Scientist - Multi Discipline: 48795
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.
At Corning, our growth is fueled by a commitment to innovation. We succeed through sustained investment in research & development, a unique combination of material and process innovation, and close collaboration with customers to solve tough technology challenges. We are a four-time National Medal of Technology winner thanks to our technology leadership and R&D environment, which attract and enable the best scientific minds in the world.
Scope of Position (i.e. projects involved with and role within group):
This position of Multi-Discipline Engineer I is in the Science and Technology (Research) Division of Corning Incorporated. We are looking for scientists and engineers with the ability to creatively solve problems that span multiple disciplines, such as:
- Mechanical engineering
- Optoelectronic design and testing
- Materials science
- Physics
The role will provide solutions to some of the most pressing challenges to our businesses and define future research directions.
The candidate should be able to support emerging (short and long term) technical challenges that benefit from integrated systems and collaborate with a wide range of scientists and engineers to develop solutions. Additionally, the candidate for this position should have a track record of working in team environments, applying the fundamentals of their discipline, defining and executing experiments, and summarizing results to provide novel solutions involving the integration of optical, mechanical, and electrical components.
Technical challenges can range in markets from optical communications to display technologies to life sciences and involve optical-electrical-mechanical applications such as:
- Photonics and passive/active optical components
- Materials (glass, ceramics, polymers)
- Free-space optics
- Waveguides
- Sensors
- Controls
- Software/hardware integration
- Image processing
- Optoelectronics
Our environment is dynamic and projects can be fast-paced; we expect our scientists and engineers to be agile and rapidly build up new capabilities as the need arises. Most importantly, we expect our scientists and engineers to want to be a part of a team of creative and inventive problem solvers.
Day to Day Responsibilities: Through an understanding of customer problem statements you will identify potential solutions as you collaborate with scientists and engineers, develop novel approaches to solve complex problems, and make quick critical experiments to demonstrate feasibility.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Designing and executing experiments, providing data analysis, and providing guidance to teams;
- Interacting with project team members in collaborating fields (optics, mechanics, electronics, etc.);
- Working in a lab environment to correlate critical experiments results with modeling results;
- Documenting results for internal and external publications;
- Purchasing equipment, tracking delivery, and receipt of material for projects.
Travel requirements (please note if international): Occasional international and domestic travel based on business needs. A reasonable estimate is 1-3 trips per year.
Hours of work/work schedule/flex-time: 40 Hours/Week
Education and Experience (minimum required for consideration):
- M.S. in Engineering related degree or Physics with 0-3 years’ experience or
- BS with 6-10 years of industrial experience designing and/or testing optomechanical or electromechanical devices, systems, or products.
Required Skills (These are skills that candidates must possess):
- Demonstrated ability to integrate hardware, electronics, and software;
- Capability of developing experiment plans (DOE), laboratory set-up, and executing experiments;
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel products;
- Ability for occasional international and domestic travel based on business needs.
Desired Skills (these are the skills that would be nice for candidates to possess):
- Data processing experience (eg Microsoft Excel, MATLAB, etc);
- Familiarity with controls software (eg LabView);
- CAD experience (eg SolidWorks or AutoCAD);
- Experience with optical design and CAD software such as Zemax or CodeV;
- Well-developed social and communication skills with an ability to work both independently and in high-performance interdisciplinary teams.
Soft Skills (Communication/Team/Leadership):
- Willingness to learn new skills as tasks require;
- Well-developed social and communication skills;
- Ability to work both independently and in high-performance teams;
- Ability to work in situations where problems are not well defined and in a multi-discipline environment.
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.
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. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Citizenship status must allow exposure to US export controlled technical data.
Nearest Major Market: Corning