Job Title

R&D; Engineer Commercial Tread Compounds

Job Purpose

Joining a dynamic and motivated compound development team, the R&D; compound development engineer will lead design, develop and validate innovative compound solutions for the future Bridgestone products.

The candidate will play a key role in the development of new commercial compound development through his/her solid knowledge on Material Science, Chemistry and industrial process technology, covering a wide range of activities from design thinking of compound prototype, laboratory investigation, compound validation on tire until industrialization stage.

Responsibilities
- Design, develop and validate new tread compound formulations providing proposals, solutions and original ideas along cross functional team-working with the Raw Material Development, Pattern Design Engineering, Tire Design, Manufacturing and Product Category Management teams.
- Support and collaborate with Raw materials, Pattern and modeling Design for implementation of most advanced technology solutions in tribology, fracture mechanics, durability,



mixing, curing and extrusion technologies
- Promote Open Innovation projects with Bridgestone Partners & Academia.
- Work effectively with technicians, R&D; researchers and Management of Bridgestone EMIA Technical Center, actively taking part to R&D; cross-functional teams.
- Collaborate with Bridgestone Corporate Functions, Bridgestone America and Bridgestone Japan and Bridgestone Europe manufacturing plants.

Qualifications & Experience Required

Education, Master, Other certification:
- Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or any other related field of study.

Experience (years):

Preference will be given to candidates with background in material science (polymers, thermoplastics, composites, foaming technology, adhesives and innovative materials), organic chemistry, practical experience in compound development (includin

📌 R&D Engineer Commercial Tread Compounds (Italia)
🏢 Bridgestone
📍 Italia