Junior Aerodynamicist

British Cycling; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading sports organization as a Junior Aerodynamicist, focusing on enhancing cycling performance through innovative aerodynamic research and collaboration with elite athletes. This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of cycling technology while contributing to the success of the Great Britain Cycling Team.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Cycle to Work Scheme

Generous Holidays (25 days + bank holidays)

Holiday purchase scheme

Life Assurance

Pension

Qualifications

• Support aerodynamic and position optimisation research.
• Collaborate with athletes, coaches, and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day aerodynamic support in testing facilities.
• Ensure athletes achieve aerodynamically efficient positions.

Skills

Curiosity

Passion for Aerodynamics

Rapport Building

Attention to Detail

Team Player

Job description

Role Title: Junior Aerodynamicist

Salary: Up to £40K, dependent upon experience

Location: National Cycling Centre, Manchester

Start Date: As soon as possible

About British Cycling

British Cycling exists to bring the joy of cycling to everyone.

We have embarked on an exciting new journey, with a modernised commercial and events offering grounded in social impact and storytelling, harnessing the spotlight and inspiration of our athlete’s performance on the world stage, and our growing portfolio of major events.

We are working towards our three key priorities outlined in our strategy; to support and grow the sport to make cycling more inclusive and accessible, to lead on the world stage by winning and winning well, and to drive social impact by tackling inequalities through providing opportunities.

What will you be doing?

This role sits within the Great Britain Cycling Team (GBCT), the country’s most successful Olympic and Paralympic team in history. Now is an incredibly exciting year to join GBCT. Fresh off the back of winning 11 Olympic and 22 Paralympic medals at the most recent Games in Paris, as well as having recently celebrated 20 years of the GBCT pathway, we are a team with high ambitions to continue this legacy at LA 2028 and beyond.

A key focus of this role is providing day-to-day aerodynamic support in the GBCT Wind Tunnel and other testing facilities. The successful candidate will also support the Position Optimisation processes, ensuring that athletes achieve the most aerodynamically efficient positions while maintaining biomechanical effectiveness.

What we’re looking for:

The Great Britain Cycling Team is seeking a passionate and talented Junior Aerodynamicist to support the team’s performance objectives by contributing to aerodynamic and position optimisation research, testing, and optimisation. This role offers the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of cycling technology, collaborating with world-class athletes, coaches, and performance engineers to enhance aerodynamic efficiency across multiple cycling disciplines.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Curious - You have a constant curiosity about how the rest of the world are developing their athletes and how to keep ahead of them. You look for different and better ways of improving performance through the application of engineering and aerodynamics. You have an appetite to learn from other sports, coaches and environments. You have a desire to invite fresh eyes and new perspectives and you welcome challenge and debate.
• Passionate - You have a passion for aerodynamics it’s influence on performance. You will be ‘well-read’ in key literature and research and will have ideas about application of this into real world settings. Aerodynamics is your passion, it’s what you think about every day.
• Rapport builder - You foster positive engagement and strong, trusting relationships. You will be proactive and optimistically persistent in developing the strength of these relationships even with the most challenging of personalities. You don’t give up.
• Conscientious - You possess a high attention to detail and have a desire to ensure to ensure the standards of service delivery and the environment you operate in are world class. To this end you seek feedback on yourself and are forthcoming in providing constructive feedback to others.
• Team player - You will naturally want to stand shoulder to shoulder with your colleagues and muck in when it is required.
  
  

What are the perks?

• Competitive Salary
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Generous Holidays (25 days + bank holidays)
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Life Assurance
• Pension
  
  

Interviews will be held in person in Manchester on Wednesday 25th June

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a short cover letter by using the apply button provided on the page

In the cover letter please bring to life how your experience and skills meet the essential criteria.