Tyre Performance Engineer – Formula E Chassis Optimisation

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

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.