Staff Engineer Compound Technology Consumer

Primary Purpose of the Position

The Staff Engineer Compound Technology Consumer (m/f/d) primary focus is to utilize the right processes & tools to efficiently and effectively develop and maintain our compound line-up portfolio Passenger Radial and Light Truck Radial tire lines.

The Staff Engineer Compound Technology Consumer (m/f/d) will be responsible for:

• Translating product performance requirements into chemical and physical property requirements of materials, and then developing tire compounds which demonstrate high performance.
• Own technical knowledge around Compound Development (crown and casing). This includes basic knowledge of reinforcement components and functional interaction.
• Execute Compound Development projects with cross-functional teams to deliver new technologies and capabilities supporting future Global Product and Technology development needs.
• Ensure support for Product Development teams where required to deliver to the global / regional businesses (i.e. material benchmarking, recommendations for compound choices, root cause analysis on compound related items).
• Ensure support for tire plants during industrialization to deliver to the global / regional business.

Principle Duties & Responsibilities

Technology Development:

• Develop new compound formulations and/or tune existing formulations and support Quality with industrialization along with EMEA Product Development roadmap for optimal performance (tire performance/ manufacturing performance) while considering cost and environment.
• Follow Global Technology GIR process. Leverage virtual development tools (modeling and (semi)empiric), design and execute/ interpret lab studies. Assist plant trials as required, prepare technical content, and execute technical reviews.
• Interact with functional expert groups.

Product Development:

• Provide compound/ component recommendations during all product development phases. Utilize material science expertise to answer questions from design and business team.
• Provide assistance for trouble shooting/ root cause analysis in materials area in liaison with other functions.
• Contribute to feasibility studies and DFMEA/PFMEA sessions.
• Provide support in related areas during product industrialization and ramp up.
• Drive support on product maintenance/claims in liaison with partner functions. 

Functional:

Maintain functional guidelines, share knowledge using KMO best practices, stay up to date on external knowledge (publications, patents, scientific literature), participate in functional councils.

Plant Support:

Leverage compounding and processing expertise to assist plants and product development team during first compound industrialization. This includes material testing, trial execution and documentation and preparation of changes in compound formulations, specifications including execution of release documentation. Serve as partner to operations in case of business continuity, plant support request, complexity management

How:

• Technical proficiency: Drives and coaches on technical solutions, possesses a thorough understanding of technology and standards, coaches others on evolving technologies.
• Decision making/ problem solving: Collects inputs for quality decisions, considers alternatives, coaches others to achieve results on complex problems
• Communication: Demonstrates the ability to plan and lead multiregional meetings at work group level
• Project management: develops solutions to project risks, Takes initiative to drive existing and new methods and coaches others on project conflict resolution.    

To join our team, you will need:

Education & Certifications:

• A Bachelors or master’s in chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science or Biology is required.
• A PhD in chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science or Biology is desired.

Experience:

• Experience on structure/property relationships in viscoelastic materials is necessary.
• Experience in rubber compound analytical data interpretation (physical properties, chemical composition, forensics reports.
• Tire plant experience in mixing/component preparation and with tire production processes.
• Proficiency in the statistical design and analysis of data.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of polymers, fillers, and/or reinforced composites.
• Experience in elastomeric formulations scale-up.
• Strong ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Exceptional communication and technical documentation.
• Open minded, dynamic, and collaborative spirit with a strong sense of urgency.
• Ability to travel (10 %) within Europe.
• Fluency in English.

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 68,000 people and manufactures its products in 51 facilities in 19 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to Goodyear.com.

Goodyear is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.