Continental is a leading tire manufacturer and industry specialist. Founded in 1871, the company generated sales of €39.7 billion in 2024 and currently employs around 95,000 people in 54 countries and markets.

Tire solutions from the Tires group sector make mobility safer, smarter, and more sustainable. Its premium portfolio encompasses car, truck, bus, two-wheel, and specialty tires as well as smart solutions and services for fleets and tire retailers. Continental has been delivering top performance for more than 150 years and is one of the world’s largest tire manufacturers. In fiscal 2024, the Tires group sector generated sales of 13.9 billion euros. Continental's tire division employs more than 57,000 people worldwide and has 20 production and 16 development sites.  

Are you ready to push the limits of tire technology? Join us as a (Senior) Development Engineer (m/f/diverse) BF UHP at our Hannover-Stöcken location. In this role, you will drive innovation in the development of Ultra High Performance tires, ensuring top-tier safety, handling, and efficiency for premium and sports vehicles. If you have a passion for advanced engineering, thrive on technical challenges, and want to shape the future of mobility, this is your chance to make an impact.

Your main tasks are: 

• Planning, budgeting and leadership of UHP tire development projects in order to meet customer as well as internal performance requirements
• Identification and application of necessary technologies, resources and Know-How to meet customer expectations
• Design and management of a development strategy
• Continuous alignment of obtained test results with requirement profiles
• Coordination of in-time tire building, testing and delivery to customers
• Implementation of approved specifications into production as well as monitoring of serial production
• Solution of all development related tasks in line with OE strategy
• Participation in line-and technology projects, as well as leading of target approval projects

• Academic degree in engineering, automotive engineering, natural sciences or similar disciplines
• Experience in tire development preferred
• Project leadership experience 
• Fluent English language skills (written and spoken), German language skills desired 
• Willingness to act and to take over responsibility (e.g. project lead)
• Strong team player 
• Very good communication skills 

Applications from severely handicapped people are welcome.

We offer the following benefits:

• Salary based on Chemical Industry Tariff / Potential to an out of Tariff salary contract
• 30 day of paid vacation per year 
• Three extra days per year for individual use (called: future value) - tariff only
• Attractive career development opportunities 
• We offer balanced working conditions by doing mobile work, working part-time, flexible working time as well as Sabbatical options
• Cross-Border mobile work options up to 40 days per year from other EU countries
• Company Pension plan
• Attractive employee benefits with discounts
• Diverse offers that support a better “work-family” balance (e.g. company childcare places and free emergency care for your children)
• A highly diverse environment across our location
• A new canteen on site with a variety of lunch options 

If this sounds like a perfect match for you and if you want to become the next supporter of our core values: Trust, for one another, passion to win and freedom to act - we are looking forward to receiving your application.

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging are important to us and make our company strong and successful. We offer equal opportunities to everyone - regardless of age, gender, nationality, cultural background, disability, religion, ideology or sexual orientation.

Ready to drive with Continental? Take the first step and fill in the online application.