Model Design Engineer

Cadillac Formula 1 Team; Towcester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cadillac Formula 1 Team is seeking a Model Design Engineer to play a pivotal role in delivering aerodynamic components at the Silverstone facility. You will lead complex design projects, ensuring high-quality parts for wind tunnel testing that influence car performance and innovation.

This role allows for creativity and initiative, where your ideas will directly impact the team's future performance. Join a skilled team dedicated to technical excellence in a high-performance environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, well-validated parts for wind tunnel testing.
• Support complete design projects, including CAD creation and quality-checking.
• Continuously improve the functionality and quality of model parts.
• Drive development of improved design workflows and standards.
• Collaborate with Aerodynamicists and Surface Design Engineers.
• Ensure adherence to standard design practices.

Job description

As a Model Design Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in delivering the physical components that feed our aerodynamic development—the very foundation of on-track performance. Working at the heart of our Silverstone facility, you’ll be part of a highly skilled, ambitious group of engineers focused on technical excellence and relentless innovation. Your work will directly influence car performance in the wind tunnel, translating design into data, and ultimately into lap time.

You’ll be trusted with end-to-end ownership of complex design projects, and encouraged to challenge convention, push boundaries, and propose smarter, faster, more efficient ways of working. With a culture that values initiative and creativity, your ideas will not only be heard—they’ll be expected.

This is your chance to make a lasting mark on the future of our team, in a high-performance environment where every part counts and every detail matters.

• Deliver high-quality, well‑validated parts for wind tunnel testing in line with aerodynamic targets
• Support on complete design projects, including CAD creation, project management, quality‑checking, and documentation
• Continuously improve the functionality, quality, and robustness of model parts to optimize wind tunnel test efficiency
• Drive the development and implementation of improved design workflows and standards
• Collaborate closely with Aerodynamicists and Surface Design Engineers to ensure alignment with technical specifications
• Ensure adherence to standard design practices and help refine them as needed