Quality Engineer

About the role

The Quality Engineer will support daily plant quality activities to ensure products meet specifications, standards, and customer requirements. They will lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action activities for product and process quality issues. The role involves analyzing quality data, metrics, and trends to identify improvement opportunities and reduce defects. Additionally, they will support new product introduction activities, develop quality systems, procedures, and standards, conduct internal audits, and collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations teams to resolve quality issues.

Responsibilities

• Support daily plant quality activities to ensure products meet specifications, standards, and customer requirements
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action activities for product and process quality issues
• Analyze quality data, metrics, and trends to identify improvement opportunities and reduce defects
• Support new product introduction activities by developing quality plans, inspection methods, and validation requirements
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality systems, procedures, and standards
• Conduct internal audits and support external, customer, and regulatory audits as needed
• Collaborate with Product Engineering and plant teams to resolve quality issues and support customer-facing discussions when needed
• Program and operate a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) as needed
• Write experiment plans, document findings, and prepare quality reports and recommendations for management
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, or other structured problem-solving methods, and serve as backup to the Plant Quality Manager as needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical field
• 5+ years of experience in quality engineering, quality assurance, or a related role
• Strong knowledge of quality tools and methods such as Root Cause Analysis, CAPA, Control Plans, 8D, and First Article Inspection
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, operations, and other stakeholders

Skills

• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• CMM programming experience
• Experience supporting audits, compliance requirements, and quality improvement activities
• Experience working across teams, vendors, and multiple stakeholders in a plant setting
• Ability to work effectively in a union environment with minimal supervision

Benefits

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.

Pay

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.

Schedule

This is a full-time onsite role that typically works Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week, with flexibility as needed.

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance is available.