Role Purpose
The Engineering Manager will be a key leader responsible for overseeing all aspects of manufacturing engineering within the Corning Optical Communications Co-Packaged Optics Program. This position will drive the long-term automation and process manufacturing strategy.
The Engineering Manager will work with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement efficient manufacturing processes, ensuring this fast moving business can scale at high quality and low-cost. This leader will work with other functional leaders to leverage existing processes and equipment or direct technical teams to develop new ones to meet this challenge.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the automation and process engineering strategy for Co-Packaged Optics
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop new manufacturing processes, ensuring seamless integration of advanced technologies and best practices.
- Support drive to long-term cost leadership
- Support movement of development equipment into manufacturing
- Own the PI sheets and specifications with support from CT and PLM
- Lead the buy versus build analysis for new equipment
- Support defining equipment requirements for new equipment development in technology and integration plan with manufacturing and SCM
- Lead yield improvement war-rooms with support from BTD and Manufacturing for root-cause analysis and implementation
- Manage resources that ensure all Environmental, Safety and Health requirements for projects are met
- Support IT programs and help define priorities for manufacturing
- Staff innovation programs, short-term capacity, and long-term cost leadership teams Experiences/Education
Required Education
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering Filed (preferred but not a must: Mechanical Engineering, Systems, Industrial, Mechatronic, Electronic or similar)
- Minimum of 7+ years of relative experience with equipment design and delivering and supporting systems in manufacturing.
Required Skills
- Experience in optical or electronic manufacturing
- Experience in scaling innovations or new products
- Experience in semi-conductor industry
- Experience in engineering leadership role, with proven progression of leadership roles from engineer to manager
- Strong background in process optimization, Lean Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive data-driven decisions.
- Demonstrated leadership abilities and the capacity to motivate and inspire international, cross-functional teams.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively at all levels of the organization.
- Project management experience and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
- Adaptability to evolving technologies and a commitment to staying updated with industry trends.
- Lead or participate in engineering strategy creating process
