Tire Designer for Car Manufacturers (M/F)

Job description

Tire Designer for Car Manufacturers (M/F)

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The post is based in Michelin China Headquarter in Shanghai.

You'll be part of the tire development team, sharing the goal of strengthening our technology leadership in China.

Principal Accountabilities:

❖ Define the cured model (external and internal geometry, materials, etc ...) while respecting design rules (safety and security, norms and standards, etc...) and applying MDW best practices.

❖ Define and utilize a quality test plan.  Complete performance + CRI synthesis, and analyze the results compared to the CdC.

❖ Understand, analyze, and challenge, if necessary, the needs and CdCs of customers (external or internal, OE, ...)

❖ Analyze the technical problem posed (employing state of the art, library/documentation, etc...).  Choose the tools best suited to the problem.

❖ Organize and ensure that a design quality plan is validated.

❖ Establish the planning for a project (Gantt, etc...).  Negotiate and secure the necessary resources for the project.

❖ Execute technical reviews of the project with the appropriate people (technical referent, Project Owner, Technical Director, DPR, etc…)

❖ Participate in cooperative work sessions (design events, design to cost, ...).

Key Qualities Required:

❖ Chinese fluent, English fluent (good level needed), good level in French to allow for quick evolution and tire design school training in France.

❖ Some technical background is a positive asset

❖ Comfortable with Excel and data base management, pivot table, complex file.

❖ Ability to work in a multicultural environment (Chinese/French/Japanese/Korean/Thai..) and with a multi zone team (China/France/Japan...)

Qualifications expected:

❖ Degree in technical area. Experience in tires industry is a plus (quality).

It is an evolutive post according to potential in a 2/3 yr horizon.