Job Description

Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in materials science. For more than 160 years, Corning has applied its unparalleled expertise in specialty glass, ceramics, and optical physics to develop products that have created new industries and transformed people’s lives.

Corning succeeds through sustained investment in R&D, a unique combination of material and process innovation, and close collaboration with customers to solve tough technology challenges.

Corning's Manufacturing, Technology and Engineering division (MTE) is recognized as the leader in engineering excellence & innovative manufacturing technologies by providing diverse skills to Corning’s existing & emerging businesses.

We anticipate & provide timely, valued, leading edge manufacturing technologies and engineering expertise.  We partner with Corning’s businesses and the Science & Technology division. Together we create and sustain Corning’s manufacturing as a differential advantage.

Job description:

Chemical, surface and coating scientist for developing chemical and surface measurement systems for processes and products from early research & development phases through pilot manufacturing. The focus is on understanding the chemistry of surfaces and coatings to help customers with developing characterization methodology and problem solving in these areas.  The position requires expertise in chemistry and/or material science/engineering. 

Day to Day Responsibilities:

Subject matter expertise in chemical measurements (theory, experiments & systems) for material & product characterization, material processing including coating and thin films and process innovation. Specifically, the individual needs to identify, evaluate and conduct critical experiments in chemistry, surface and coating areas to solve business critical problems. The successful candidate will provide expertise to project teams via new instrument/tool development or new measurement development to support surface analysis, and/or chemical process measurements. 
Depending on specific project assignments, responsibilities may include: 
Developing cost-competitive and simplified measurement tools that could help understanding the chemistry, coating material, defects, reactivity and readiness of the surface
Developing new specialized measurement systems and methods for surfaces and coatings
Working with outside vendors for new equipment development 
Providing process driven input to equipment designs or improvements 
Provide measurements and results interpretation to the product development team and aid in the setting of product specifications. Manufacturing option exploration, definition and evaluation
Assignments may include problem solving in projects related to materials based products and their applications.
Study of surface features and extraction of roughness parameters

Travel Requirements

Depending on the projects, up to 25%

Education requirements

Masters or PhD in Chemistry, or materials science or engineering

Years and area of experience

Minimum 2 years of Experience in Chemistry or coating related fields

Required skills

State-of-the art experimental/ theoretical and interpretive skills to technical problems
Strong technical fundamentals in surface chemistry or materials science and experience in chemical measurements and processes
Results oriented and ability to get results quickly
Able to collaborate across organizational boundaries and integrate solutions
Ability to learn new technology processes quickly
Demonstrated experience collaborating with external researchers in industry or academia

Desired skills

Familiarity with a wide range of analytical, surface analysis, microscopic and spectroscopic techniques
Proficient in the use of statistical data analysis and DOE in problem solving
Organizes, leads, and carries out work on projects of significant scale, complexity or priority
Demonstrated ability to define and solve problems, implement solutions to improve products or processes
Instrument and equipment troubleshooting

Soft skills

Effective presentation and technical writing skills
Independently determines and develops approach to solutions
Ability to work in a team setting
Frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts
Ability to supervise a technician if necessary

This position does support immigration sponsorship.