Requisition Number: 79603
The company built on breakthroughs. Join us.
Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.
How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward.
At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.
Come break through with us.
Our Optical Communications segment has recently evolved from being a manufacturer of optical fiber and cable, hardware and equipment to being a comprehensive provider of industry-leading optical solutions across the broader communications industry.This segment is classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical-based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications. The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical-based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.
Role Purpose
Design, develop, modernize, and support software applications used in optical fiber manufacturing. Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, IT, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable solutions that support operational goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze existing manufacturing applications, including workflows, integrations, and technical dependencies.
- Modernize legacy desktop and web applications, including WinForms, classic ASP, and ASP.NET Web Forms solutions.
- Develop applications and services using C#, ASP.NET Core, MVC, Blazor, REST APIs, and SQL Server.
- Partner with stakeholders to define requirements and ensure solutions meet production needs.
- Design migration approaches that preserve critical functionality while improving maintainability, security, performance, and usability.
- Test, troubleshoot, deploy, and support applications throughout the development and transition lifecycle.
- Collaborate with IT and infrastructure teams on hosting, IIS, Windows Server, databases, integrations, and deployment.
- Participate in capital projects, capacity expansions, system upgrades, cost-reduction, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Maintain technical documentation, migration plans, test procedures, and support materials.
- Provide occasional after-hours or on-call support for critical manufacturing systems.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- Five or more years of professional object-oriented software design and development experience.
- Professional development experience with C# and/or VB.NET
- Experience analyzing, refactoring, rearchitecting, or migrating existing Web and Desktop applications.
- Strong knowledge of application architecture, debugging, testing, deployment, and software development practices.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to work across technical and nontechnical teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with relational databases such as SQL Server.
- Experience modernizing WinForms, classic ASP, or ASP.NET Web Forms applications.
- Experience with ASP.NET Core, MVC, Blazor, REST APIs, web services, integrations, or distributed systems.
- Knowledge of application modernization approaches such as incremental migration, replatforming, and rewriting.
- Experience with Windows Server, IIS, Git, Azure DevOps or GitLab, automated testing, CI/CD, and release management.
- Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or production environment.
- Familiarity with Python, Java, or other programming languages.
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
The range for this position is $93,046.00 - $127,938.00 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.
A job that shapes a life.
Corning offers you the total package.
Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one.
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
- As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
- Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
- Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.
We 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.