Job Title:

Applications Team Lead – Tire & Silanes

Summary:

Join Momentive's cutting-edge Tire and Rubber Applications Laboratory in Charlotte, NC, as our New Product Development Lead Scientist – Tire Silanes! In this pivotal role, you will spearhead the creation and advancement of groundbreaking product technologies tailored for the tire industry, driving substantial business growth and innovation.

We're seeking a forward-thinking expert with a proven track record in tire manufacturing and a deep specialization in designing new product technologies for tire rubber compounds. Your role will involve not only leading the development of innovative additive concepts but also transforming them into commercially successful solutions, utilizing our state-of-the-art lab facilities.

You will collaborate closely with our technical marketing team and customers' tire technologists to tackle critical performance challenges and push the boundaries of what's possible in tire technology. If you're a visionary, a creative problem solver, and eager to leverage cutting-edge technology to make a tangible impact, this is the role for you.

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.

• Lead a part of the tire technology team segment

• 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.

• Lead design and oversee experimentation to predict and explain observed performance phenomena and/or elucidate mechanistic understanding of tire chemistry formulations with standard and proprietary testing procedures.

• 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.

• Independently plan, lead, direct and execute multiple projects of substantial business and financial impact.  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.  Effectively train, teach, and mentor other team members, scientists, and technicians.

• 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, and leadership 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.

Travel:

Up to 20% and based on business needs

Qualifications:

The following are required for the role

• BS in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Material Science/Polymer Science with at least 10 years of experience OR Masters with 8 years of experience OR Ph.D. in with 5 years of experience

• Demonstrated background in determining chemistry reaction mechanisms and structure/performance relationships.

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

• Hands-on and/or first-hand experience in tire rubber compounding, tire rubber testing, and/or tire testing.

• Strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to contribute to new product development projects within a matrixed organization.

• Proficient in written and verbal communicatio