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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Laboratory Technician Metrology GIC*L in GICL, Luxembourg
Contract Type: Full time, fixed term contract. Duration is 2 years.
About Goodyear
We’re dedicated to producing, innovating, and servicing the best tires in the world. For over 125 years, Goodyear has led the way in developing smart solutions that shape the future of mobility. Today, we’re one global team united by bold thinking, relentless drive, and a passion to exceed expectations. If you’re ready to embrace change and make an impact in your career, let’s go.
Why this Role Matters
This role is key within the Luxembourg Metrology organization, providing the chemical and forensic insights that support Goodyear’s product development, manufacturing, and quality assurance. As a Laboratory Technician, you play a central role by preparing samples carefully, performing advanced chemical analyses (thermal analysis, chromatography, wet chemistry), and ensuring precise, reliable results. Your work helps define performance targets and supports programs that strengthen Goodyear’s competitive edge. Through clear documentation, thoughtful equipment care, and adherence to safety and quality standards, you ensure data is trustworthy, timely, and enables safer, higher-performing, and more efficient tires.
What You’ll Do
Prepare and isolate samples with precise attention to detail, following all established laboratory procedures
Perform Core Analyses: Conduct laboratory tests using both standardized and specialized methods, applying techniques such as thermal analysis, chromatography, and wet chemistry.
Manage Instruments: Operate key laboratory instruments effectively, applying chemical analysis techniques with skill to ensure consistently reliable results.
Uphold Quality: Ensure the accuracy and consistency of all test outcomes while strictly adhering to essential safety and quality protocols.
Interpret Data: Conduct thoughtful basic data analysis, validate results with care, and transparently report any deviations or anomalies.
Share Findings: Document your observations and conclusions clearly and thoroughly in laboratory notes and formal reports, ensuring knowledge is effectively shared.
Support the Lab: Offer vital support and care for equipment maintenance and calibration, ensuring the laboratory performs optimally.
What you’ll bring
Basic Qualifications
BTS in Laboratory Technology or Applied Sciences, with 2–3 years of practical laboratory experience in chemical analysis.
Strong knowledge of chemistry, attention to detail, and ability to operate key laboratory instruments (chromatography, spectroscopy, thermal analysis, wet chemistry).
Ability to work collaboratively in a team and communicate effectively in English and French.
Commitment to safety, quality, and laboratory procedures, with a thoughtful and careful approach.
Preferred Qualifications
BS in laboratory technology, physics, chemistry, or a related scientific field, with motivation to learn advanced sample preparation and isolation procedures.
Hands-on experience with chromatographic (GC, HPLC, GPC), spectroscopic (UV-Vis, IR), and thermal analysis techniques (TGA, DSC).
We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Even if you don’t meet every listed qualification, we encourage you to apply.
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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 .
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