Sales Engineer

Sales Engineer

** Date:
** May 22, 2026

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* Location:

** Corning, NY, US, 14831

Charlotte, NC, US, 28216

North Carolina, NC, USNew York, NY, US

** Company:
** Corning

Requisition Number: 74991

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Our Optical Communications segment has recently evolved from being a manufacturer of optical fiber and cable, hardware and equipment to being a comprehensive provider of industry-leading optical solutions across the broader communications industry.

This segment is classified into two main product groupings - carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical-based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications. The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical-based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.

** Role Purpose*
* This position is responsible for customer and technical engagement to a key account for Corning's Photonics Connectivity Solutions business

** Key Responsibilities*
* + Develop deep understanding of Corning's optical communications products, including critical product specifications, manufacturing processes, and customer integration and use cases

+ Provide front-line support for customer inquiries related to a broad portfolio of existing products. Evaluate new inquiries against existing capabilities, coordinating with engineering and development resources as needed

+ Provide commercial and technical support to the customer in response to product or process change requests, quality issues, and operational escalations in a timely manner

+ Work collaboratively with global customer account and business/regional leaders to develop relationships within customer's engineering, development, and operations organizations to advance Corning's business position within the account, increase customer satisfaction, as well as collect market intelligence to understand customer's sales forecasts and growth opportunities

+ Analyze and articulate product performance including reliability, yields, risk assessments to improve business performance. Requires leading efforts to develop new methodologies, collect and interpret data, and report out to internal and external stakeholders

+ Work actively with internal operations, engineering, and development groups to represent or interpret customer viewpoint and identify win-win strategies in support of cost reduction, lead time reduction, and performance improvements

+ Participate or lead regional effort in new/next-generation project development

+ Track the developments within the business market globally to identify and capture new opportunities and business growth in region

+ Lead and build a customer facing team that is focused on ensuring customer needs are met, products designed can be utilized effectively

** Required Education*
* + Bachelor's degree (BS) in Engineering, preferably Optical Communications and Fiber or Co-Packaged Optics

+ 3-5 years of relevant work experience in Semiconductor or related industry, preferably in a customer support role

+ Customer engagement experiences at VP/SVP levels of technical/technology, material management or commercial leadership functions

+ Demonstrated ability to conceptualize complex specification and application findings and articulate to internal/external stakeholders to implement product changes

+ Ability to coordinate effectively within…