About this role
About the Role Corning seeks an individual contributor to apply optics, manufacturing systems, data analytics, and process optimization to a 24/7 Optical Communications manufacturing facility. The role provides technical leadership and analytical support to improve product quality, equipment reliability, manufacturing performance, and cost competitiveness. It blends optical measurement, statistical modeling, process mapping, visualization, and algorithm-based problem solving to identify opportunities, optimize performance, support new technology deployment, and advance digital manufacturing. What You'll Do
- Provide engineering-level support for optical measurement equipment, systems, and related manufacturing processes.
- Solve manufacturing and measurement-system issues using data analysis, experimentation, process modeling, statistical methods, and collaboration with subject matter experts.
- Lead/support projects for cost reduction, process optimization, new products or processes, equipment deployment, and digital transformation.
- Analyze large manufacturing and measurement datasets to identify trends, variation, capability, risk, and improvement priorities.
- Develop dashboards, visualizations, analytical tools, process maps, models, and documentation to support decision making and repeatable operations.
- Recommend and implement improvements to chronic issues, equipment performance, quality architecture, process repeatability, and product performance.
- Monitor, analyze, and communicate key performance metrics while developing predictive and proactive response strategies.
- Support plant safety initiatives, train operations on equipment and process changes, and assure process and product quality. What We're Looking For
- BS or MS in Optics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or equivalent degree.
- 2+ years of work experience in systems development or manufacturing.
- Strong problem solving, analytical thinking, practical judgment, and ability to learn new technologies quickly.
- Knowledge of basic optics, optical systems, electrical systems, statistics, experimental design, and process optimization.
- Experience interpreting large datasets, creating visualizations and metrics, and translating data into actionable insights.
- Ability to collaborate with SMEs and work in a cross functional team. Compensation & Benefits
- Travel requirements minimal
- Hours of work, schedule: 40+ hours per week, occasional unscheduled off hours based on plant priorities
- Location: Concord, NC
- Salary information not disclosed