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Corning

Specialty glass, ceramics, and tech components

Optical Metrology Engineer

Inspection & TestConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeKeene, NH, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering is required.
  • Five to fifteen years of experience designing instrumentation for testing precision optical component systems.
  • Hands-on metrology laboratory experience and industrial experience in optical metrology are required, including familiarity with optical shop phase-measuring interferometers.
  • Ability to function on a multidisciplinary product development team.
  • Experience and understanding of geometrical optics and optical test methods.
  • Ability to read and interpret drawings with geometrical dimensioning and tolerancing.
  • Strong presentation and technical writing skills to communicate within the program team and with internal and external customers.
  • Proficiency in Excel is required.

Responsibilities

  • Devise, build, and maintain instrumentation and comprehensive test methods to measure and analyze ultra-precise optical assemblies.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary project teams to design, integrate, and qualify custom metrology equipment.
  • Work as technical lead of new programs.
  • Design or specify for purchase optical test methods and instrumentation to measure various parameters of optical assemblies.
  • Use in-house and commercial metrology and software to assess wavefront and polarization.
  • Read and interpret optical drawings containing optical tolerancing and ISO specifications.
  • Analyze optical component surface maps to assess complex shapes using Zernike and asphere polynomials.
  • Create and document metrology methods and test procedures for transfer to manufacturing.
  • Train manufacturing personnel to execute test and measurement tasks.
  • Travel 5% domestically and internationally for training, networking opportunities, customer visits, conferences and trade shows, and collaboration with teams at other company locations.
  • Work typical hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; extra and off-hours work may be required during heightened project activity to meet deliverables.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree in Optics or Physics.
  • Experience with interferometry, wavefront sensing, deflectometry, profilometry, precision tooling, polarization or polarimetry.
  • Experience with aspheric measurement methods such as sub-aperture stitching, null testing, and computer-generated hologram (CGH) design and implementation.
  • Familiarity with optical and stylus profilometry, roughness measurement, and microscopy.
  • Familiarity with gauge study and measurement uncertainty assessment.
  • Experience with MATLAB, Python, or other analytical software applications.
  • Proficiency with phase-measuring software from Zygo, 4D, Apre, or QED.

About the Company

Corning

Specialty glass, ceramics, and tech components

Corning develops and manufactures specialty glass, ceramics, and related components for a range of industries. Its engineered glass and ceramic materials are produced and integrated into devices and systems such as smartphone screens, high‑performance displays, optical networks, automotive emissions controls, and life‑science equipment. The company differentiates itself with a broad portfolio across multiple markets, material science expertise, reliable supply, and end‑to‑end components and systems. Its goal is to help customers achieve performance and reliability by providing durable, high‑quality materials and connected solutions that scale with growing demand.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Corning, NY
Founded
1851

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