Senior Composite Design Engineer – F1 Bodywork & Tooling

McLaren Racing Ltd

Woking

On-site

GBP 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

McLaren Racing Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Composite Design Engineer to join the Bodywork Design team. You will create conceptual and detailed designs for composite and metallic car components across bodywork, wings, floors and crash structures, and design the tooling required to turn concepts into race-ready solutions.

You will take ownership of projects from brief to delivery, work closely with stakeholders, and apply CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE with Word and Excel.

Qualifications

Degree required in mechanical or aero engineering.
Proven experience designing components within Formula 1 or similar fast-paced environments.
Strong knowledge of racing car components and systems.
Excellent knowledge of composite and metallic materials, manufacturing techniques and tooling design.

Responsibilities

Deliver conceptual and detailed designs for composite and metallic car components, including bodywork, wings, floors and crash structures.
Design the manufacturing tooling, jig components, test jigs and rig parts required to support production and validation.
Take ownership of projects from initial brief through to successful delivery, working accurately and at pace.
Investigate reliability issues and component faults, developing effective design solutions and supporting other areas of the car when required.
Work closely with stakeholders across the team, following established design processes and best practice to meet critical deadlines.