Toyo Tires · 5 hours ago
Product Design Engineer
White, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelToyo Tires is seeking a Technical Product Engineer to innovate and enhance tire manufacturing processes. The role involves launching new tire lines, refining specifications, and solving engineering challenges to ensure product excellence and safety.
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Responsibilities
Create and issue experimental tire building specifications or check experimental tire building specifications issued by another Tire Design Engineer
Conduct controlled experimental tire builds, verifying component accuracy and placement, confirm cured tire appearance meet required standards and coordinate confirmation testing
Perform cured tire analysis of experimental tire sections to ensure dimensional accuracy
Understand tire testing methods and each individual tire test and its parameters
Analyze test tire sections and understand test tire failure modes and how each failure mode correlates to real world conditions
Create and issue initial production tire building specifications or check initial production tire building specifications issued by another Tire Design Engineer
Verify initial production component accuracy and placement; confirm cured tire appearance meet required standards and coordinate confirmation testing
Review factory processing of the initial production tires (green scrap, cured scrap, cured anomalies, and uniformity levels)
Perform cured tire analysis of initial production tire sections to ensure dimensional accuracy
Analyze test tire sections and understand test tire failure modes and how each failure mode correlates to real world conditions
Create and issue mass production tire building specifications or check mass production tire building specifications issued by another Tire Design Engineer
Create and maintain project schedules with the goal of meeting or exceeding project schedules
Coordinate experimental and initial production tire builds
Coordinate experimental and initial production testing
Perform competitor tire analysis using Smithers Scientific Data and / or through tire section analysis
Work with Material Design Engineers to introduce new materials and / or material suppliers for existing materials to the plant through material evaluation programs
Write and issue reports and procedures when necessary
Effectively present information in meetings to peers and management when necessary
Effectively communicate orally or in writing when necessary
Maintain existing specifications and support plant production departments when necessary
Qualification
Required
Deep understanding of tire manufacturing, construction, and performance
Experience in creating and issuing experimental tire building specifications
Ability to conduct controlled experimental tire builds
Experience in performing cured tire analysis of experimental tire sections
Understanding of tire testing methods and individual tire test parameters
Ability to analyze test tire sections and understand test tire failure modes
Experience in creating and issuing initial production tire building specifications
Ability to verify initial production component accuracy and placement
Experience in reviewing factory processing of initial production tires
Ability to create and issue mass production tire building specifications
Experience in creating and maintaining project schedules
Ability to coordinate experimental and initial production tire builds
Ability to coordinate experimental and initial production testing
Experience in performing competitor tire analysis
Ability to work with Material Design Engineers to introduce new materials
Experience in writing and issuing reports and procedures
Ability to effectively present information in meetings
Ability to effectively communicate orally or in writing
Ability to maintain existing specifications and support plant production departments
Company
Toyo Tires
GREAT PEOPLE. GREAT PRODUCTS. GREAT FUTURE. Toyo Tires is one of the leading international tire manufacturing companies to date.
Founded in 1966
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Mike Graber
President and Chief Executive Officer
Patrick Lenz
President and COO
Recent News
2025-10-20
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