Controls Engineer

Controls Engineer

** Date:
** Jun 10, 2026

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* Location:

** Newton, NC, US, 28658

** Company:
** Corning

Internal Corning Employees are provided the opportunity to review global job openings for potential interest. However, they are encouraged to do so with the understanding that whether or not they will be considered a candidate for positions located outside their geographic area (city, country, region) will depend on a number of factors such as the availability of local subject matter expertise or qualified talent, the need to obtain and availability of work authorization, costs associated with internal transfer, etc.

It will be the decision of the hiring organization whether to permit employees applying outside the local area where the opening exists to be considered a candidate for that opening. It is recommended employees wishing to apply for job openings at Corning make their supervisor aware of their interest before formally applying.

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* Purpose:

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* Responsible for the design, development, programming, implementation, and optimization of control systems supporting Corning's cable manufacturing processes. This role provides controls and electrical engineering expertise to improve product, process, and equipment performance, support innovation, and enable new product introduction within the plant. It requires advanced technical leadership in troubleshooting complex automation issues, integrating systems, and improving equipment reliability, safety, and efficiency.

The position also leads projects that drive root cause understanding, cost reduction, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration, while mentoring junior team members and maintaining awareness of emerging technologies and intellectual property developed through project work.

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* Key Responsibilities:

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* - Provides leadership in problem solving, and technical expertise, to ensure timely resolution of short-term process and equipment issues, and higher level troubleshooting

-    Design, create, modify, and implement  robust, cost effective automation and process machine control systems (i.e., Allen Bradley PLC programs) for our fiber optic cable production plant.

- Mentor and train junior controls engineers

-Manage the controls engineering scope of process improvement, capital expansion, and obsolescence mitigation projects.

-    Interface with external system integrators to successfully deliver fully integrated process equipment systems to Corning's facility, and participate in all phases of the project including design, fabrication, off-line integration and testing, installation, production start-up support, training of plant personnel, and technology transfer.  Independently follow construction of equipment in vendors' facilities.

-    Capable of working closely with other engineers, maintenance, operations and other plant and division functions to perform line troubleshooting and execute project assignments to completion in a team based environment with minimal supervision.

-    Participate in an on call rotation, providing support during nights, weekends, and holidays as needed to ensure continuous coverage and timely response to critical issues.

** Work Hours and

Schedule:

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* - Nominal working hours are M - F, 8 AM - 5 PM.

- Informal 24/7 coverage for ad-hoc call-in support (3rd Level Subject Matter Expert).

** Travel:  less than 1%*
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* Qualifications:

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* -    Bachelors in Electrical Engineering , Computer Science , Mechanical Engineering /, or Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology

-    4+ years manufacturing experience working with HMI / SCADA systems programming: PLCs / HMIs / VFDs controlling process and automation equipment in a plant environment including higher level communications protocols (e.g, ; Allen Bradley Control Logix v20 systems or higher), and the ability to generate, debug and modify PLC code - ladder logic, structured text and function block diagram.

-    Possess strong fundamental understanding of electrical design practices, machine/motion control systems, electro-mechanical systems, VFD and Servo programming, communication protocols, and practical application, and be able to generate and interpret…