About the Role
Corning is a world leader in materials science, and this role contributes to the design, fabrication, and evaluation of materials-enabled device structures, including batteries, photovoltaics, and advanced packaging. You will collaborate with scientists and engineers to integrate materials into functional devices and drive development decisions.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design, fabrication, and evaluation of materials-enabled device structures, including batteries, photovoltaics, advanced packaging, or related platforms.
- Develop and execute experiments to understand relationships among material composition, processing conditions, device architecture, and performance.
- Collaborate with scientists and engineers across materials, chemistry, physics, modeling, process development, and manufacturing to integrate materials into functional devices.
- Define and measure key device performance metrics, reliability indicators, and materials characterization outputs needed to guide development decisions.
- Document technical work, present findings to stakeholders, and contribute to intellectual property.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, or a related discipline, with 2+ years of relevant industrial experience.
- Strong expertise in materials science, including structure-property relationships, material processing, and characterization.
- Hands-on experience integrating materials into functional devices or test vehicles, with exposure to device fabrication, assembly, evaluation, and failure analysis.
- Working knowledge of materials and device characterization methods such as microscopy, spectroscopy, electrical testing, electrochemical testing, thermal analysis, mechanical testing, or reliability testing.
- Experience with batteries, photovoltaics, advanced packaging, or similar materials-enabled device technologies.
- Strong data analysis, technical writing, and presentation skills.
- Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in high-performance, multi-disciplinary teams.
- Excellent communication skills for technical and business audiences.
- This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
Skills
- Materials Science
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Structure-property relationships
- Material processing
- Characterization
- Device fabrication
- Device assembly
- Failure analysis
- Microscopy
- Spectroscopy
- Electrical testing
- Electrochemical testing
- Thermal analysis
- Mechanical testing
- Reliability testing
- Batteries
- Photovoltaics
- Advanced packaging
- Data analysis
- Technical writing
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Scale-up considerations
- Manufacturability
- Reliability
- Performance tradeoffs
- Advanced materials processing
- Coating
- Joining
- Packaging
- Encapsulation
- Interface engineering
- Statistical analysis
- Design of experiments
- Modeling
- Data analytics
- Patent
- Publication
- External collaboration
- Industry benchmarking
Experience Level
- 2+ years of relevant industrial experience
Education Level
- Ph.D. in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, or a related discipline
Salary/Compensations
- $104,733.00 - $144,008.00
Benefits
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives
- 100% company-paid pension benefit
- Matching contributions to 401(k) savings plan
- Medical, dental, vision
- Paid parental leave
- Family building support
- Fitness
- Company-paid life insurance
- Disability
- Disease management programs
- Paid time off
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Recognition program
About the Company
- Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science.
- Technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.
- Accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets.
- Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives.
- Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected.
- Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light.
- Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences.
- Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation.
- Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions.
Equal Opportunity
- Prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
- 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 accommodations@corning.com.
