Advanced Engineering Manager

Role Purpose

Join Corning and play a critical role in advancing manufacturing excellence by developing, optimizing, and deploying cutting-edge processes that enable successful New Product Introduction (NPI). This is an opportunity to lead globally connected engineering teams and transform scientific understanding into scalable manufacturing solutions.

What is your role?

As an Advanced Engineering Manager, you will lead a highly technical engineering team responsible for the characterization, development, and optimization of manufacturing processes that support new product launches. You will leverage data-driven analysis, scientific principles, and cross-functional collaboration to improve process performance, product quality, and manufacturing capability while driving innovation across global organizations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, influence and collaborative across global and multidisciplinary teams
• Establish comprehensive process maps that define inputs, outputs, and critical process parameters.
• Drive the identification of process limitations and optimization opportunities through data-driven analysis.
• Lead process characterization, validation, and capability assessments to establish robust operating windows.
• Define and co-lead the deployment of optimized manufacturing processes across development and production environments.
• Champion knowledge transfer and technical alignment across NPI, Product Engineering, and Process Engineering organizations.
• Develop, document, and institutionalize fundamental process understanding to support long-term process control, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Experiences/Education - Required

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Materials Science, Physics, Optics, Electronics, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in a manufacturing environment focused on technical problem solving.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and influencing engineering organizations across multiple locations.
• Strong background in process development, process characterization, product development, and manufacturing optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems using statistical analysis, numerical modeling, and first-principles engineering.
• Excellent project management skills with experience leading multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent English, both written and verbal.

Experiences/Education - Desired

• Experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI) programs.
• Knowledge of optical communications products, manufacturing technologies, and operations.
• Experience working within global and matrixed organizations.
• Ability to influence technical direction and drive alignment across geographically dispersed teams.
• Strong intellectual curiosity and passion for innovation, continuous learning, and technical excellence.

What do we offer?

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Opportunities to work with industry-leading technologies and innovative products.
• Exposure to global engineering teams and high-impact technical projects.
• A collaborative environment that promotes continuous learning and professional growth.
• Leadership opportunities in a company recognized for innovation, technology, and manufacturing excellence.

Travel Requirements

• Expected travel: 30% to 50%.