Job Title:

New Product Development and Application Scientist/Engineer - Tire

Summary:

The New Product Development and Application Scientist/Engineer – Tire Silanes will be based at Momentive’s Tire and Rubber Applications Laboratory in Charlotte, NC, where they will play a pivotal role in driving innovation and growth within the tire industry. This individual will support the design, development, and technical marketing of advanced silane technologies, with an emphasis on mechanistic understanding and performance enhancement in tread compounds. The ideal candidate is a visionary thinker with hands-on experience at a tire manufacturer and recognized expertise in developing new product technologies for tire rubber compound applications. They will bring creativity and a practical mindset to commercializing novel additive concepts, leveraging the lab’s cutting-edge capabilities to translate ideas into market-ready solutions. Collaboration is key, as this role partners closely with Momentive’s technical marketing team and customers’ tire technologists to solve critical, unmet performance challenges and deliver differentiated value to the market.

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.

Responsibilities Include:

• 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.

• Communicate program deliverables to broader business team including global technology and Business leaders.  Ability to effectively engage non-tech/cross-functional audiences.

• Develop and leverage a global network in functional area within business; recognized as expert in broad technical area.  Foster technical knowledge and understanding of business, providing technical insight beyond own core technical area. 

• Demonstrate detailed understanding of customer/market/product portfolio.  Interact with customers / suppliers.  Represent MPM and present research findings at trade shows, symposia and conferences.

• Embrace a safety mind-set into day-to-day work.  Active engagement, team support, in all site activities, including EHS, ISO, compliance. 

• Generate IP (journals, patents, trade secrets), partner with IP analysts to perform landscape analysis to have strong grasp on IP literature in project domains.

• Completes other duties as assigned

Travel:

• Up to 20% based on business needs

Qualifications:

The following are required for the role

• BS in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science/Polymer Science or related scientific discipline with 5+ years industry experience

• Demonstrated background in determining chemistry reaction mechanisms.

• Knowledge of materials used in passenger cars and truck tires.

• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for scientific exploration.

• Excellent organizational, documentation, and communication skills.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

• Proficient in written and verbal communications to leadership, peers and external customers.

• Proficiency with standard personal computer applications (word pr