Bridgestone

R&D Engineer Commercial Tread Compounds

Job information

Industry

Automotive

Job Type

Full Time

Experience

Does not matter

Location

Italy

Degree Type

PhD

Degree Specialization

Chemical engineer, Industrial engineer, Materials science engineer

Description

Joining a dynamic and motivated compound development team, the R&D compound development engineer will lead design, develop and validate innovative compound solutions for the future Bridgestone products. The candidate will play a key role in the development of new commercial compound development through his/her solid knowledge on Material Science, Chemistry and industrial process technology, covering a wide range of activities from design thinking of compound prototype, laboratory investigation, compound validation on tire until industrialization stage.

Core Responsibility & Working relationship

  • Design, develop and validate new tread compound formulations providing proposals, solutions and original ideas along cross functional team-working with the Raw Material Development, Pattern Design Engineering, Tire Design, Manufacturing and Product Category Management teams.
  • Support and collaborate with Raw materials, Pattern and modeling Design for implementation of most advanced technology solutions in tribology, fracture mechanics, durability, mixing, curing and extrusion technologies
  • Promote Open Innovation projects with Bridgestone Partners & Academia.
  • Work effectively with technicians, R&D researchers and Management of Bridgestone EMEA Technical Center, actively taking part to R&D cross-functional teams.
  • Collaborate with Bridgestone Corporate Functions, Bridgestone America and Bridgestone Japan and Bridgestone Europe manufacturing plants.

 

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Headquartered in Zaventem, Belgium, we’re a global leader providing sustainable mobility and advanced solutions. In addition to our premium tyre products, we offer a growing portfolio of tyre-centric and mobility solutions, and serve our customers in an extensive retail network with thousands of touchpoints.

Automotive

143.000

Key Values

  • Passion
  • Design
  • Ownership
  • Agility