78500_Chemical Process Engineer (Taichung)

Purpose of the Position:
Develop, qualify, and sustain wet/dry etching, cleaning, and surface-treatment processes on glass and related substrates to enable safe, high-yield, cost-effective manufacturing.

Day to Day Responsibilities:
1. Support process development and sustaining: Assist in developing, qualifying, and maintaining wet/dry chemical processes for cleaning, etching, surface treatment, coating, and related operations across multiple product platforms. Execute experiments and DOEs; collect data and prepare summaries and presentations. Participate in root-cause investigations and corrective/preventive actions using structured methods (e.g., 5-Why, fishbone, DMAIC) with mentoring.
2. Manufacturing support and continuous improvement: Support troubleshooting of process upsets; perform routine checks, verifications, and calibrations for critical tools and metrology. Assist with capacity expansion activities, equipment trials, and consumables/chemical qualifications.
3. Technology transfer and documentation: Help prepare and maintain SOPs, control plans, PFMEAs/FMEAs, PCPD, training materials, and compliance documents (MSDS/SDS, RoHS/REACH). Support lab-to-pilot and pilot-to-MP transfers; participate in training for receiving sites and operators.
4. Analytics and characterization: Perform basic surface/contamination measurements and coordinate advanced analytics with Materials/Analytical teams (e.g., particles, ions/metals, contact angle, roughness). Use basic statistical tools (JMP/Minitab/Excel; Python a plus) to analyze data and make data-driven recommendations for review.
5. EHS and quality: Follow EHS procedures for chemicals and gases; practice safe handling, labeling, storage, and waste disposal; participate in risk assessments and change control (MOC). Support permits-to-work, incident reporting, and routine safety/5S audits; promote a safety-first and quality-first culture.
6. Collaboration and communication: Work closely with cross-functional partners to implement solutions. Communicate status, risks, and findings clearly; escalate issues appropriately and on time.
7. Project involved with all Corning business units.

Job Selling Points:
1. Opportunity to work with new and developing business opportunities in the region.
2. Engage and work with numerous engineering teams across Corning.
3. Technology transfer and global exposure: Participate in lab-to-pilot and pilot-to-manufacturing transfers across Asia; opportunities for short-term travel/assignments to China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and other regions.
4. Career development opportunities: opportunity to in Manufacturing Excellence, Subject Matter Expert of chemical process engineering.