Engineer - Product Development Replacement (tread&cavity)

Tread And Cavity Engineer

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.