Engineering MIE; Manufacturing Innovation Effectiveness) Project Lead

Date: Oct 19, 2026

Location: Winston-Salem, NC, US, 27107

Company: Corning

Requisition Number: 78663

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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.

Engineering leader responsible for new products, new processes, and serving as the MIE site lead at the Diesel plant. This role provides strategic input for plant objectives, capital planning, controlled assumptions, and policies while partnering early with innovation and program teams to manage decisions, tradeoffs, resources, and plans of record. The leader ensures new products are successfully transferred to manufacturing with clear criteria, strong cross-functional engagement, and alignment to performance and profitability goals.

Working closely with Commercial, Technology, and Manufacturing teams, this role establishes shared objectives, metrics, and deliverables; drives process capability and product performance improvements; and champions the use of MEE, MIE, DMAIC, PQA, and LEAN tools. Responsibilities also include supporting manufacturing through technology and process enhancements, defect root-cause investigations, and resolution of process instability. The position requires the ability to regularly walk and stand for up to eight hours per day.

• Provide strong process engineering leadership for new product, process, and technology development using rigorous methodologies and tools, including SA, PA, PPA, DAs, MEE, and MIE.
• Coordinate and manage manufacturing resources needed to support, receive, and implement new products and processes, while promoting co-innovation and a “pull mentality” that brings innovation into manufacturing with effective quality, performance, and cost controls.
• Ensure local innovation processes—including the MIE playbook, PQA, NPI, and decision-making processes—are followed effectively; leverage subject matter experts and participate in the MIE Community of Practice.
• Define and deliver Operational Readiness for new products and processes to ensure plant systems are established before production start-up.
• Apply experimental design, scientific methods, engineering principles, and data analysis to understand process interactions, optimize critical processes, reduce variability, and solve production issues.
• Communicate work, solutions, and direction effectively through clear, actionable presentations for…