Lead CAE Engineer - Body Components (Interior/Exterior)

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Life assurance

Sabbatical option

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

McLaren Automotive is seeking a Lead Engineer - Body Components CAE to take technical ownership of virtual development for interior and exterior body components across McLaren vehicle programmes. This hands-on role focuses on delivering robust CAE solutions that support right-first-time designs and vehicle development.

You will develop methodologies, supervise correlation with physical testing, and collaborate with Design, Manufacturing and external suppliers to ensure high quality results that

Qualifications

• Strong experience in automotive CAE focused on interior and/or exterior body components.
• Expertise in structural simulation techniques including linear and nonlinear FEA, static and dynamic analysis.
• Experience delivering components against multiple attribute requirements.

Responsibilities

• Take technical responsibility for the CAE development and validation of all interior and exterior body components across McLaren vehicle programmes.
• Define, maintain, and improve simulation methodologies for body component development with accuracy and efficiency.
• Use simulation-driven engineering to identify risks early and deliver optimized designs with minimal changes.
• Utilise first-principles engineering and simplified models to guide design decisions and CAE efficiency.
• Support and interpret component and vehicle test results, ensuring robust correlation with simulations.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering, Attribute Teams, Manufacturing, Materials and Vehicle Integration.

Skills

Automotive CAE

Linear/Nonlinear FEA

Static/Dynamic analysis

Durability assessment

Stiffness/strength eval

Component optimisation

Multi-attribute requirements

Supplier management

Stakeholder communication

Tools

FEA tools

Job description

McLaren Automotive is seeking a Lead Engineer - Body Components CAE to take technical ownership of virtual development for interior and exterior body components across McLaren vehicle programmes. This hands-on role focuses on delivering robust CAE solutions that support right-first-time designs and vehicle development.

You will develop methodologies, supervise correlation with physical testing, and collaborate with Design, Manufacturing and external suppliers to ensure high quality results that