For many fans of Formula One, the sport exists between lights and chequered flag on a Sunday afternoon. It begins and ends with the exploits of the drivers on the track. But this is merely the tip of the spear. The reality of modern F1 is that of a complex and intertwined operation, every part of which needs to perform near its limit if success is to be achieved. From the pit crew searching for the ultimate repeatable pit stop, to the inspiration of the designers, the application of engineers and the herculean efforts of an army of fabricators and machinists. Much of our success is thanks to the diversity of thought and spectrum of skill sets held within the team, our ability to recognise unique contributions from individual team members is just a part of why we love what we do.
Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior FEA Tools Engineer to join our championship winning team, ensuring we have the best tools and processes to keep us fighting for the F1 championship. In addition, you will have the chance to lead innovation with many forward thinking and inspiring projects.
Based in the heart of our F1 design office, you will be working in an open and dynamic environment, alongside the structural analysis teams across the entire Technology Campus. You would deliver solutions to the very highest standards, ensuring that we have the best tools and processes, and enabling our teams to transform designs into reality as fast and efficiently as possible, without sacrificing accuracy or reliability.
Your role:
- Creating automation processes from developing the FEA understanding to writing scripts to automate the task.
- Investigate new simulation techniques and provide guidance to the engineers.
- Provide technical support for solvers and other tools to the FEA engineers.
- Develop and maintain a code base providing pre- and post-processing tools to improve FEA analyses.
The ideal candidate will:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent within an engineering discipline.
- Be familiar with FEA analyses and methods and be able to develop new process ideas from concept through to production.
- Have an understanding of FEA and can translate complex mechanics into loads and boundary conditions in FEA.
- Possess a natural ability to find solutions when faced with difficult problems.
- Have an interest in software development and ability to learn on the job.
Furthermore, experience with the following would be an advantage:
- Programming with C++, Python, or similar
- Working with Linux operating systems and queuing systems
- Code management systems
- Fatigue, multi-body dynamics and/or topology optimisation software
- Modelling composite materials
Not only are these fantastic Junior FEA Tools Engineer role, but it is also a fantastic team to work with. A good salary is just the start, there are many other benefits too such as our bonus scheme, private health care cover, life assurance scheme, workplace nursery, company contributed pension scheme, on site gym & fitness classes, food allowance, and a cycle to work scheme; but above all, the job satisfaction doesn’t get any better than the feeling of making a real contribution to the function of our Grand Prix cars.
Job Posting End DateWed, 3 Apr 2024