Division Quality Engineer, CET

Requisition Number: 76557

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Corning’s Environmental Technologies segment manufactures ceramic substrates and filter products for emissions control in mobile and stationary applications around the world.

Scope of the role:

As Division Quality Engineer, you'll operate at the intersection of continuous improvement leadership, hands-on quality system support, and data-enabled decision-making — helping CET's quality organization become more consistent, more responsive, and more preventive.

Champion Performance Excellence (PEx) Across the Division:

• Serve as the division's PEx champion, promoting continuous improvement methodologies, structured problem-solving, and process excellence.
• Partner with site and functional teams to identify improvement opportunities, apply best practices, and drive projects to successful completion.
• Support proactive identification and mitigation of alpha and beta risk by strengthening process controls, measurement systems, issue prevention, and decision-making rigor.

Support Plant/Process Quality Assurance (PQA):

• Provide hands-on support for divisional PQA activities, including quality system improvements, process monitoring, standardization, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive actions.
• Help align quality systems across sites, improving consistency and enabling faster, more effective issue resolution and prevention.

Enable Data-Driven Quality:

• Collect, analyze, and interpret quality and operational data to surface trends, drive decisions, and inform priorities.
• Develop and improve dashboards, reports, and data tools to increase visibility and speed across the division's quality processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through data systems, digital tools, and — where appropriate — AI-enabled solutions.

Drive Cross-Functional Execution and Adoption:

• Support divisional quality projects and promote consistency in quality practices and metrics across sites.
• Lead training, documentation, communication, and adoption of new quality processes, systems, and tools.
• Collaborate across plant/site quality teams, operations, engineering, and divisional leadership to embed durable improvements.

Required skills and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or a related field 
• 3-5 years of experience in quality, engineering, manufacturing, continuous improvement, or a related discipline.
• Strong aptitude for manufacturing performance analytics, reporting, and working with data systems.
• Proven ability to identify trends, solve problems, and drive process improvement initiatives.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence improvements across teams in a matrixed environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other standard business/reporting tools.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Performance Excellence (PEx), Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience supporting Plant/Process Quality Assurance (PQA) or broader quality systems.
• Familiarity with core quality tools — root cause analysis, CAPA, SPC, FMEA, audits, or process control methods.
• Green Belt or Black Belt certification, or equivalent quality/process improvement training.
• Experience with BI and reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or similar platforms.
• Exposure to or interest in AI, automation, or advanced analytics for business or quality applications.

Work Arrangement & Travel:

• Location: Corning, NY
• Travel: Approximately 10–15% to CET plants and sites in support of divisional quality priorities
• Schedule: Standard business hours, with flexibility as project and site needs require
• Sponsorship: This position does not support immigration sponsorship.

This position does not support immigration sponsorship.  

The range for this position is  $91,649.00 - $126,018.00  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, Corning provides company matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan of up to 4% of pay when you contribute at least 6% of pay.
• 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. 

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 [email protected].