Quality Engineer

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The Specialty Materials segment manufactures products that provide more than 150 material formulations for glass, glass ceramics and fluoride crystals to meet demand for unique customer needs. Consequently, this segment operates in a wide variety of commercial and industrial markets that include display optics and components, semiconductor optics components, aerospace and defense, astronomy, ophthalmic products, telecommunications components and cover glass that is optimized for portable display devices.

Position Summary

The Quality Engineer is a key technical contributor responsible for ensuring product quality, improving processes, and driving cost reduction through standardized, data-driven methodologies including PEX and DMAIC. A central element of this role is the day-to-day working partnership with process engineers across all manufacturing departments.

Key Responsibilities
Quality Systems, Compliance & Auditing
• Ensure product quality and compliance to customer, contractual, and internal requirements
• Ensure process/documentation changes meet quality, compliance, and productivity targets

Problem Solving & PEX / DMAIC
• Lead investigations using PEX methodology and DMAIC framework
• Apply 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, Kepner-Tregoe, and statistical analysis tools
• Engage process engineers in joint investigations

Process Engineering Partnership
• Serve as the primary quality partner to process engineers across all departments
• Collaborate with process engineers to identify, prioritize, and resolve internal quality issues

Customer Complaints & CAPA
• Own full lifecycle of customer complaint investigations through verified closure

Built-In Quality & Process Control
• Drive transition from inspection-based quality toward upstream defect prevention

Internal Quality & Nonconforming Material
• Lead defect and scrap reduction projects

Training, Capability Building & Data
• Identify training gaps and develop targeted plans
• Develop dashboards for complaint trends, CAPA performance, yield, and COPQ

Required Qualifications
• BS in Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials Science, or related field
• 3+ years in manufacturing quality or process engineering
• Proficiency with DMAIC, 8D, and 5-Why methodologies

Preferred Qualifications
• Lean / Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification
• PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA, and Cp/Cpk experience
• ASQ CQE or CQA preferred

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.  

The range for this position is $80,011.00 - $110,016.00 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. 

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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. When Corning wins, we all win.
• 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 corningjobs.corning.com .