Software Developer - Aerodynamics

Renault Sport Racing have an excellent opportunity to join our team at a tremendously exciting time in our history within Formula 1. As we continue to grow as a team, we are looking for a highly talented individual to join the Aerodynamic Software Engineering group at Renault Sport as a Software Engineer. This key position will focus on the operation and development of the advanced software we develop to ensure efficient and reliable aerodynamic development throughout the season.

As a works team it is our goal to win the World Championships in the coming years.  If you would like the opportunity to play a key role in doing so then this position is for you.

The Role

You will improve our existing software and create ambitious new tools to more efficiently extract and understand results from wind tunnel, track and CFD.  Assisting the engineers by developing capabilities to compare aerodynamic data across these three domains in an intuitive and seamless manner.

Candidates must have a formal background in software development including several years experience with Python (3.6+), .NET, and SQL databases.  The successful candidate must have further experience with unit testing, performance testing, concurrency, software packaging/distribution, and understand computational complexity.  The successful candidate must be comfortable developing on both Windows and Linux

We are technologically open minded.  We will adopt any technology you are sufficiently experienced in should it provide an demonstrable advantage to us.

The Person

We are looking for individuals that can demonstrate technical competence as well as a collaborative, creative and proactive approach. Previous experience of motorsport is helpful but not essential, we believe the right attitude and drive to succeed is vital to our success.

The candidate will be organised, methodical and demonstrate the ability to communicate complex ideas with clarity and articulate challenging concepts in understandable terms.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of creative thinking, and have demonstrated the ability to consistently deliver high-quality results, under pressure and within tight timescales.

Our offer to you

In return for your hard work and dedication we offer a team who is truly ambitious with their goals, with a unique and friendly working environment and competitive remuneration – including car schemes, pension, free onsite gym, subsidised canteen and many others.