Senior Performance Engineer – Motorsport Data & Setup

Jota Group; Frant; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JOTA is recruiting an experienced Performance Engineer to join our Hypercar WEC programme. You will combine performance engineering, vehicle setup, simulation, data analysis and driver development to maximise race performance.

You’ll collaborate with Race Engineers, Controls Engineers, mechanics and drivers, plus partners at Dallara and GM, translating data into practical improvements on and off track.

Qualifications

• Experience in performance engineering within professional motorsport.
• Strong understanding of vehicle dynamics, car setup and performance optimisation.
• Experience analysing telemetry, feedback, timing data and simulation results.
• Ability to translate analytical findings into practical setup changes and performance improvements.
• Experience planning and coordinating testing, development activities and engineering priorities.
• Strong communication skills, with the confidence to work with drivers and engineers.
• Proactive and organised approach to manage competing priorities in a time-critical environment.
• Interest in developing simulation tools and engineering processes.

Responsibilities

• Define vehicle setup requirements for offline simulation, DiL, track testing and race events.
• Run setup sweeps, analyse results and maintain the Sim KPI database.
• Analyse vehicle data, driver feedback and timing to identify performance opportunities.
• Coordinate setup direction with Race and Controls Engineers and plan test items.
• Maintain setup documentation and contribute to pre/post-event reports.
• Support definition and management of setup-related components and inventory.
• Analyse telemetry and timing data to assess driver performance and identify improvements.
• Provide ongoing driver support and guidance during sessions and race strategy.
• Support driver training across circuits and scenarios.
• Collaborate with Race Engineers to evaluate live strategy decisions.
• Calculate and simulate vehicle configuration for target setups.
• Communicate vehicle build requirements to mechanics using HHDM.
• Support implementation of setup changes ensuring alignment with simulation and hardware.
• Develop and improve simulation, data analysis and performance procedures.
• Contribute to bespoke simulation tools and engineering solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, data processing and reporting.
• Share findings across the wider technical group for development.
• Lead or support dyno planning, setups and test execution.

Skills

Performance engineering

Vehicle dynamics

Telemetry analysis

Data-driven decisions

Testing coordination

Driver development

Communication skills

Simulation tools

Project prioritization

Tools

LMDhDOS

ARD

Canopy

HHDM

HH Timing

Python

MATLAB

Spotfire

WinDarab

Wintax

MoveDot

Monolith

Microsoft Office

Slack

Job description

JOTA is recruiting an experienced Performance Engineer to join our Hypercar WEC programme. You will combine performance engineering, vehicle setup, simulation, data analysis and driver development to maximise race performance.

You’ll collaborate with Race Engineers, Controls Engineers, mechanics and drivers, plus partners at Dallara and GM, translating data into practical improvements on and off track.