Senior Engineer - Motorsport & High-Performance Design

Fortescue; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Pension (Aviva)

Group Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Electric Car Scheme

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Private Medical Insurance

26 days holiday + 5 extra days

Childcare Benefits

On-site gym access

Job summary

Fortescue is seeking a Senior Engineer for its Motorsport & Advanced Engineering team. You will lead mechanical design and cross-discipline engineering for high-performance projects, including electrification, with a focus on lightweight, efficient systems for motorsport and defence.

The role requires >5 years’ mechanical design experience, strong CAD/PLM skills, leadership potential, and BPSS clearance. You will travel outside the UK as needed and contribute to design verification and process

Qualifications

• Must have high quality mechanical design experience (>5 years) in high performance applications such as motorsport, defence, aerospace.
• Significant exposure to HV systems, energy storage and low volume applications is highly desirable.
• Composites and structural design with FEA experience is advantageous.
• Proficient CAD (Siemens NX preferred) and PLM (Siemens Teamcenter preferred) user.
• Demonstrated leadership potential alongside effective communication skills.
• Must be able to achieve and maintain Base Line Security Clearance (BPSS) for this role.
• Ability to travel outside the UK.

Responsibilities

• Design across mechanical, electrical and thermal projects.
• Lead engineering design principles across multiple disciplines.
• Line management of engineers, with responsibility for output and professional development.
• Represent Fortescue Zero in front of customers and suppliers.
• Communicate effectively with other engineering teams.
• Continuously improve engineering and business systems and processes.
• Create Design Verification Plans.
• Interpret regulations and standards, then develop plans to demonstrate conformity.
• Plan resources and tasks to meet requirements; solve problems and rectify faults.
• Conduct design reviews and drawing checking.
• Design for performance, efficiency and total cost optimisation.
• Occasional event or test support.
• Health and safety responsibility for project teams.
• Develop supply chain.

Skills

Mechanical design

Leadership

Communication

Design reviews

Tools

Siemens NX

Siemens Teamcenter

FEA

Job description

Fortescue is seeking a Senior Engineer for its Motorsport & Advanced Engineering team. You will lead mechanical design and cross-discipline engineering for high-performance projects, including electrification, with a focus on lightweight, efficient systems for motorsport and defence.

The role requires >5 years’ mechanical design experience, strong CAD/PLM skills, leadership potential, and BPSS clearance. You will travel outside the UK as needed and contribute to design verification and process