At
McLaren, our mission is to set the standard for high performance in sport.
Everyone, in every part of the team, has a role to play. So if you want to test
your ideas with the world watching... And measure your progress in
milliseconds... And play your part in racing history... You belong here. High
performance starts with you.
Purpose of the Role:
To improve on track performance by contributing to car/driver development, car setup optimisation, race weekend execution and driver-in-the-loop simulator operation/utilization.
Principal Responsibilities
- Preparing pre & post event documentation.
- Supporting trackside race engineers during race events (remotely, from our base at Bicester Heritage) with respect to car setup, run planning, legality, performance analysis etc.
- Running simulator sessions for car/driver development, race preparation, and simulator development.
- Running a car in test sessions to a pre-defined schedule, managing the driver, directing the mechanics and tyre technicians.
- Contributing to improving overall car and driver performance development.
- Contribution to developing engineering processes and procedures.
Role Dimensions
- The Race Engineering group sits alongside the Vehicle Performance and Strategy/Sporting groups within the Technical department.
- The role will involve significant collaboration with other groups within the team.
- Working during race weekends is required.
- Travel to race and test events is required on an ad-hoc basis.
- Unsocial and extended hours will be involved.
