Division Quality Engineer, CET

Division Quality Engineer, CET

** Date:
** Jul 20, 2026

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* Location:

** Corning, NY, US, 14831

** Company:
** Corning

Requisition Number: 76557

** The company built on breakthroughs. ​ *
* ** Join us.​ *
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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 Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile and stationary applications around the world.

** Scope of the role:*
* As Division Quality Engineer, you'll operate at the intersection of continuous improvement leadership, hands-on quality system support, and data-enabled decision-making - helping CET's quality organization become more consistent, more responsive, and more preventive.

** Champion Performance Excellence (PEx) Across the Division:*
* + Serve as the division's PEx champion, promoting continuous improvement methodologies, structured problem-solving, and process excellence.

+ Partner with site and functional teams to identify improvement opportunities, apply best practices, and drive projects to successful completion.

+ Support proactive identification and mitigation of alpha and beta risk by strengthening process controls, measurement systems, issue prevention, and decision-making rigor.

** Support Plant/Process Quality Assurance (PQA):*
* + Provide hands-on support for divisional PQA activities, including quality system improvements, process monitoring, standardization, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive actions.

+ Help align quality systems across sites, improving consistency and enabling faster, more effective issue resolution and prevention.

** Enable Data-Driven Quality:*
* + Collect, analyze, and interpret quality and operational data to surface trends, drive decisions, and inform priorities.

+ Develop and improve dashboards, reports, and data tools to increase visibility and speed across the division's quality processes.

+ Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through data systems, digital tools, and - where appropriate - AI-enabled solutions.

** Drive Cross-Functional Execution and Adoption:*
* + Support divisional quality projects and promote consistency in quality practices and metrics across sites.

+ Lead training, documentation, communication, and adoption of new quality processes, systems, and tools.

+ Collaborate across plant/site quality teams, operations, engineering, and divisional leadership to embed durable improvements.

** Required skills and

Education:

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* + Bachelor's degree in engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or a related field

+ 3-5 years of experience in quality, engineering, manufacturing, continuous improvement, or a related discipline.

+ Strong aptitude for manufacturing performance analytics, reporting, and working with data systems.

+ Proven ability to identify trends, solve problems, and drive process improvement initiatives.

+ Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence improvements across teams in a matrixed environment.

+ Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other standard business/reporting tools.

** Desired

Skills:

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Experience with Performance Excellence (PEx), Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.

+ Experience supporting Plant/Process Quality Assurance (PQA) or broader quality systems.

+ Familiarity with core quality tools - root cause analysis, CAPA, SPC, FMEA, audits, or process control methods.

+ Green Belt or Black Belt certification, or equivalent quality/process improvement training.

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Experience with BI and reporting tools such…