Senior Tyre Performance Engineer

Motorsport Network, LLC; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Motorsport Network, LLC is seeking a Tyre Performance Engineer within our Vehicle Performance Group to optimise tyre-related aspects of the Formula E car and influence chassis performance.

The successful candidate will bring a strong mechanical engineering background, proven tyre modelling experience, trackside tyre work and collaboration with race and controls engineers to enhance race performance during weekends.

Qualifications

• Minimum BSc in Mechanical/Automotive Engineering or Applied Mathematics.
• Experience with tyre modelling, optimisation and correlation; background in vehicle dynamics and tyre-force generation.
• Strong MATLAB/Simulink knowledge.
• Experience in vehicle performance metric generation and objective–subjective correlation.
• Trackside motorsport/tyre testing experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to tyre science tool development used by the performance group.
• Handle pre-event and post-event tyre-related reporting activities.
• Create, correlate and maintain tyre models used by the group.
• Engage in DIL activities, driving driver objective–subjective correlation and tyre model tuning.
• Collaborate with race, performance and controls engineers to optimise chassis performance during race weekends.

Skills

Tyre modelling

Vehicle dynamics

Trackside tyre performance

MATLAB/Simulink

Education

BSc in Mechanical/Automotive Engineering or Applied Mathematics

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

An exciting opportunity exists fora Tyre Performance Engineerwithin our Vehicle Performance Group.

The suitable candidate will be a key part of the Performance Group, being responsible for the optimisation of all tyre-related aspects of the Formula E car and having a strong impact on the overall chassis performance.

The ideal candidate should have a robust technical background in mechanical engineering with strong proven experience on tyre modelling, trackside tyre performance optimisation and vehicle dynamics.

Core Skills & Responsibilities:

• Actively contribute to the development of the tyre science tools used by the performance group.
• Will be responsible for the pre-event and post-event tyre-related reporting activities.
• Will be responsible for the generation, correlation and maintenance of the tyre models used by the performance group.
• Will be actively involved on DIL development activities, being responsible for driver objective – subjective correlation and tyre model fine tuning.
• Will be actively involved on DIL development activities, being responsible for correlation and tyre model fine tuning.
• Will actively contribute to research and development activities relative to advanced tyre modelling and tyre-friction characterisation.
• Will work closely with race, performance and controls engineers to optimise the overall chassis performance during the race weekend.

Requirements:

• Minimum BSc in a relevant engineering discipline such as Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Applied mathematics or similar.
• Prior experience on state-of-the-art tyre modelling, optimisation and correlation, including relevant background on vehicle dynamics and tyre-force generation mechanisms.
• Sound knowledge and experience with MATLAB / Simulink.
• Relevant experience on vehicle performance metric generation and objective – subjective correlation.
• Previous trackside experience on motorsport / tyre testing activities will be advantageous.

Additional Desirable Attributes:

• A proven ability to work to tight deadlines as part of a team or individually
• Willingness to work in a dynamic and multicultural environment
• Self-motivation with a will to contribute to race support
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills
• Analytical and methodical worker