Data Acquisition Engineer

McLaren Racing; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Holiday 25 days

Pension scheme

Bonus program

Private medical

Life assurance

Sabbatical option

Employee discounts

Parental leave

Wellbeing program

Assistance programme

Job summary

McLaren Racing seeks a Data Acquisition Engineer to join the Development Team at the McLaren Technology Centre in the UK. You will plan, deliver and support instrumentation installations across high-performance vehicle programs and test rigs.

Responsibilities include coordinating instrumentation across multiple projects, leading design/installation of measurement systems, and enabling detailed data analysis and calibration for prototype and production vehicles.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in engineering or equivalent significant experience.
• Experience as instrumentation/test engineer in vehicle development with Ipetronik, Dewesoft and Vector Canalyzer.
• Experience in sensor specification, measurement techniques and ISO17025 calibration.
• Knowledge of analog electronics and electrical circuit design for motorsport wiring.
• Vehicle CAN/LIN networking and diagnostics; automotive Ethernet is a plus.
• Experience with inertial systems, wheel force transducers, strain gauging; familiarity with Arduino/Raspberry Pi/PLC/Python.
• Experience in vehicle data analysis and root-cause rectification.
• Ability to develop tests and measurement solutions for new technologies where no standard exists.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate vehicle instrumentation across projects and test assets.
• Lead design, installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of measurement systems.
• Support testing of prototype and production vehicles in the UK and worldwide.
• Ensure instrumentation equipment meets calibration requirements with proper records.
• Maintain instrumentation records, backups, synchronization and software configurations.

Skills

Instrumentation / test engineering

CAN & LIN networking

Data analysis

Python / PLC scripting

Arduino / Raspberry Pi

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Ipetronik

Dewesoft

Vector Canalyzer

Calibration tools

Diagnostic tools

Arduino

Raspberry Pi

PLC

Python

Job description

We're seeking a Data Acquisition Engineer to join our highly skilled Development Team, based at the McLaren Technology Centre UK to plan, deliver & support instrumentation installations across our high performance vehicle programs and associated test activities on our fleet of development vehicles and factory-based test rigs.

What You'll Do

• Plan and coordinate vehicle instrumentation across multiple projects, programmes and test assets. Liaise with key stakeholders across multiple departments understand project requirements, communicate progress, and resolve issues.
• Lead design, specification, installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of instrumentation & measurement systems. Design and implement microcontroller (Arduino, Raspberry Pi etc.) solutions to automate and control test rigs.
• Support testing of prototype and production vehicles in the UK and around the world, supporting detailed data analysis and fault rectification where required.
• Ensure all instrumentation & measurement equipment meets calibration requirements, including record keeping and measurement uncertainty of our master reference equipment.
• To maintain accurate instrumentation records of the development fleet vehicles, Ensuring Test data safety (backup, synchronisation, sharing etc), software updates and configuration records.

What You'll Bring

• Educated to degree level in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent significant experience
• Experienced Instrumentation / test engineer within a vehicle development environment with substantial experience of vehicle instrumentation & data acquisition tools such as Ipetronik, Dewesoft, Vector Canalyzer, alongside calibration and diagnostic tools and equipment.
• Experience in sensor specification and application, appropriate measurement techniques, sensor installations and considerations for best-in-class measurements, Knowledge of calibration of systems to ISO17025.
• Working knowledge of Analog Electronics and considerations for Electrical circuit design, and Motorsport or Aeronautical wiring systems and connectors.
• Detailed working knowledge of Vehicle CAN & LIN networking and diagnostics is essential, Automotive ethernet experience would be an advantage.
• Experience with specialist measurement techniques, including Inertial systems (RTK GPS), Wheel force transducers, strain gauging etc and familiarity with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, PLC, Python etc.
• Experience in vehicle data analysis, recognising issues with data and identifying route cause to rectify.
• Capability to develop and create tests and measurement solutions on new technologies where no test standard currently exists.

No restraints. No limitations. We don't simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars. It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks. McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.

We offer a wide - ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice