Quality Engineer

Company: Corning Requisition Number: 75879 Role Purpose The Quality Engineer supports daily quality activities within a manufacturing or pilot production environment. This entry-level role works closely with manufacturing, process engineering, and site leadership to help ensure products and processes meet defined quality standards, specifications, and inspection requirements. The Quality Engineer assists with inspections, quality documentation, nonconformance tracking, process monitoring, and continuous improvement activities. This role also supports process-related quality efforts by helping analyze process performance, participating in investigations, and contributing to actions that improve product consistency and manufacturing control. Key Responsibilities Support implementation and maintenance of quality standards, inspection methods, product acceptance criteria, and process control requirements for manufacturing operations. Assist with in-process and final quality activities, including inspection plans, data collection, review of production records, and verification of adherence to specifications. Help investigate nonconformances, product defects, and process deviations, and support root cause analysis and corrective actions in partnership with manufacturing and process engineering. Partner with manufacturing and process engineering teams to ensure quality requirements, process controls, and product specifications are understood and followed on the production floor. Analyze quality and process data to identify trends, support process capability understanding, and highlight opportunities for product and process improvement. Maintain quality documentation, reports, and records to support traceability, compliance, process validation, and continuous improvement activities. Support audits, validation efforts, trial activities, and other quality system or process improvement initiatives as needed. Experiences/Education - Required Bachelor’s degree required; Engineering, Quality, Materials, Manufacturing, Chemical, Mechanical, or related technical field preferred. Internship, co‑op, academic project, or early career experience in manufacturing, quality, process engineering, or industrial environments preferred. Strong attention to detail and analytical/problem‑solving skills. Ability to work effectively across teams and communicate clearly in a production environment. Familiarity with basic quality and process improvement tools such as root cause analysis, data analysis, inspection methods, SPC, or statistical techniques preferred. Experience with Excel and other data/documentation tools preferred. Experience in manufacturing, glass, automated equipment, or other industrial environments is a plus. Up to 50% travel required This position does not support immigration sponsorship. The range for this position is $67,237.00-$92,451.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job‑related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. A job that shapes a life. Corning offers you the total package. Your well‑being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one. Company‑wide bonuses and long‑term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. As part of our commitment to your financial well‑being, we provide a 100% company‑paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service. Our health and well‑being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company‑paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family. Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr