Engineering Specialist
Corning · Winston-Salem, NC
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 8 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Corning (industrial) in Winston-Salem, NC. Provides 2nd level mechanical, electrical, & controls troubleshooting support for all equipment in assigned area.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- PLC
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in North Carolina: typical posted base $97k–$143k.
Median of the low and high ends of 17 live postings that list pay, out of 56 manufacturing engineer openings in North Carolina, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
North Carolina plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 55 other live manufacturing postings in North Carolina.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $97k–$143k, from 14 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 43%
- Lean 36%
- New product launch 29%
- Team leadership 29%
- Root cause 25%
- Six Sigma 23%
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This plant: Corning in Winston-Salem
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- Maintenance Technician · Reliability · Technician
- Facilities Technician · Reliability · Technician
- Process Engineer II · Process
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Responsibilities
- ◆Provides 2nd level mechanical, electrical, & controls troubleshooting support for all equipment in assigned area
- ◆Supports continuous improvement in cost reduction, equipment improvement and mean time between failure improvement projects
- ◆Manage equipment performance improvement projects (Safety, MTBF, R&M cost)
- ◆Interface with operators, team leaders, maintenance personnel and peers to develop and implement equipment, repair procedure, maintenance cost or safety improvements into manufacturing
- ◆Work with engineering to develop equipment specifications/requirements and organize meetings with respective support groups to review proposals and quotes prior to purchasing
- ◆Develop maintenance training and troubleshooting documentation (Tier I)
- ◆Provide feedback to division/process engineering during design reviews for new processes and equipment
- ◆Supports the management of spare parts inventory for production equipment, including recommended changes and justifications
- ◆Formally document all aspects of improvement activities
- ◆Document processes and procedures required maintain production equipment efficiently and within specifications
- ◆Support the transfer of new cabling equipment from development to production.
- ◆Provide support, develop plans as to how the equipment will be employed into production and ensure that the new technology is repeatable in a production environment prior to transfer.
- ◆Ensure all maintenance documentation is completed such as PM's, calibration, and troubleshooting guides.
- ◆Work with and train maintenance and other support personnel to improve troubleshooting skills plant-wide
- ◆Maintain and Practice Corning Values
- ◆Consider safety implications in all decisions
- ◆Regularly review and consider available process data
- ◆When applicable consider input and review data with SMEs
- ◆Make sound engineering; data driven decisions
- ◆Communicate and document changes to enable expedited future responses
- ◆Track the production performances to ensure capability is maintained
Travel
Requirements
- ✓none
Education/Experience
- ✓High School or equivalent
- ✓2-year technical degree preferred; degree in Mechatronics or similar type program
- ✓3+ years in a manufacturing environment required.
Required Skills
- ✓Strong demonstrated fundamental understanding of 3 phase electrical systems, machine/motion control systems, electro-mechanical systems, VFD and Servo programming, communication protocols, and practical applications
- ✓Ability to interface and troubleshoot PLC and HMI systems
- ✓Strong mechanical fundamental understanding
- ✓Creative/innovative problem solving
- ✓S
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Scope of Position
- •Utilize good troubleshooting techniques along with sound judgment to effectively accomplish technical assignments and projects.
- •Makes decisions based upon data and technical understanding.
- •Actively participates within and beyond department boundaries to resolve important process and equipment issues.
- •Independently executes projects to fulfill department goals and objectives.
Work Hours
- •12 Hour Shifts – Night shift
- •Overtime could be required
- •a flexible schedule to accommodate 24/7 production support is required.