Process Engineer, AGS, Hefei

Purpose of the Position

• Manage and improve PVD and ETC coating process, solve difficult technical, engineering related problems to meet plant target. Take the lead to continuously improve quality, cost, reliability, and lower variability. Provide subject matter expertise in PVD coating process and gain fundamental process understanding. Transfer coating process from division to plant operation.
• Support AGS Coating process growth and operations opportunities. Provide plant engineering expertise in the areas of process improvement, cost reduction, high quality product development, new technology transferring to manufacturing etc. 

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Keep close contact with Division Engineering and plant partners for timely communication and issue resolution, support the startup, ramp-up and capability setup of new equipment/process.
• Lead fundamental understanding knowledge build about Anti-Reflective/Easy-To-Clean coating process, maintain the stability and consistency of production.
• New technology/improvement development that leading the market and achieve Corning's low-cost/high-quality strategy.
• Develop partnerships with Control/Equipment teams for technology development & fundamental understanding.
• Partner with plant engineering for effective implementation of process or equipment / controls changes.
• Provide higher level engineering support for plant troubleshooting and problem solving.
• Build effective relations and interactions with internal/external customers and stakeholders.

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Daily process capability performance data (FAI, IPQC, SPC, process Cpk/Ppk) monitoring and analysis, and do troubleshooting when performance is below expectation, including materials analysis. 
• Lead experiments and performance improvement projects to achieve target goal, including product quality, yield, uptime, lowest cost and capacity.
• Be the technical leader in the plant for coating work with equipment engineers to optimize process/equipment interactions, working with other process areas to identify process interactions.
• Train operators, shift leaders, managers, and other engineers.
• Weekend and shift coverage are requirement as needed.
• Report out the issues with professional data analysis and clear logical process.
• Project management leadership of project with intermediate scope, include but not limited to project planning, resources building, AR initiation, spending control, production scale up and project transferring.

Education & Experience

• BS/MS degree or above in Materials, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years’ experience on the position of Coating Process Engineer in manufacturing environment, including 2+ years in multi-national company.
• Experiences in working with and/or supervising project teams.
• Former experience with involvement in earlier stage innovation programs preferred.
• 2+ years supervisory experience preferred.

Required Skills

• PVD coating, spray coating and related thin film deposition process methods.
• Familiar with thin film properties measure methods (Ellipsometer, spectrometer, optical microscope, SEM-EDS, AFM, contact angle...) and organic material chemical analysis (like FTIR, TOF-SIMS).
• Familiar with cover lens reliability test (Abrasion test, solar radiation test, high temperature/high humidity test...).
• Have fundamental understanding about Anti-Reflective/Easy-To-Clean coating process, have the experience of new solvent/solute qualification.
• Have cost reduction, yield improvement, capacity expansion and trouble-shooting experience.
• Used structured problem-solving methods such as DMAIC, KT ,DOE lead problem solving and process improvement.
• Has curiosity, loves to study, and the ability to continuously learn.
• Have coating process modeling experience.
• Have data analysis experience (include but not limited to big data analysis, statistical analysis, MSA, SPC).

Desired Skills

• Strong ownership of achieving plant goal
• Sense of urgency and creativity to handle project issues and adapt plan to meet objectives
• Flexibility to adapt to changing environment; be a change agent to help others through change
• Customer oriented; meets customer needs with quality results
• Positive working attitude in team
• Cross-cultural Sensitivity