Senior Tyre Performance Engineer

An exciting opportunity exists for a Tyre Performance Engineer within 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

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