Mechanical Design Engineers (Powertrains)

Red Bull Racing & Red Bull Technology; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Red Bull Powertrains is excited to offer opportunities to join our technical office as we transition from building our team’s first Power Units to refining them into a race-ready package, all aimed at delivering the most competitive car on the 2026 Formula One grid. We are seeking multiple Mechanical Design Engineers to join our Mechanical Design ICE Team and drive the future of motorsport innovation. You will be based at our cutting-edge engineering and manufacturing facility in Milton Keynes, designed to produce high-performance Power Units for the 2026 engine regulations.

In a rapidly changing regulatory environment, you will be required to apply physics from first principles and knowledge of cutting-edge technology to create high-performance PU hardware.

Key responsibilities of our Mechanical Design Engineers

• Delivering Engineering solutions to the agreed specification, program plan and cost.
• Investigating, containing and resolving faults to ensure there is no negative impact to the running of Power Units.
• Creating, collating, and communicating the Engineering direction to the key stakeholders.
• Creating and releasing detailed engineering models and technical drawings using Siemens NX and Teamcenter.
• Removing mechanical limitations to performance development and deployment.
• Actively contributing to the team’s and department's development.

Essential competencies for our Mechanical Design Engineers

• Previous experience in developing detailed requirements from an Engineering scope.
• Competence in using one of the main CAD packages to produce 3D models and 2D Engineering drawings.
• Working experience in delivering Engineering direction when presented with imperfect data.
• Mechanical (or similar discipline) Engineering degree or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Experience of successful fault investigation, containment, and rectification.
• Experience in designing for manufacture to improve quality, reduce cost, and reduce lead time without sacrificing performance.
• Designing from clean sheet using first principles.

Not only are these fantastic Mechanical Design Engineer roles, but it is also a fantastic team to work with here at Red Bull Powertrains. A good salary is just the start; there are many other benefits too such as our bonus scheme, private health care cover, life assurance scheme, workplace nursery scheme, company-contributed pension scheme, on-site gym & fitness classes, free daily food allowance, and a cycle to work scheme; but above all, the job satisfaction doesn’t get any better than the feeling of making a real contribution to our championship-winning grand prix cars.