Tire Engineer

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Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas, Inc is looking to hire a Tire Engineer I to join our North American R&D team, located in White, Georgia. In this role you will provide technical support across product planning, development, design, testing, and production preparation of our tires. The Tire Engineer I will work closely with the Senior Engineer and Team Lead to ensure new products achieve performance targets, meet brand standards, and align with Toyo’s vision.

This position involves complex projects that require strong technical expertise, analytical skills, and industry knowledge.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Include The Following

• Develop appropriate performance requirements in accordance with the new product concept, product plan and market needs
• Determine specific tire design parameters based on required tire performance using general knowledge of tire force properties, tire and vehicle dynamics, and tire uniformity and handling characteristics.
• Contribute to the preparation of the “Product Development Plan” and “Performance Requirements Deployment Chart” to control the product development and design process for the purpose of achieving the required performances
• Relates desired tire characteristics to construction configurations and materials to optimize performance and quality
• Collaborate in the execution of tire structural designs, tread pattern designs, sidewall designs, and profile designs to achieve the required performances. Develop prototypes and evaluate the actual achievements in comparison with the required performances. Re-evaluate the design regarding the unmet performance requirements
• Conduct Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (DFMEA) to address and control latent failures
• Evaluate the reasonability of the design methods and the production feasibility used in achieving the performance requirements
• May also lead and conduct the design review meeting
• Identify safety and other regulatory requirements which are applicable to the targeted performances and the destination markets of the tires. Address and incorporate the identified regulatory requirements into the applicable tire/mold design processes toward production
• Develop prototypes by using test and/or production molds, evaluate the achieved performance results in comparison with the performance requirements, prepare planned production specifications and conduct the detailed design completion meeting (DR1 and/or DR-2 Meeting), to enable smooth transition toward production
• Work with multi-disciplinary team to issue a set of finalized specifications as the final output from the Design
• Help prepare Features & Benefits (F&B) to be used as the product data
• Perform technical root cause analysis in connection with applicable market claims; prepare reports and take necessary measures
• Ensure safety, environmental and other regulatory compliances
• Make new technology proposals, prepare technical reports, and make patent proposals in connection with new product development
• Develop and execute activities involving continuous improvement
• Investigate and execute ideas for material-cost reduction
• Gather accurate information on the market trends, and perform planning and investigation for advanced tire technology development
• Prepare and issue SOP’s and “Basic Technology Standards” as needed
• Perform effective communication verbally and in writing as needed
• Support the Production Engineering Division as needed
• Assist marketing and sales department personnel as needed
• Help create training materials to include product description, concept background, features & benefits, technical specifications, testing results, and target vehicle applications.
• Other duties may be assigned

At Toyo Tires, our purpose for everything we do is clear:
We make tires people love! Our team of talented professionals embody the company’s five core values, which include:
Trust, Learn, Tenacity, Ownership, and Empathy
. With passion and persistence (Grit), our team makes tires people love.

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