Senior Manufacturing Controls Engineer

McLaren Racing; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Racing is seeking a Senior Engineer - Controls to drive the delivery and integration of electrical manufacturing processes, diagnostic systems, software and vehicle commissioning solutions across programmes. You will own technical work packages from requirements to production readiness and deliver objective readiness evidence.

The role emphasizes authoring and validating diagnostic content with ETAS GRADE-X and OTX-based tools, developing robust software across desktop, web, embedded and

Responsibilities

• Translate Manufacturing Controls objectives into system requirements, software requirements, interface specs, validation plans and production-readiness evidence.
• Own and deliver technical work packages covering diagnostic toolchains, End-of-Line validation, software download, coding, commissioning, traceability, fault diagnosis, and manufacturing controls applications.
• Author, configure, debug, validate, release and maintain diagnostic applications, test procedures, guided workflows, ECU programming routines, configuration processes, and automated fault-finding sequences using ETAS GRADE-X and OTX-based environments.
• Develop, integrate, test, deploy and support software solutions across desktop, web, service, database, embedded and industrial automation environments.
• Apply software engineering principles across the full development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture, coding, review, version control, automated testing, release management and production support.
• Create reusable software components, diagnostic libraries, interfaces, scripts, utilities and automation tools to improve engineering efficiency and reliability.
• Integrate Manufacturing Controls applications with vehicle diagnostic interfaces, production equipment, databases, APIs, MES platforms and enterprise systems.
• Verify that solutions meet quality, cybersecurity, configuration-control, throughput, reliability and maintainability requirements; escalate gaps or risks.
• Lead investigations into electrical, software, diagnostic, controls and integration faults; gather evidence, determine root cause and implement corrective actions.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching and peer review to engineers, suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders; ensure governance and standards compliance.
• Coordinate cross-functional and supplier deliverables, provide clear updates and escalate constraints to protect programme timing, quality, cost and production continuity.

Skills

Electrical controls

Software development

ETAS GRADE-X

System integration

Tools

ETAS GRADE-X

OTX-based authoring

ECU programming

Job description

McLaren Racing is seeking a Senior Engineer - Controls to drive the delivery and integration of electrical manufacturing processes, diagnostic systems, software and vehicle commissioning solutions across programmes. You will own technical work packages from requirements to production readiness and deliver objective readiness evidence.

The role emphasizes authoring and validating diagnostic content with ETAS GRADE-X and OTX-based tools, developing robust software across desktop, web, embedded and