Requisition Number: 79066

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Corning Incorporated is seeking a Senior Development Scientist – Glass Melting Process to join our Glass Melting team at our Sullivan Park R&D center in Corning, NY. This is an onsite role, Monday–Friday, 40-hour week with flexibility as needed, with up to 25% travel to Corning locations. Relocation assistance is available.

Melting glass in the lab is only the beginning. In this role, you will develop melting processes that are consistent, controlled, and ready for pilot or manufacturing for new glass compositions. This could be a strong fit if you have hands-on glass melting experience, or ceramics, metals, or other high-temperature (1000°C+) experience, and have taken a process from lab toward scale-up.

Key Responsibilities

Design, run, and analyze melting and process experiments, then define the next steps
Turn lab-scale melts into repeatable processes that deliver consistent samples
Define what a manufacturing platform needs: what to measure and control
Transfer processes to pilot line or manufacturing, ensuring technical and operational readiness
Build analytical tools and techniques that make processes robust and optimized
Partner with research, modeling, characterization, and equipment design experts, using modeling outputs to guide experiments
Communicate findings and risks to stakeholders while managing multiple programs

Minimum Qualifications and Skills

PhD in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Geology, or a related field with 5+ years of relevant R&D experience; or MS with 10+ years
Hands-on experience melting or processing materials above 1000°C (glass, ceramics, or metals)
Experience taking a process from concept through scale-up, trials, or transfer to pilot or manufacturing
Working knowledge of heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, reaction kinetics, and thermodynamics, and how they link material properties to process and product performance
Ability to interpret process-modeling outputs to guide experiments (model building not required)
Clear communication and the ability to work independently across interdisciplinary teams

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

Direct glass melting experience, including equipment and quality measurements
Industry development, pilot-line, or manufacturing experience
Experience partnering with equipment designers to specify or build process equipment

This position supports immigration sponsorship.

The range for this position is $95,481.00 - $131,287.00 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, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
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.
Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.

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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].

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