Lead efforts to identify vulnerabilities or quality issues, assign ownership, and ensure action implementation for improvement.
• Develop, communicate, and report quality performance metrics to teams, plant operations staff, and functional leaders. 
• Perform performance reviews and develop and reinforce career and talent development plans for salaried / indirect labor and hourly / direct labor employees.

Experiences/Education - Required

• Bachelor of Science in Math, Science or Engineering.
• 3 - 5+ years in a manufacturing environment with experience in Process Control, root cause problem solving, and data analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively lead a diverse group of people and influence at all levels of the organization.