Tread Compound Specialist
Pubblicato il 25-10-2026 - Azienda importante del settore in Italia
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 sustainable mobility solutions.
The candidate will play a key role in the development of new passenger 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.
Main Accountabilities
- Design, develop and validate new material and compound concept to fulfill main requirement of BSEMIA innovation journey through a deep dive mechanism understanding on tribology, fracture mechanics and proficient compound design approach. Capability to provide and promote 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
- Promote Innovation projects and fundamental mechanism investigation in materials science 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.
Provides his/her contribution to the preparation of Technical Meetings with the BSEMIA functions.
- Manages assigned tasks with high level of proficiency and autonomy.
- Collaborate with Bridgestone Corporate Functions, Bridgestone America and Bridgestone Japan and Bridgestone Europe manufacturing plants.
Job requirements
- Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or any other related field of study. Preference will be given to candidates with background in:
- Material science (Polymer physics, Thermodynamics of organic matters, organic chemistry)
- Fracture mechanics, Tribology
- Compound and composite technology
- Non Newtonian mechanical fluids as nice to have
- Basic Simulation/Rubber compound mech (Ansys/Abaqus/FEM simulation)
- Chemical and physical analytics
- Goal-oriented, motivated, creative and collaborative. Able to work within teams with strong communications skills.
- Digital mindset: Ability to develop and/or apply new digital tools/software to change business or processes. Skills in machine learning, big data analytics & AI.
- Project management capability to manage complex activity in a multicultural environment
- Team working
- Design and strategic thinking
- Communication/presentation skills
- Visioning and leadership
- Fluency in written and spoken English