R&D Engineer - Case Compound Development

Bridgestone

Rome, Italy

Job Description

We are looking for a position as an R&D Engineer for Case Compound Development team, within MID – Material Innovation and Development organization.

The R&D engineer will lead efforts to develop and validate new compounds for Bridgestone consumer and commercial products, in line with Product Performance RoadMap and with Corporate Sustainability Roadmap.

Specifically, she/he will join the team responsible for all casing compound line-up in Consumer and Commercial area from ideation up to first industrial scale production of the compound, and to provide technical support to BSEMEA operations.

In this position, she/he will be responsible to manage new case compound development programs realizing virtual and physical tire prototypes for performances assessment, leading FMEA preparation and definition/execution of validation plan, promote and support new lab testing procedures and release technologies to next gate for introduction in production plants.

At same time she/he will contribute to shape the technology and process streams needed for future technology roadmap in close collaboration with MID specialists, Raw material team, Material Lab team and Academia.

Also, she/he will support manufacturing operations by contributing to compound processability and/or performance improvement whenever required.

Core Responsibilities and working relations:

To contribute to Case technical roadmap of Consumer and Commercial domain through compound design and validation activities as per project assignments;
To execute and secure risk analysis for application on tire for the assigned casing compound development projects;
Organization and management of Design Review meetings/presentations to involved stakeholders/ and to management;
Support and trigger discussion on new technology needs and characterization methodologies to Raw Materials, Material Lab, Case Technology validation teams;
To contribute to Bridgestone Sustainability roadmap realization;
To contribute to digital mindset and digital designing approach spreading;
To identify and support implementation of efficiency opportunities in Way of Working and processes;
To participate in identifying and launching innovation projects within MID and more in general in R&D;
Work effectively with R&D researchers, technicians and management of Bridgestone Technical Center Europe, actively taking part to R&D cross-functional teams;
Collaborate with Bridgestone Corporate Functions, Bridgestone America and Bridgestone Japan, Bridgestone EMIA manufacturing plants;
Work and interact with Bridgestone external partners such as academia, research institutes and lab equipment providers.

Requirements:

Education:

Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Polymers Physics;
PhD in materials and/or polymers science is highly appreciated.

Qualifications:

Proven experience at least on one of the following fields: polymers science and technology, rubber chemicals, filler technology development in tire industry, rubber goods;
Casing compound or material development experience within tyre/rubber industry is highly appreciated.

Ideal candidate should demonstrate:

Problem solving and project management skills;
Analytical skill, Logic Thinking and strong mechanism understanding mindset;
Strong communication and presentation skills;
Results oriented, self-motivated, creative and collaborative;
Curiosity, think-out-of-the-box mindset, willingness to learn from new and often unprecedented technical challenges;
Ability to work with different pace, timeframe, organizations: with long term innovation as well as with supply crisis management, with other R&D entities as well as plants;
Digital mindset: solid knowledge of MS Office package and preferably knowledge of digital software as Minitab, Matlab, Python;
Experience with simulation tools in the field of Computational Chemistry and/or FEM is a plus;
Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory;
Ability to work at global level with multicultural environment.

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