Momentive is looking to drive innovation and growth within the tire industry by developing and commercializing advanced silane technologies that enhance tire performance. The role aims to solve critical, unmet performance challenges for customers and deliver differentiated value to the market.
Requirements
- Demonstrated background in determining chemistry reaction mechanisms.
- Knowledge of materials used in passenger cars and truck tires.
- Demonstrated background in determining chemistry reaction mechanisms and structure/property/performance relationships in tire rubber compound.
- Hands-on and/or first-hand experience in tire rubber compounding, tire rubber testing, and/or tire testing.
- Familiarity with silanes and advanced silica compounding for tire applications.
- Demonstration of scientific understanding and methodology of Design of Experiments.
- Experience in CAPEX project management.
Responsibilities
- Apply breadth and depth of knowledge in technical area, write technical (project summary) reports, utilize state of the art technology to achieve project goals; demonstrate statistical acumen in handling data and information.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with technology project teams in the design and development of innovative novel performance additives for the tire and rubber industry according to agreed-upon milestones.
- Provide technical insight into structure/property/performance relationships of silane and other additives in tire and rubber compounds.
- Identify and incorporate external tire and rubber technology developments that provide synergistic benefits to Momentive products to meet customer performance requirements. Translate established technologies into new market segments.
- Leverage and help to develop strong tire laboratory applications capabilities and leading-edge evaluation and characterization methods to assess the value and performance of Momentive product technologies in tread compounds.
- Develop solutions to complex/conflicting customer and business needs.
- Generate IP (journals, patents, trade secrets), partner with IP analysts to perform landscape analysis to have strong grasp on IP literature in project domains.
Other
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We cannot sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
- Please note that this role requires on-site presence five days per week, Monday through Friday.
- Communicate program deliverables to broader business team including global technology and Business leaders. Ability to effectively engage non-tech/cross-functional audiences.
- Embrace a safety mind-set into day-to-day work. Active engagement, team support, in all site activities, including EHS, ISO, compliance.
- Up to 20% based on business needs
