Sr. Product Development Engineer

Role Purpose

At Corning, we strive to be the best — delivering innovative fiber optics, connectors and hardware solutions to high tech industries.  Our people and our culture are the foundation for our success.  In product development, you will join a collaborative, high performing team where technical excellence, analytical leadership, and continuous learning are celebrated.  Every day, you will be empowered to own your work, drive breakthrough solutions, and help shape the future.  We invest in our people, providing the resources, trust, and support needed to grow, learn, and make an impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Conceptualize innovative mechanical design solutions for new product development. Show deep understanding and technical evaluation behind the proposed solutions.
• Create mechanical designs of plastic injection molded and sheet metal components to meet a set of functional requirements. 
• Provide high-level and detailed 3D CAD models and 2D drawings suitable for:
  • Concept presentation to customers.
  • Analytical evaluation (modeling).
  • Patent applications.
  • Technical reports or publications.
  • Cost or manufacturability analysis.

Other Responsibilities

• Research externally published fundamentals, new designs (competitor products and patents), and manufacturing processes.
• Lead the projects from a technical standpoint – representing the design engineering perspective – which may include delegating tasks to other technical resources like CAD design, prototyping labs, and testing & qualification labs
• Ability to act as project lead in the aspects of defining project plan, budget, schedule, team, and completing reviews and documentation from kick-off to product release.
• Mentor junior engineers in best practices of engineering, product development, as well as Corning processes.
• Collaborate with project team members from multiple technical disciplines located in various domestic and global locations to translate design concepts into detailed designs that can be prototyped and manufactured.
• Work remotely with Manufacturing personnel to release new products at full-scale production.
• Provide documentation to communicate findings in technical reports, protect intellectual property in patent applications, order rapid prototypes, and/or support customer presentations and demonstrations.

Experiences/Education - Required

•    Bachelor of Science in Engineering.  Major in Mechanical preferred. Electro-Mechanics, Mechatronics or Optical will be considered.

Work Experience.

•    4-7 years of Industry Related Experience (Product, Design, New Product Introduction).
•    Product Development and/or NPI experience required.
•    Experience designing injection molded and/or sheet metal parts highly desirable.
•    Design of experiments experience is desirable.
•    Demonstrated ability to understand and solve challenging technical problems.
•    Demonstrated ability to take ownership and guide peers towards project goals.
•    Sound understanding of material properties, manufacturing capabilities, and their application in product design. 

Travel: 10% (Domestic and International)

Competencies

•    Strength in the ability to generate, compile, and compare concepts and apply appropriate engineering analysis to validate them.
•    Strength in leading a cross-functional technical team towards completion of project and design goals.
•    Ability to influence and inspire remote manufacturing personnel to meet project goals.
•    Ability to collaborate successfully in a global matrixed environment.
•    Strong verbal and written English communication skills.  
•    Ability to clearly articulate technical ideas.
•    Ability to work unsupervised and to schedule time effectively.
•    Ability to balance multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
•    Proficient in CAD software – Creo, Solidworks, NX (Creo preferred)
•    Proficient in the use of MS Office (Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint).