Senior Staff Engineer - Melting & Thermal Process

Location: Corning, NY, US, 14831

Company: Corning

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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

Role Purpose

The Senior Staff Engineer
- Glass Melting / Thermal Process provides advanced technical leadership in glass melting, furnace operation, and thermal process engineering. This role is responsible for improving melt quality, furnace performance, thermal efficiency, process stability, throughput, and manufacturing reliability across complex glass manufacturing systems.

The position serves as a senior technical expert who connects deep process knowledge to business needs, manufacturing performance, and longer-term capability building. The role leads complex problem solving, supports major process and technology initiatives, and influences technical direction across manufacturing, R&D, quality, maintenance, and project teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead advanced technical analysis and problem solving related to glass melting, furnace performance, and process stability
• Improve melt quality, energy efficiency, throughput, yield, and operational reliability through data-driven process optimization
• Support furnace operation, troubleshooting, and process improvement efforts across manufacturing environments
• Provide technical leadership for major process changes, equipment upgrades, furnace‑related projects, and new technology implementation
• Translate complex thermal and melting issues into practical actions for plant, engineering, and cross‑functional teams
• Partner with manufacturing, R&D, maintenance, quality, and project teams to identify root causes, reduce risk, and improve overall process performance
• Develop technical standards, operating guidance, and best practices for melting and high temperature systems
• Mentor and coach engineers and technical teams in process understanding, troubleshooting methods, and sound engineering practices
• Identify opportunities to improve furnace capability, process robustness, and manufacturing performance over both near‑and longer‑term horizons
• Communicate findings, recommendations, and risks clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Experiences/Education
- Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, or a related engineering…