Quality Internship; Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Majors

Company Information

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 68,000 people and manufactures its products in 53 facilities in 20 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

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, is looking for talented leaders to add to its global leadership depth and play a role in the current and future success of the organization. The co‑op/intern Program provides students with practical work experience in one of many diverse technical and manufacturing areas.

In addition to challenging, engaging and interesting work assignments, students have the opportunity to meet and interact with students from other universities at work and outside of work. Tours of Goodyear facilities are arranged to help students learn more about the business. Goodyear leaders interact with students to help them begin to think about significant business issues and career options.

The Quality team is looking for talented future leaders to help drive continued quality improvements in our manufacturing plants. The Quality co‑op/intern program helps develop those leaders by providing a fast‑paced, hands‑on, and varied learning experience.

The program provides the opportunity for up to 5 terms rotating across multiple locations that include the Global Headquarters and the North American plants. Students gain experience working across the tire manufacturing process. Students work on projects with raw materials, rubber compounds, component preparation, tire building, curing, final finish and new product industrialization. The projects require collaboration with various other functions in Goodyear including our Operations and Global Engineering teams.

The Quality co‑op/intern program provides engineering and science students with the unique and valuable practical experience necessary to understand the quality and manufacturing engineering roles available  program has proven successful in building a pipeline of candidates for future permanent positions within our manufacturing plant quality teams.

• Tracking plant performance and finding and implementing solutions for improvement
• Collaborating on the updates and creation of specifications and procedures
• Learning the basics of rubber compounding in a corporate and manufacturing environment
• Supporting operation of the equipment to ensure quality and consistency
• Designing new dies and splice bars to optimize the extrusion process
• Working on curing optimization for existing and new tires by completing thermocouple and blow point studies
• Reviewing tire quality data to assess uniformity and balance performance and drive improvement projects

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, or any other relevant area.
• Minimum 3.0 overall GPA required
• Mobility & availability for relocation out of state required
• Incoming freshman level or higher
• Demonstrated leadership and strong communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment

It is required that you go to to be eligible for this position. A profile may be created for each position applied. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. Goodyear is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

Goodyear is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.