Senior Mechatronics Engineer

Requisition Number: 79397

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Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.

How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward.

At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.

Come break through with us.

Corning’s businesses are ever-evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. We are changing the world with:

• Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
• Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
• Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
• Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences
• Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation
• Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions

Join our team to shape the future of precision manufacturing automation. We are seeking a hands-on Mechatronics Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and deploy advanced automation systems for manufacturing applications. In this role, you will work across mechanical design, robotics, sensing, controls, software, and system integration to turn complex manufacturing challenges into reliable, scalable automation solutions.

This is an opportunity to drive high-impact technical work from early concept development and simulation through commissioning and performance optimization. You will work in a highly collaborative environment with multidisciplinary engineering teams, integrators, and manufacturing personnel. Your work will directly improve process capability, quality, throughput, and reliability.

Project work for this position will primarily be in Hickory, Metro Charlotte and other Corning locations in North Carolina.

• Work on technically challenging, high-visibility automation and equipment integration projects with real production impact.
• Take ownership of project execution from concept through deployment.
• Collaborate with engineers across mechanical design, controls, robotics, software, and manufacturing.
• Grow technical leadership skills through direct stakeholder engagement and complex system integration.

• Design, develop, and implement mechatronic systems that improve manufacturing automation, precision, reliability, and productivity.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to define automation requirements, develop project plans, and translate operational needs into practical technical solutions.
• Integrate mechanical systems, actuators, sensors, motion-control hardware, machine vision, control systems, and industrial robots into robust automation equipment.
• Develop and apply system models, simulations, and engineering analyses to validate designs and optimize system performance.
• Develop control, optimization, and automation software for robotic and mechatronic systems.
• Troubleshoot complex system-level issues using structured data analysis and sound engineering principles.
• Support system commissioning, acceptance testing, deployment, and continuous…