Tyre Performance Engineer

Alpine Formula One Team; Enstone; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical healthcare

Free on-site gym

Subsidised restaurant

Job summary

Alpine F1 Team in Enstone is seeking a Tyre Performance Engineer to contribute to real-time analysis and race optimisation. You will work with Race Team engineers and drivers to optimise tyre usage and setup for maximum performance.

The role requires a degree in engineering, strong tyres knowledge, and experience with MATLAB or Python. It is split between factory and track and offers competitive remuneration and benefits.

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent in Engineering.
• Track record of working to a consistently high standard in pressurised and time sensitive situations.
• Strong understanding of tyre physics, vehicle dynamics, simulation and data analysis.
• Experience with MATLAB or Python is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support pre/in/post-event tyre analysis and reporting.
• Communicate complex concepts in high-pressure situations to drivers, management, and engineers.
• Develop and refine tyre models, simulation tools, and grip mapping methodologies.
• Assist with data analysis for tyre testing, model correlation, and forecasting.
• Support tyre-specific simulator testing, including test specification, real time support during testing, post test data analysis and reporting.
• Continuously improve operational processes and analysis tools.
• The position is split between factory and racetrack.

Skills

Tyre physics

Vehicle dynamics

Data analysis

Communication under pressure

Education

Engineering degree (BEng/MEng) or equivalent

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Are you ready to accelerate your career with a dynamic and innovative F1 team? We are looking to expand our well-established team with an Engineer who is motivated to significantly contribute to our relentless pursuit of excellence. We are looking for a Tyre Performance Engineer to join us at Enstone. This position will play a crucial role in helping us push for podiums and race wins.

Your Challenge

As our Tyre Performance Engineer, you will play an important role providing real time and data driven support to Race Team engineers and Race Drivers to ensure that car setup and tyre utilisation is optimised to achieve the maximum possible overall performance. You will evaluate and optimise tyre utilisation during track tests and race events to ensure maximum overall performance of cars during qualifying and racing.

Key Accountabilities Are

• Support pre/in/post-event tyre analysis and reporting.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts efficiently in high-pressure situations to audiences of different background (drivers, senior management, race engineers…).
• Develop and refine tyre models, simulation tools, and grip mapping methodologies.
• Assist with data analysis support for tyre testing, model correlation, and future tyre performance forecasting.
• Support tyre-specific Simulator testing, including test specification, real time support during testing, post test data analysis and reporting.
• Continuously improve operational processes and analysis tools.
• The position is split between factory and racetrack.

Who We Want

We are looking to enhance our talented team with someone who has previous experience, ideally within F1 or another high-level motorsport. You will have an active and curious mindset, you will constantly strive to enhance your own capabilities and those of the wider team by helping to improve our methodology and processes, championing best practice, and contributing towards the standardisation of our approach to control strategies.

You should be educated to degree level or equivalent in Engineering with a track record of working to a consistently high standard in pressurised and time sensitive situations.

You will have a strong understanding of tyre physics, vehicle dynamics, simulation and data analysis, with experience in using MATLAB or Python an advantage.

We need someone who is self-motivated, analytical, and a pragmatic decision-maker capable of working with minimal supervision. We seek someone with a creative, innovative, and consistent approach to problem-solving.

What We Offer You In Return

• We offer competitive remuneration packages, private medical healthcare, access to a free on-site gym, a subsidised restaurant and many more additional benefits.

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We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences.

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