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Material Engineer - Akron, OH - JOB 24-00539 Pay: $90K - $120K Permanent Position with Benefits Requirements • To perform advanced or specialized engineering duties generally focused on new product design • Application testing of new technology and improvement of performance deviation. • Primarily convert new tire design to meet design target specification and ensure that plant production equipment & specifications are met • Support R&D and plant by interfacing with plant manufacturing, engineering & other internal external organizations • Ensure product & quality systems integrity. • Ensure plant & corporate design manual requirements are being followed. • Implement new products & processes & resolve product performance issues. • Lead and manage the optimization of the manufacturing process for both legacy and next generation products. • You will act as the design and process engineering expert for all the manufacturing site. • Initial training will include formal classes and on-the-job mentoring under an experienced engineer. Responsibilities: Duties include but are not limited to the following: • Learn and Contributes and/or supports small projects or processes of complex scope, with limited oversight from management. • Assists in the development of operational plan and implements for areas of assigned responsibilities. • Support to apply and benchmark potential new technologies, products and test method development by developing and validating theories on the physical, chemical and/or mechanical properties of materials and ingredients under various conditions. • Document and enforce technology and quality standards; develop and control quality management systems and technical specifications. • Makes recommendations concerning acquisition and use of new technologies and testing equipment to support business needs • Learn and evaluate internal and customer audits; publish the results; implement and follow up with corrective actions. • Work with internal customers to understand their testing needs and work collaboratively to create new test methods. • Systematically identify causes of problems and identify possible solutions in a Plan - Do - Check - Act methodology. • Communicate regularly with the Manufacturing Units and R&D to ensure efficient information sharing. • In order for the new material and technology of R&D to be well applied to the plant, it should act a role of communication between the plant and R&D • Understand the product development process and material specification design to ensure quality, and be able to analyze processing evaluation result • Present project status and project closures to internal customers and upper management. • May participate in intellectual property evaluations and development of patent applications. • Contribute to cross functional teams in designated area/ process on various improvements and projects. • Performs other duties as assigned by new product development, feasibility review and other activities as required. • Evaluate raw materials for product use, including rubber compounds, reinforcing materials, and rubber chemicals, by analyzing laboratory and tire evaluations of materials. • Coordinate programs to evaluate the mixing, extruding, calendaring, and curing characteristics of new materials in a manufacturing environment. • Support manufacturing in resolving quality, processing, and performance issues related to raw materials used in regular production. • Develop and manage the supplier base for current and new materials and interact with the company & R&D center in abroad. • Develop and apply the knowledge and skills to interpret physical property testing of rubbers, including hysteresis, visco-elasticity, fatigue-failure, crack-growth, adhesion