Senior Simulation Engineer – Motorsport & High-Performance

Fortescue; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Aviva Pension

Group Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Electric Car Scheme

Health Cash Plan

Private Medical Insurance

26 days holidays + 5 extra days

Childcare Benefits

Job summary

Fortescue, a leader in decarbonisation and advanced engineering, invites engineers to develop robust simulation models for design optimisation in high-performance applications. You will analyze mechanical, electrical and thermal data, train ML models, and collaborate with design teams to drive improvements across motorsport, defence and related fields.

The role requires experience in HV systems, rotating machinery and energy storage, with travel outside the UK and a baseline security clearance.

Qualifications

• Must have high quality analysis experience in high performance applications such as motorsport, defence, aerospace.
• Significant exposure to HV systems, rotating machinery, power electronics, energy storage and low volume applications is highly desirable.
• Cooling system design with CFD is advantageous.
• Composites and structures familiarity with FEA experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for simulation and data analysis across mechanical, electrical and thermal projects.
• Interrogate vehicle drive cycles, applying data analysis to identify errors and define product requirements.
• Define multi-objective cost-functions to quantify performance across full product and its application.
• Training machine learning models to optimise system design using large multi-parameter datasets.
• Produce reports with clear objectives, methods and results for ongoing use.
• Effective communication with other engineering teams.
• Coordinate focused empirical component testing to support simulation inputs and validation.
• Manage outsourced analysis work packages with specialist external suppliers.

Job description

Fortescue, a leader in decarbonisation and advanced engineering, invites engineers to develop robust simulation models for design optimisation in high-performance applications. You will analyze mechanical, electrical and thermal data, train ML models, and collaborate with design teams to drive improvements across motorsport, defence and related fields.

The role requires experience in HV systems, rotating machinery and energy storage, with travel outside the UK and a baseline security clearance.