Senior Controls Engineer - Motorsport Transmission & Dyno

Motorsport Network, LLC; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Williams F1 Team seeks a Control Systems Engineer to join the Controls team in Grove, developing gearbox and clutch control systems and dyno calibration. You will calibrate, simulate, and tune embedded real-time control code to deliver reliable gear shifts and clutch response across track scenarios.

Working with MATLAB/Simulink and Python, you’ll build dyno models and tooling, trace ECU code, and collaborate with Vehicle Dynamics, Powertrain, Systems Simulation and Electronics to push

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical, control systems, automotive, mechanical, software or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 5 years in controls engineering, ideally in motorsport or high-performance automotive (Formula E, WEC and F1 backgrounds are all relevant)
• Strong MATLAB and Simulink experience, with confident programming and controls ability of your own
• Good understanding of embedded, real-time code that targets an ECU
• Able to read and trace through control code and state flows to spot where the advantages and risks sit
• Transmission controls experience is strongly preferred, and dyno knowledge is a close second
• Nice to have: dSpace or SpeedGoat, Python, the standard ECU toolchain (SECU, Atlas, SystemMonitor) and AVL Puma

Responsibilities

• Calibrate and develop the gearbox and clutch control system, with a focus on reliable, repeatable gear shifts and clutch response
• Analyse data from dyno and car running to find the root cause of shift performance and reliability issues, then apply what you learn in calibrations and control tuning
• Learn, use and help develop the dyno control system, including integrating our vehicle models so the dyno reflects what happens on track
• Build control simulations and the supporting tooling, mainly in MATLAB, Simulink and Python
• Work within the standard ECU code and toolchain to get the best shift for each situation
• Support troubleshooting on the dyno and the car, diagnosing issues quickly and working with colleagues across the business to fix them
• Document designs, test protocols and results so that everything is accurate and traceable

Skills

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

Embedded real-time code

Control code tracing

Transmission controls

Dyno knowledge

dSpace/SpeedGoat

AVL Puma

Education

Electrical/Control/Automotive/Mech/Software engineering degree

Tools

SECU

Atlas

SystemMonitor

AVL Puma

dSpace/SpeedGoat

Job description

Williams F1 Team seeks a Control Systems Engineer to join the Controls team in Grove, developing gearbox and clutch control systems and dyno calibration. You will calibrate, simulate, and tune embedded real-time control code to deliver reliable gear shifts and clutch response across track scenarios.

Working with MATLAB/Simulink and Python, you’ll build dyno models and tooling, trace ECU code, and collaborate with Vehicle Dynamics, Powertrain, Systems Simulation and Electronics to push