Performance Research Engineer, Golf Tech & Data

TaylorMade Golf; Carlsbad (CA); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness

Product discounts

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

TaylorMade Golf seeks a Performance Research Engineer to bridge testing, analytics, and product design. You will lead lab, player, and Tour-based testing while translating observations into actionable engineering direction.

The role requires hands-on mechanical and data skills, collaboration across R&D and Tour teams, and the ability to communicate findings to leadership. Located in Carlsbad, CA with hybrid work and travel to test facilities.

Qualifications

• Hands-on engineer with mechanical aptitude and data skills.
• Experience in designing statistically rigorous experiments (DOE, power analysis).
• Ability to translate player feedback into engineering direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced performance testing protocols for golf clubs and balls across lab, player, field, and Tour environments.
• Own performance engineering topics for product areas across Woods, Irons, Putter/Wedge, or cross-category initiatives.
• Collect clean, repeatable data in player-facing environments and support elite testing.
• Analyze large datasets to extract insights on launch, spin, dispersion, and performance tradeoffs.
• Develop automated data pipelines and dashboards for project communication and decision making.
• Collaborate with R&D, Product Development, Tour, Fitting, and Analytics teams to integrate feedback.

Skills

Golf equipment testing

DOE & experimental design

Statistical analysis

Data pipeline development

Communication with leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering or related field

Tools

Golf launch monitors

Motion capture systems

High-speed video analysis

Job description

TaylorMade Golf seeks a Performance Research Engineer to bridge testing, analytics, and product design. You will lead lab, player, and Tour-based testing while translating observations into actionable engineering direction.

The role requires hands-on mechanical and data skills, collaboration across R&D and Tour teams, and the ability to communicate findings to leadership. Located in Carlsbad, CA with hybrid work and travel to test facilities.