Formula E Control Systems Placement

Jaguar TCS Racing; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentored by engineers

Graduate opportunities potential

Job summary

Jaguar TCS Racing invites applications for a 12-month student placement in the Formula E Control Systems group in the UK. You will work with highly skilled engineers on developing control strategies in MATLAB for vehicle control software, both on-car and off-car environments, using DIL and HIL testing to reduce lap times during race weekends.

You will be part of Car Development and contribute to new methodologies, test procedures, and ensuring high code test coverage in Vehicle Control Modules,

Qualifications

• Working towards a degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Mechatronics, Software or Motorsport Engineering.
• Understanding of vehicle dynamics is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Work as an integral part of Car Development Team.
• Develop control strategies using the MATLAB toolchain for on-car and off-car environments, DIL, HIL, to optimise the vehicle control software and realise quantifiable reductions in lap time over a race weekend.
• Developing new methodologies and test procedures to ensure we achieve and maintain a high level of code test coverage within Vehicle Control Module, Inverter and Motor Control software.
• Testing of hardware and control modules across a variety of test facilities.
• Preparation and support of systems on operational vehicles at test and race events.

Skills

MATLAB

Control strategies

Software testing

Team collaboration

Education

Mechanical Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Automotive Engineering

Electronics Engineering

Mechatronics Engineering

Motorsport Engineering

Tools

MATLAB toolchain

DIL

HIL

Job description

Jaguar TCS Racing invites applications for a 12-month student placement in the Formula E Control Systems group in the UK. You will work with highly skilled engineers on developing control strategies in MATLAB for vehicle control software, both on-car and off-car environments, using DIL and HIL testing to reduce lap times during race weekends.

You will be part of Car Development and contribute to new methodologies, test procedures, and ensuring high code test coverage in Vehicle Control Modules,