Product Design Specifications Associate Engineering Technician

Company Overview

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a "Bridgestone West" strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Job Category

Engineering & Science

Position Summary

The Product Design Specifications Associate Engineering Technician supports tire development by transforming engineering requirements and engineering BOM into detailed manufacturing specifications for tire plants. Acting as a key interface between engineering and manufacturing, this role ensures that design intent is accurately captured, documented, released and maintained within specification systems. This is a critical support role that would be perfect for someone with a Mechanical Engineering Technology degree or similar, broad background with some technical bench strength.

This position focuses on the use of tools and methods for specification writing, data integrity, and system execution, with primary emphasis on consumer tire products and occasional support of commercial products. The role requires strong attention to detail, structured data management, and collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, and digital teams. We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role so if you are an applicant on an F1 visa or STEM or OPT or some other form of temporary employment authorization, we will not be able to consider your application for this role and your application will be declined.

Responsibilities

Translate engineering requests and design inputs into complete, accurate tire specifications for manufacturing execution

Develop, review, and release specifications within enterprise systems ensuring alignment with design intent and plant requirements

Validate specification completeness, consistency, and manufacturability prior to release

Serve as a liaison between engineering and tire plants to clarify requirements and resolve specification-related questions or issues

Support timely specification delivery to meet development timelines and production schedules

Maintain and ensure integrity of specification data across systems and databases

Use data analysis tools to identify inconsistencies, improve workflows, and support decision-making

Contribute to automation and process improvements in specification creation, validation, and release

Minimum Qualifications

Associates degree

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with data analysis and structured data environments

Familiarity with tools such as Power BI, Access, Alteryx, Tableau or similar platforms

Strong attention to detail and ability to manage complex technical data

At Bridgestone, you are Free to Be

We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they bring their whole self to work. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.

What we offer

At Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to "Serve Society with Superior Quality", for that, we offer you more than just a competitive compensation; we will provide you:

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• A diverse and inclusive team.

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Employment Eligibility

If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.