Tire Specification Systems Engineer
Location:Akron, OH, US
Company: Goodyear
Requisition ID: 124394
Sponsorship Available: No
Relocation Assistance Available: No

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical engineering or related field, required
• Master’s Degree in mechanical engineering or related field, desired.
• 2 years of engineering experience
• Tire design, tire development, or tire manufacturing experience desired.
• Good knowledge of Tire Certifications and Government Regulations
• Experience working on a global team and global processes
• Candidate should enjoy both tire design and engineering, and with IT systems
• IT background or experience is an asset

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Ability to utilize advanced scientific methodologies.
• Fundamental understanding of scientific principles.
• Ability to form strong working relations with Goodyear associates & customers.
• Ability to collaborate & work in a cross functional setting.
• Ability to adapt to new challenges.

PRIMARY PURPOSE

As part of the Global Product Design and Development organization, this role will collaborate with various parts of the organization - Product Development, Government Compliance, Quality, Manufacturing, and Production Planning, to ensure an efficient, compliant, and error-free tire specification process.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support Product Development teams with creation of Tire Bill of Materials and other specification documents in SAP for production and developmental tires
• Product code creation in the ERP system, and maintain data alignment between Product codes and the Tire specifications and other design systems
• Provide specification data and reporting as needed to the Product Development organization, as well as other Business units such as Supply Chain and Product Planning team
• Assist Tire Plant associates with troubleshooting and resolving production-related tire spec issues in SAP
• Lead implementation of new requirements and changes in the tire specification system for North and Latin America regions.
• Collaborate with IT developers on defining, testing and implementing changes to the Spec systems.
• Maintain and refine the Tire Specification Change Requests routings and approval networks.
• Maintain documentation of data process flow, operating procedures, and system functionalities of the Tire Specification systems, and the integration to the ERP and MES systems.
• Train and support the North America and Latin America Product Development teams on SAP tire spec systems and processes. This includes the onboard training for new associates.
• Crosstrain on other SAP related processes and act as back up when needed.
• Support Enterprise level Global initiatives which have impact on the tire specification systems.