Engineer - Product Development Replacement (Tread&Cavity)

Location:

Colmar-Berg, L, LU

Company: Goodyear

Goodyear. More Driven.

The Role:

Our Innovation Center – Luxembourg has an open position for a Tread and Cavity engineer in Consumer EMEA Product Development. Your main responsibility will be, with your project team, to develop and release tires for the Replacement market.

Your responsibilities:

In close collaboration with your project team, support the feasibility study and develop design strategy to meet tire performances.
With the support of Catia based design tool, design & optimize the mold Tread and Cavity design (tire geometry) to meet the targeted tire characteristics and performances while respecting design guidelines.
Assisted by advanced predictive tools, model & predict the impact of your design choices on the tire characteristics, supporting your design optimization.
Follow the mold hardware order process up & interact with Global Mold Engineering as well as Mold plant to enable proper manufacturing of your mold design.
Handle all Tread and Cavity related questions concerning your tire mold definition and you act as the “Go To” person regarding those questions (plant, customer, etc)
With your project team, drive the analysis of the tire test results along with the close the loop analysis with your predicted results.

To join our team, you will need:

Education:

The candidate must have successfully completed master’s degree in mechanical, Physics or Electro-Mechanical Engineering.

Experience:

Experience in product/technology development.
Experience in project and/or people management.
Experience in process development activities is a plus.
Experience in people management is a plus.

Languages:

Fluency in English (spoken and written) is a must.
Fluency in German and/or French is an asset.

IT, Soft Skills & others:

Interest in tire business or automotive industry.
Demonstrated experience with Catia V5 CAD/CAM tools.
Demonstrated experience with Finite Element Modeling.
Strong understanding of the solid mechanics.
Statistical tools is an asset.
Ability to work in a multi-cultural team, as well as independently.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Stress resistant and flexible.
Showing initiative – Being proactive.
Willing to travel occasionally.

Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 68,000 people and manufactures its products in 53 facilities in 20 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 www.goodyear.com/corporate.