Quality Engineer II - Trivium Site

Requisition Number: 66444

 

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

Proactively addressing customer quality needs, including methods and procedures designed to ensure that Corning’s products meet specifications and that Corning specifications meet/exceed customer requirements. This role focuses on minimizing customer risk by ensuring product capability during initial development and on-going operations of new products and processes in OFC. This role ensures that QA/PQAs are developed and adhered to and updating those systems with new information. This role works closely with plant Quality organizations to support issue resolutions, Technology organizations to aid in new product PQA/QA development, and plant Engineering organizations for capability improvements.

 

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the impact of product, process and equipment changes on product attributes and quality architectures.  Focus is on Ribbon Cable.
• Support development of new ribbon cable technologies by designing quality architecture systems (PQA) and identifying and solving critical quality problems proactively
• Ensure that Process Control and Process Discipline (PCPD) is built into processes/products.
• Drives early identification of vulnerabilities or quality issues, assigns ownership, and ensures implementation of actions to ensure improvement
• Perform specification and guard band/risk analysis for standard products and special customer requests
• Ability to work across various functional groups on a daily basis to accomplish goals
• Lead Worldwide quality deployments and customer resolutions.
• Support OFC Quality Systems by creating, maintaining, and executing the global strategy
• Facilitate root cause analysis on products and processes not meeting specified standards and requirements
• Collaborates with development, engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Perform experimental designs and data analysis.
• Instills a Quality oriented culture in which everyone feels ownership for Quality and acts accordingly

 

 Required Qualifications

• BS or MS in the following Engineering Disciplines: Materials, Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Ceramic Engineering
• 2+ years’ experience in Manufacturing Environment
• Ability to Effectively Communicate within a Global Work Environment.
• Good data collection and analysis skills; basic understanding of statistics and control charts.
• Sounds decision making skills.  Makes decisions based on data.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and issues effectively.
• Ability to influence others outside of chain of command.
• Ability to work in technical projects teams in leadership and subordinate roles
• Good written and verbal communications skills
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