Senior Thermal Process Engineer

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Corning's Manufacturing, Technology and Engineering division (MTE) is recognized as the leader in engineering excellence & innovative manufacturing technologies by providing diverse skills to Corning’s existing & emerging businesses.

We anticipate & provide timely, valued, leading edge manufacturing technologies and engineering expertise. We partner with Corning’s businesses and the Science & Technology division. Together we create and sustain Corning’s manufacturing as a differential advantage.

Corning is seeking a Senior
Thermal Process Engineer to join our Manufacturing, Technology & Engineering team at Sullivan Park in Corning, NY
. This onsite role supports a typical Monday–Friday schedule with flexibility as projects require and includes approximately 50% travel
, primarily to Corning manufacturing and development sites in U.S. locations through international may be a possibility.

Join our team and play a vital role in driving innovation and excellence in thermal process engineering. If you are passionate about high-temperature processes, materials, and leveraging cutting-edge technologies, we encourage you to apply! This position supports high-impact
high-temperature manufacturing and development programs across Corning such as glass melting
, glass forming
, heat treatment, fiber optic processes, ceramics, advanced optics, and solar manufacturing. The engineer will apply process engineering, materials science, and data-driven problem-solving to help transition processes from development into manufacturing, resolve production issues, and improve safety, quality, yield, reliability, and throughput.

• Analyze process and product data to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve thermal process upsets, defects, yield losses, and equipment-performance issues.
• Plan and execute process trials, experiments, and evaluations; develop hypotheses and use structured problem-solving to recommend solutions.
• Support process scale‑up, technology transfer, and manufacturing readiness from development through production.
• Partner with operators, technicians, manufacturing engineers, development teams, and other stakeholders to implement process improvements.
• Support manufacturing line startups, capacity expansions, equipment ramp‑up, and process stabilization activities.
• Apply process improvement methods, such as root cause analysis, Design of Experiments, Lean, DMAIC, or similar tools, to improve safety, quality, cost, yield, and throughput.
• Maintain process documentation, standards, control plans, and operating procedures for assigned work.

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science/Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Glass Science/Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 2+ years of technical or engineering experience in manufacturing, process development, or a related industrial environment.
• Experience with glass melting, glass forming, ceramic firing, fiber optic…