Industrial Placement (2027-2028) - Vehicle Performance (Simulation & Modelling) Jaguar TCS Racing

Motorsport Network, LLC; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 13,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortescue Zero operates a 12-month (Summer 2027 – Summer 2028) student placement programme within the Vehicle Performance group. You will work with highly skilled engineering professionals and graduates who you can learn from; many placements transition into graduate roles after degree completion.

To be eligible, you should be pursuing a STEM degree with knowledge of vehicle dynamics, control systems and programming (MATLAB, Python, JavaScript, C#, C, C++ and OOP) would be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Working towards a STEM degree in a relevant field.
• Understanding of vehicle dynamics and control systems is advantageous.
• Programming knowledge in MATLAB, Python, JavaScript, C# or C/C++ is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Analysis of car, rig, simulator, and model data to unlock performance.
• Analyze race data with strategists to improve decision making.
• Be part of the Ops Room, supporting the race team at the track.
• Develop software tools and models to automate processes and analyses.
• Contribute to pre-event and post-event analyses of car, tyre, systems and strategy.

Skills

Vehicle dynamics

Control systems

Mathematical modelling

Education

STEM degree

Tools

MATLAB

Python

JavaScript

C#

C

C++

Job description

Accelerate Your Career

Fortescue Zero exists to accelerate the advantage and impact of our clients. We do it through innovative engineering and technology that solves complex problems and brings a step-change in weight, speed and efficiency. Join us to help fulfil our mission to accelerate an efficient, electric and sustainable future.

We operate a 12-month (Summer 2027 – Summer 2028) student placement programme within the Vehicle Performance group. This is an exciting opportunity where you will work with highly skilled and experienced engineering professionals and graduates who you can learn and develop with - the more questions you ask the more you will gain from your experience. It is important to know that many of our industrial placements have been successful in obtaining graduate roles on completion of their degree.

To be eligible for an industrial placement within our Formula E Vehicle Performance team you should be working towards a STEM degree including but not limited to, Mathematics, Mechanical, Aerospace, Automotive, Computer Science, Data Science, Physics or Motorsport Engineering. An understanding of vehicle dynamics, control systems (including optimal control), mathematical modelling and programming (MATLAB, Python, JavaScript, C#, C, C++ and OOP) would be advantageous.

What you will do

During the placement, you will take on responsibilites such as:

• Analysis of car, rig, simulator & model data to unlock performance potential in current & future cars
• The analysis of race data whilst working with the strategists in order to maximise our decision making and find the optimal strategies for the races.
• Being part of the Ops Room (mission control) where you will be supporting the race team at the track.
• Developing software tools and models in order to make processes and analysis more automatic.
• Contributing towards our pre-event and post-event analyses of car, tyre, systems, & strategy performance.

Overall, you will contribute to make our car faster, more reliable and more efficient.

Our Commitment

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. At Fortescue Zero we are committed to building a team that encompasses a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skills. Fortescue Zero is an equal opportunity employer who values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability, We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.