F1 Thermal Engineering Placement — Live Data & Lab Innovation

Motorsport Network, LLC; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free daily food allowance

Free gym access

Fitness classes

Discounts with partners

Free barista coffee

Unlimited Red Bull

Job summary

Red Bull Racing & Technology is offering an Industrial Placement in the Research & Development Department. This one-year placement in Thermal Engineering will involve developing test rigs, analyzing thermal properties, and supporting the engineering team during race weekends at MK facilities.

You'll work on cooling systems, insulation materials, and simulations across 1D/2D/3D methods, collaborating with designers, managers, mechanics and experts to contribute to a championship-winning car.

Qualifications

• Applicants must be returning to higher education to study for at least 1 year after placement.

Responsibilities

• Develop new test rigs and run experiments to determine material thermal properties and validating thermal systems as well as cooling solutions of the car.
• Provide support on running and keeping up to date a cutting-edge technology thermal engineering laboratory.
• Support the race team during the race weekends analysing live track data of thermal systems via access to our operations room.
• Work on varying projects covering systems and parts of the whole car including brakes, cooling circuits, insulation materials and many more
• Development and correlation of fluid dynamic and 1D, 2D and 3D thermal simulations, based on a first-principals approach.
• Preparation of technical documentation to support your designs and experiments
• Developing problem solving and communication skills through working closely with designers, managers, mechanics and technical specialists from throughout the organisation

Job description

Red Bull Racing & Technology is offering an Industrial Placement in the Research & Development Department. This one-year placement in Thermal Engineering will involve developing test rigs, analyzing thermal properties, and supporting the engineering team during race weekends at MK facilities.

You'll work on cooling systems, insulation materials, and simulations across 1D/2D/3D methods, collaborating with designers, managers, mechanics and experts to contribute to a championship-winning car.