The position is targeted towards Mechanical, Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering students. Candidates will require excellent mathematical and analytical skills and an engineering background. Knowledge of vehicle dynamic principles and experience with Matlab would also be advantageous.
The successful candidate will develop skills in problem solving, creativity, teamwork, planning, innovation and communication whilst performing the following tasks:
- Validate models against track data
- Provide predictive performance analysis
- Support data analysis of race and test events
- Develop automated routines and processes for data analysis and metrics generation
- Develop design-of-experiments using existing toolsets
- Provide real-time event support
To be eligible for this placement applicants must be returning to higher education to study for at least 1 year after their placement year. Confirmation of this should be in place at time of application. While we would like to open this opportunity up to all applicants these positions are intended to be a work placement for students currently undertaking higher education and is therefore the eligibility requirement. Please do not apply if you do not fall within the requirements for this position.
The placements will be for 1 year, starting in Summer 2021.