As a Quality Engineer Sr, this position supports manufacturing process and product quality by applying Goodyear standards, procedures, and quality engineering tools to solve problems in a production environment. The role leverages a strong understanding of internal and external customer and supplier requirements to improve customer satisfaction, process capability, and overall product performance. Serving as a technical content expert, the incumbent coaches and guides others in applying effective technical solutions, Plant Optimization (PO) methods, and data-driven problem-solving approaches. The position also leads product and process improvements, anticipates and mitigates risks, and ensures solutions meet defined business and quality objectives.
Why This Role Matters
Ensures consistent product quality and process control within manufacturing operations through disciplined application of quality standards and tools.
Drives plant performance by leading audits, closing nonâconformances, and improving key quality indicators such as scrap and process capability.
Strengthens the quality culture by coaching shopâfloor teams, leading quality monitors, and promoting dataâdriven problem solving.
What You Will Do
Ensures robust new tire launches by aligning with NPI development, design-for-uniformity principles, and process concepts that enable consistent, high-quality tire releases.
Safeguards product and process quality by ensuring GQMTS and QAI alignment with local procedures, leading LPAs, FMEA, and Control Plan execution while reinforcing adherence to quality fundamentals.
Drives a strong quality culture by leading plant-wide quality initiatives, empowering associates through training, and promoting âspeak upâ behaviors when standards or processes are at risk.
Improves operational performance by leading waste-reduction and process-control initiatives, leveraging PO pillars and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen process capability across the plant.
What Weâre Looking ForÂ
Bachelorâs degree in Science/Technology/Engineering/Math.
3.5 or more yearsâ experience required.
Desired knowledge of ISO 9001. ISO 14001, ISO 45001.
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Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 68,000 people and manufactures its products in 51 facilities in 19 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to Goodyear.com.
Goodyear is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
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