Manufacturing Engineer

Requisition Number: 66040

 

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.

Purpose of the Position:

Be part of the core manufacturing team, contributing to projects to improve new and existing manufacturing technology for the purposes of reducing cost, increasing capacity and/or improving product.

 

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 established manufacturing processes and products.

 

Hours of work/work schedule/flex-time:

• 8-10 hours/day; 40-50 hours/week.
• Periodic off-hours (on-call) coverage

 

Required Education: 

• BS or greater in Mechanical, Chemical or Material Science Engineering, or equivalent.

 

Required Years and