Senior Development Engineer

Summary:

The successful candidate will be responsible for development of new processes and products using extrusion or UV curing techniques. Specific knowledge of fiber optic cable processes and/or polymeric materials is required. Candidate is expected to have expertise in engineering to support new product and process development activities. Candidate will develop cable designs, define appropriate materials and establish process tooling & settings for ideal manufacturing conditions. Experience in design and development of a continuous manufacturing process is expected.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Participate in project teams, developing new products and processes to solve customer problems while creating intellectual property to deliver value for Corning.
• Conduct research, propose experiments and analyze data to test hypotheses to enhance understanding of products and processes and to provide Corning with inventive solutions toward new development efforts.
• Assist and/or lead product development projects (globally) to accomplish design and cost reduction goals.
• Design and development of new equipment or modification and optimization of existing equipment needed for cable development designs.
• Identify and investigate new processing techniques to develop innovative cable designs.
• Balance hands-on work-related activities with technical leadership related activities.
• Guide development technicians in the day-to-day activities needed to achieve milestones.
• Data collection, interpretation, communicating and documenting results in technical reports and presentations.
• Collaborate with research and manufacturing functions throughout product development cycle.
• Maintain strong technical interaction with development personnel located in US, Germany and Poland.
• Create new intellectual property for Corning.
• Interface with suppliers and procurement to develop state of the art equipment and processes with both existing and new polymeric materials.
• Work with suppliers to resolve problems with materials as well as maintain relationship with suppliers to stay abreast of new material availability.
• Risk assessments of cable designs, materials, equipment and processes being used. Of course, this refers to staff safety and safety within the plant, but this can also extend outwards to include things such as the environmental impact and customer field issues related to product failure.

Required Skills:

• Individual must be capable of executing project assignments in a team-based environment with minimal supervision.
• Strong problem solver utilizing engineering principles and structured techniques (MEE).
• Demonstrated, applied mechanical aptitude.
• Ability to share and clearly express technical ideas.
• Solid written and verbal skills, with experience with Microsoft Office tools.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.

Required Education/Experience:

• BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Materials, or Chemical Engineering with 5+ years experience in product development or manufacturing.
• MS degree preferred. 

Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with fiber optic cable design or polymer materials, or polymer extrusion.
• Demonstrated use of modeling or simulation software in the development of new products or processes.
• Experience in computer aided design for mechanical drawings.
• Experience with project management.
• Continuous process design and development experience.
• Capable of performing complex data analysis using MS excel (SPC), or statistical software such as JMP or Minitab.

Soft Skills:

• Positive attitude.
• Good communication/presentation skills at multiple levels including teams/management/customers.
• Ability to communicate effectively within a global work environment.
• Good facilitation and collaboration skills to enable ambiguous evaluations.
• A bias towards action: Personal initiative, results-driven and details-oriented.
• Good interpersonal and relationship building skills.

Travel:

• Up To 25% (national/international)