Company Description

Continental is a leading tire manufacturer and industry specialist. Founded in 1871, the company generated sales of €19.7 billion in 2025 and currently employs around 78,000 people in 54 countries and markets.

ContiTechis one of the world’s leading material experts for industry applications. The Continentalgroup sectoroffers its customers reliable,safeand convenient industry and service solutions using a range of materials for off-highway applications, on rails and roads, in the air, under and abovethe ground, in industrial environments, for the food sector and the furniture industry. With about20,000 employees (Status as of March 2026) at more than 60 sites globally, and sales of some 6.0billion euros (2025), the general industrial partner is active with core branches in Asia, Europe and North and South America

Job Description

As a Material Developer Thermoplastics (m/f/diverse), you will play a key role in developing and optimizing innovative thermoplastic material solutions that enhance product performance, support sustainability goals,



and contribute to cost-efficient manufacturing processes across our global product portfolio.

Your Responsibilities
- Scout, evaluate and qualify new raw materials, additives and thermoplastic compounds to enhance product performance, sustainability and cost competitiveness.
- Continuously improve existing material solutions through formulation optimization, performance monitoring and lifecycle management, including portfolio consolidation, within the area of responsibility, primarily rigid and flexible PVC compounds.
- Develop processable, robust and sustainable thermoplastic compound formulations. Plan, execute and interpret laboratory and pilot-scale compounding trials in the Plastics Compounding Tech Center and at external toll compounders.
- Characterize and validate material performance using standard and advanced analytical methods and translate results into formulation improvements.
- Approve new ra

📌 Material Developer Thermoplastics (San Luis Potosí)
🏢 Continental Industry
📍 San Luis Potosí