Process Engineer

Process Engineer

Corning is hiring a Process Engineer to support manufacturing operations at its Canton, New York facility. This is a full-time, onsite role with a standard Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. schedule, with additional time as business needs require. Limited travel (approximately 5–10%) may be necessary for internal meetings, training courses, or supplier and customer visits. At the Canton site, engineers support advanced glass and materials manufacturing across semiconductor, aerospace, and defense applications.

The Process Engineer plays a highly visible role on the plant floor, partnering closely with production and maintenance teams to keep processes stable, efficient, and continuously improving. Success in this role comes from developing deep process understanding, translating data into action, and clearly communicating changes that enable operations to perform at a high level in a union manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive process improvement initiatives to improve yield, quality, cost, and manufacturing performance.
• Identify process and equipment limitations and develop practical, data-driven solutions.
• Apply structured problem-solving techniques to identify root causes and implement sustainable improvements.
• Support new product and process launches, raw material changes, and equipment design modifications.
• Analyze and interpret process data to develop clear action plans and technical recommendations.
• Partner with production, maintenance, and engineering teams to support daily manufacturing operations.
• Provide technical input to help prioritize projects aligned with plant and business objectives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in ceramic, materials, chemical engineering, or a related engineering field.
• 3+ years of experience in a technical, manufacturing, or process engineering role.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical issues.
• Experience working in a manufacturing or production-focused environment.

This position does not support immigration sponsorship. The range for this position is $84,932.00 - $ assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.

Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one. Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, Corning provides company matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan of up to 4% of pay when you contribute at least 6% of pay.

Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.

We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment.

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