Material Developer (m/f/diverse) - Rubber for Barrier and Adhesion
Continental Group Sector ContiTech- Develop and optimize rubber compounds with the focus on industrial hoses and expansion joints
- Lead compound development projects and participate in other R&D projects
- Drive activities to reduce our compound and raw material cost as well as complexity
- Drive the ideation and development of new innovative material technologies, with focus on performance, processability, cost efficiency and sustainability
- Support the industrialization of new compounds in close collaboration with other departments
- Support troubleshootings related to material topics in close collaboration with plants, quality and business functions
- Support the creation and implementation of new processes and software applications incl. AI-based tools
- Maintain the interfaces with internal customers, labs, product development, plants and business functions
- Master’s degree (PhD preferred) in Chemistry / Chemical Engineering / Material Science or similar fields of study, preferentially with focus on polymer or rubber chemistry
- Several years of work experience in the rubber and plastics industry desirable
- Outstanding chemical understanding, such as structure–property relationships, designing test plans etc.
- Basic knowledge of rubber materials, compounding and related processing
- Analytical and scientific workstyle
- Self-driven team player with a high degree of ownership and capability to work independently
- Pro-active and structured problem-solving mindset
- Project management experience
- Good international and intercultural communication skills incl. capability to work in a global environment
- Fluent English language skills (oral and written)
- Willingness to travel (up to 10% of your time)