Engineer III

Role Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Thermal Process Engineer with expertise in glass melting, glass forming, ceramic firing, or high-temperature material processing to join our team. The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, optimizing, and troubleshooting high temperature processes across various businesses, ensuring efficiency, quality, and sustainability in production. Projects will typically have a significant financial and strategic impact on the divisions serviced and require leadership that is consistent with Corning’s values.

Key Responsibilities

· Design, develop, and optimize new thermal processes or improvement to existing processes at Corning facilities worldwide

· Monitor and evaluate thermal systems and equipment performance to ensure operational efficiency, product quality, and compliance with industry standards.

· Analyze process, material behavior, and thermal mechanisms to improve process reliability and repeatability. 

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including R&D, Division Engineering, production, and quality control, to implement process improvements and innovations.

· Troubleshoot thermal process-related issues and provide technical solutions to minimize downtime and improve operational efficiency. 

· Develop and maintain process documentation, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), process flow diagrams, and performance metrics.

· Stay updated on advancements in thermal technologies, materials science, and industry best practices to drive innovation and continuous improvement.

· Ensure adherence to environmental, health, and safety regulations related to high-temperature processes. 

· Other responsibilities include measuring and communicating performance against established objectives, reviewing and interpreting data to make recommendations on immediate actions, long term corrective actions, follow-up experiments, etc., and documenting processes and mentoring operators and peers on defined processes. 

Experiences/Education - Required

· Technical Degree Required (glass/ceramics, materials science or related fields), BS minimum, MS preferred

· 5+ years of technical/engineering experience

· Proven experience in glass melting, glass forming, ceramic firing, or high-temperature material processing.

· Strong understanding of thermal dynamics, heat transfer, and material science principles.

· Hands-on experience with thermal equipment, such as furnaces, kilns, and heat exchangers.

· Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

· Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Experiences/Education - Desired

· Engineering project management experience

· Glass, raw materials, glass technology, process engineering basics

· Strong technical fundamentals with process research/engineering and materials

· Statistics, data analysis, design of experiments

· Creative/innovative problem solving

· Strong multi-tasker

· Business savvy and competence

· Able to collaborate across organizational boundaries and integrate solutions