About this role
Job title: Senior Development Engineer
About the Role The Senior Development Engineer will develop and industrialize premium optical fiber manufacturing processes by applying the scientific method to identify and resolve cost, capacity, and capability limitations. This role drives improvements in manufacturing performance, including yield, process rate, machine utilization, quality, sustainability, and energy efficiency, while supporting design, development, optimization, and implementation of premium fiber products.
What You'll Do
- Learn & understand process & equipment functions in area of responsibility.
- Apply the scientific method to Corning’s Fiber Manufacturing processes to identify problems or opportunities for improvement and translate those observations into experimental plans.
- Analyze experimental data output and communicate conclusions.
- Develop new incremental process advancement opportunities.
- Troubleshoot existing problems for products or processes already in production.
- Translate early development success to at scale, industrialized manufacturing processes and products.
- Direct the day-to-day activities of a technician or junior engineer as needed for project work.
What We're Looking For
- Education and Experience – Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical, materials science, ceramic engineering, glass science, or similar discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of experience using the scientific method and fundamental engineering principles to solve problems thoroughly and effectively, using well-designed and executed process experiments.
- Experience using measured or modeled data to inform decisions and actions leading to better more efficient outcomes.
- Working knowledge of physical phenomena with a proven track record of improving manufacturing processes and product attributes.
- Experience with chemical transport and reaction processes.
- Experience with high temperature processing and/or sintering of oxides.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Desired Skills:
- Experience leading matrixed project teams.
- Advanced Degree in chemical engineering, materials science, ceramic engineering, glass science, or similar discipline.
- Experience building mathematical models to inform engineering experimentation.
- Experience designing or manufacturing new and novel waveguides via refractive index profile optimization.
- Communicate effectively in various settings to provide and present necessary information to Project, Department, and Site lead.
Nice to Have
- Experience leading matrixed project teams.
- Advanced Degree in chemical engineering, materials science, ceramic engineering, glass science, or similar discipline.
- Experience building mathematical models to inform engineering experimentation.
- Experience designing or manufacturing new and novel waveguides via refractive index profile optimization.
- Communicate effectively in various settings to provide and present necessary information to Project, Department, and Site lead.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range and benefits information are not provided in this posting.