Tyre Performance Engineer

Tyre Performance Engineer BRIEF OVERVIEW - Role: Tyre Performance Engineer - Location: Oxfordshire - Role type: Permanent - Salary: Up to £55,000 DOE - Working type: Hybrid working (3 days on-site, 2 days working from home) 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 per year - Childcare Benefits - Free on-site gym access and discounted national memberships