Company:
RECRUIT 12
Location: Kidlington
Closing Date: 25/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Tyre Performance Engineer
Brief overview
Role : Tyre Performance Engineer
Location:
Oxfordshire
Role type:
Permanent
Salary:
Up to £55,000 DOE (negotiable)
Working type:
On-site working
Recruit 12 has an exciting opportunity for a Tyre Performance Engineer to work with top team working in the field of electric motorsport, with strong performances across the Formula-E Championship.
You’ll be supporting event preparation and trackside optimization of tyre usage and cooperation with the factory-based engineers to enhance tyre simulation tools.
Role and Responsibilities
Optimize tyre usage during track tests and race events to ensure peak performance in qualifying and races
Support trackside tyre performance engineering through test planning and analysis
Prepare pre-event tyre reports with recommendations for tyre preparation and usage
Provide data-driven feedback for tyre model development used in simulations and simulators
Assist in post-event tyre correlation with drivers and report findings
Communicate tyre performance data to drivers and race engineers
Required Skills
Strong knowledge and background in Vehicle Dynamics
Experience in Vehicle Dynamics modelling (e.g. Matlab, Simulink, SimPack, Dymola, Adams)
Desirable (not essential)
Trackside experience in a high-level motorsport series
Trackside experience in managing tyre preparation
Tyre modelling experience (e.g. Matlab, Simulink)
Experience in developing tyre thermo-mechanical, high-fidelity, or physical models (e.g. brush models, FE models)
Experience in tyre testing (indoor and outdoor), including planning, execution, and data analysis
Benefits
Bonus scheme
Aviva Pension
Group Life Assurance & Group Income Protection
Electric Car Scheme
Health Cash Plan
Employee Assistance Programme
Private Medical Insurance
26 days holiday
plus
public holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days
Childcare Benefits
Free on-site gym access and discounted national memberships
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