Sr. NPI Engineer

Requisition Number: 68948

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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.

Role Purpose

This position is within Americas’ Regional Engineering and will be part of the development of new products and processes with an emphasis on speed of innovation into manufacturing through effective Change Management, Design for Manufacturing, Cost Modeling, and alignment to our global Product Quality Architecture. This position focuses on leading the industrialization of products developed through our IPP projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert for product/process industrialization in project teams, drive next generation manufacturing solutions into the production floor
• Working with project team members, develop and / or improve processes using DMAIC and sound statistical methods to ensure process performance meets the level required to meet cost, capacity, and service level requirements for new products.
• Lead the cost performance effort in projects, owning the cost model and ensuring product cost targets are met at product launch
• Work with project team members to develop new products with designs that are optimized for cost, manufacturing cycling time, and quality.
• Author process improvement capability plans. Complete technical reports for internal publication.
• Lead and/or participate in creation of NPI metrics for product availability by using LA and GA criteria document.
• Lead and organize process and product workshops to drive DFM Analysis in NPIs documenting and implementing improvement ideas during the NPI project lifecycle.
• Working with the project team and process engineering team, ensure Product Quality Architecture requirements are met prior to closure of project.
• Identify gaps in manufacturing capabilities and make recommendations to improve. Support those improvements. Included in this are programs in TPM and LEAN implementation. Identify and act on best practices globally
  
  

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics, Optical Physics or related field, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years total of technology, development, and/or manufacturing engineering experience
  
  

Experiences/Education - Desired

• Knowledgeable in fiber optic cabling and connectivity
• Experience working in a high volume, people based, precision manufacturing environment
• Strong project management skills
• Good problems solving and analytical capabilities (particularly statistical analysis)
• Excellent communication and leadership-through-influence skills.
• High initiative, able to work with a minimum of direction, and able to work in team environment
• Minimum 80% bilingual English / Spanish
• Experience working with manual and semi-automated assembly processes of complex, high precision components in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience designing error-proofing solutions for manufacturing
• OCS Process Disciplines and Product knowledge including and not limited to connector preparation, polishing, furcation, fiber optic connector optical testing, cable management, etc.
• Experience in the development or manufacturing of optical fiber cable and connector assemblies.
• Training and/or practical experience in a field involving optical physics.
• Green Belt DMAIC certified.
• Green Belt PQA certified (for internal candidates).
• Experience with Total Preventive Maintenance and the deployment of new equipment into manufacturing (Early Equipment Management – EEM).
  
  

Corning Puts YOU First!

We are committed to supporting your health, financial, career development, and life goals as you grow professionally and personally to achieve your highest potential. All benefits begin as soon as you start your career at Corning.

• Our monetary peer-to-peer recognition program is tied to our Values and celebrates you and your colleagues’ contributions.
• Health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, mental health/substance use, fitness, and disease management programs.
• Companywide bonus and attractive short- and long-term compensation programs are available based on your role and responsibilities.
• Professional development programs help you grow and achieve your career goals.
  
  

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request an accommodation, please contact us at [email protected] .