Tire Design Engineer

Toyo Tires • White, GA

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About The Position

Toyo Tires is seeking a Tire Design Engineer who has a good understanding of the entire tire manufacturing process, tire construction, tire testing, and overall tire performance in relation to target applications; introduce new tire lines into the plant using the corporate specification as a guideline; maintain existing plant specifications to ensure anomaly free production; support plant production departments when needed; and apply engineering principles to resolve tire production issues, improve production processes, ensure proper tire performance levels and improve overall tire performance.

Requirements

• Engineering degree from an accredited four-year college or university preferably in Mechanical.
• One to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Create and issue experimental tire building specifications or check experimental tire building specifications issued by another Tire Design Engineer.
• Conduct controlled experimental tire builds, verifying component accuracy and placement, confirm cured tire appearance meet required standards and coordinate confirmation testing.
• Perform cured tire analysis of experimental tire sections to ensure dimensional accuracy.
• Understand tire testing methods and each individual tire test and its parameters.
• Analyze test tire sections and understand test tire failure modes and how each failure mode correlates to real world conditions.
• Create and issue initial production tire building specifications or check initial production tire building specifications issued by another Tire Design Engineer.
• Verify initial production component accuracy and placement; confirm cured tire appearance meet required standards and coordinate confirmation testing.
• Review factory processing of the initial production tires (green scrap, cured scrap, cured anomalies, and uniformity levels).
• Perform cured tire analysis of initial production tire sections to ensure dimensional accuracy.
• Create and issue mass production tire building specifications or check mass production tire building specifications issued by another Tire Design Engineer.
• Create and maintain project schedules with the goal of meeting or exceeding project schedules.
• Coordinate experimental and initial production tire builds.
• Coordinate experimental and initial production testing.
• Perform competitor tire analysis using Smithers Scientific Data and / or through tire section analysis.
• Work with Material Design Engineers to introduce new materials and / or material suppliers for existing materials to the plant through material evaluation programs.
• Write and issue reports and procedures when necessary.
• Effectively present information in meetings to peers and management when necessary.
• Effectively communicate orally or in writing when necessary.
• Maintain existing specifications and support plant production departments when necessary.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid time off.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance
• Hospital Indemnity
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• HAS and FSA
• Matching 401(K)
• Pet Insurance
• Childcare Benefits (TOOTRiS)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree