Tyre Performance Engineer Brackley, United Kingdom At the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, a group of passionate and determined people work to design, develop, manufacture and race the cars with the aim of fighting for world championships each and every year.
Every individual plays their part.
No stone is left unturned in the chase for every tenth of a second.
The Role:As one of our Tyre Performance Engineers, your responsibilities will include:
Being highly analytical in which you will be expected to identify, analyse and develop solutions to improve vehicle performance.Systematically investigating and understanding tyre performance through race events, from the circuit and in the factory race support room.Investigating and understanding correlation differences between vehicle simulations and the race car behaviour on track.Ensuring robustness and performance of trackside tyre equipment & processes.Tyre analysis preparation ahead of race events, offering guidance and advice on race car setup, working directly with the race team/operation.Reviewing tyre performance from track data and proposing studies to find further potential utilisation.Proposing and developing new performance concepts that deliver performance differentiation from competitors.Improving and developing new methodologies for performance analysis tools to support objective technical decision making.To be successful you will have:EssentialMechanical or Aeronautical Engineering degree (preferably Masters) or similar qualification is essential, but your skills, experience, ability to learn, energy and attitude are most important.Proven experience of trackside tyre performance or trackside tyre development experience.Excellent grounding in mechanics and in engineering numerical methods.Conversant with engineering software tools and object-oriented coding languages.Excellent communicative and collaborative skills.DesirableExperience in non-linear programming techniques and optimal control will be considered beneficial.Benefits:Our riverside campus is powered by 100% renewably sourced energy and features an on-site gym and exercise studio, subsidised restaurant and on-site parking with EV chargers available.
We offer a competitive and attractive package of benefits including a generous bonus scheme, Mercedes car lease scheme, private medical cover, life assurance and 25 days holiday.
We pride ourselves on our family-friendly environment, employee well-being programme and offer flexible working opportunities.
Why us:At the heart of our performance are our people.
Every member of our team has a voice and plays their part in contributing to our successes on and off the racetrack.
We take pride in creating an innovative, collaborative and high-performance culture where all of our team members are respected, empowered and valued.
Through our Accelerate 25 programme, we are continuously working to make our team even more diverse and inclusive.
Your application:We will ask you to complete a questionnaire as well as submitting a cover letter and CV.
Please note if you would like to include a cover letter please upload it with your CV as one PDF document.
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