Overview

Requisition Number: 79443 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 Solar business delivers industry leading, U.S.-made solar components. We manufacture hyper-pure polysilicon, high-quality solar wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, leveraging our leadership in advanced manufacturing to serve growing energy demand. You will be a part of advancing critical U.S. supply chains and delivering unmatched quality and reliability to customers. Role Purpose The PV Reliability Manager will help Corning move from testing execution to ownership of reliability requirements, qualification strategy, and product acceptance criteria. By building a capable reliability laboratory and leading certification and reliability-improvement efforts, this role will reduce product risk, improve speed to qualification, strengthen product data packages, and help deliver durable, commercially released solar modules aligned to Corning's product-delivery and technology-integration strategy. Key Responsibilities Serve as the business' technical expert for PV module reliability, qualification, certification, and reliability-laboratory development, supporting delivery of qualified current and next-generation solar products. Partner across Corning and with external partners to develop and execute reliability test plans, and product acceptance criteria. Leverage Corning Reliability's expertise in glass, mechanical, and related material-performance testing while owning module-level reliability integration within MAP. Lead qualification and certification planning for new products, product changes, materials, suppliers, and manufacturing changes; coordinate technical engagement with external test laboratories, certification bodies, and key industry partners. Establish and continuously improve Corning's reliability lab in alignment with Corning's product-delivery plans, including equipment and capability planning, test methods, operating procedures, calibration and verification systems, safety, laboratory quality practices, and data-management systems. Lead or direct module-level accelerated testing, reliability evaluations, and failure investigations-including environmental, performance, safety, and durability testing-to identify degradation mechanisms, product risks, and near-limit conditions. Analyze and communicate reliability results through technical reports, risk assessments, product-readiness recommendations, and certification data packages that support product release, customer needs, and compliance requirements. Translate reliability learning into practical improvements in module design, materials, specifications, supplier requirements, manufacturing controls, and product quality architecture across the poly-to-module value chain. Provide technical leadership and mentoring to lab personnel and cross-functional teams, while helping build scalable internal reliability capability and standard work. Support production quality, engineering and operations as required to address quality and reliability topics which may include technically rigorous investigations for product failures, field-return issues, near-limit results, supplier concerns, and process excursions. Lead root-cause analysis and structured problem solving with, Quality, Materials, Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Corning's Technology Community,