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This position reports to the Director of Engineering or their designee and is located in Banbury, UK. This position is responsible for all performance and data analysis aspects of the car’s operation at race and test events, including but not limited to car performance optimisation through simulation, telemetry data analysis, and ensuring that a car is set-up to the required specification.
Key Responsibilities:
Promote teamwork and effective communications to develop working relationships between all personnel and departments.
Support the Race Engineer in all performance and data analysis aspects of the car operation.
Work with the Driver Coach to identify balance limitations and suggest setup directions to improve it.
Perform lap time simulation work for pre-event preparation, analysis during events and post event correlation / analysis.
Suggest setup changes and options based on simulation and/or track data analysis.
Manage set-up sheets / files for both car build and simulation purposes.
Monitor telemetry data from both reliability and performance point of view.
Run simulator sessions in Italy when required.
Develop necessary data analysis tool to aid the analysis (Matlab/ Simulink/ Excel VBA etc).
Manage overlays for driver during/ post session.
Suggest development directions based on the data analysis.
Evaluate, analyse and summarise technical data, simulation data, geometry info, tyre information, 7 post data, wind tunnel data, etc.
Perform research and development functions as required.
Publish post-event performance report.
Follow all safety regulations in all venues.
Assumes any responsibilities and duties delegated by the Director of Engineering or their designee.
Education and Work Experience:
Engineering degree, with minimum 3 years of experience as a trackside engineer, preferably in Formula-1, either as a Race or Performance Engineer. Additional experience in other Formulas would be beneficial.
Specialized Knowledge and Skills:
Strong communication skills, written and verbal
Strong technical background in racing car performance/ vehicle dynamics
Strong technical background in car/ system design/ operation/ build/ preparation
Work to a consistently high standard in stressful and time sensitive situations
Able to prioritise the workload and able to manage your time efficiently
Work well in a team environment with personnel at all levels
Equipment and Applications:
Excellent knowledge of ATLAS, MATLAB and a good understanding of lap time simulation tools and simulator environments.
Work Environment Physical Demands:
An ability to work and prioritize within a high pressure, time sensitive environment while retaining a methodical approach is essential. The role will require extensive international travel and a willingness to work long and flexible hours including weekends.
This position may require lifting to 50 pounds, repeated bending, squatting and manual dexterity. Fast-paced work environment requiring heavy mental demands. Work environment includes machinery, race cars, 7-post and other rigs, grinding debris, and hazardous fluids. All employees must ensure compliance with the Company Health and Safety Policy, and all relevant other statutory Health and Safety legislation.
Haas F1 team’s benefits help further the well-being of our employees and their families in meaningful ways. No matter where you work at Haas F1, you can take advantage of our health and wellness resources, get support with your fitness goals by working with our fitness instructors, physios and attending Yoga classes all held in our onsite gym. We offer everyone at Haas F1 the chance to share in the team’s success, being the only team on the grid that offers a race results bonus as well as an end of year constructor’s championship bonus.
You’ll discover many more benefits of working at Haas F1, such as our family days where we invite you and your family to spend quality time with our team, the drivers and the cars.
At Haas F1, Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion are fundamental of who we are. Our commitment to these ethics is steadfast and this promise travels with us wherever we are in the world. They are central to our mission and to our impact on the F1 Circuit. We know that having varied perspectives helps generate better ideas to solve the complex problems of a changing and increasingly diverse world.
Notice
Due to the nature of the organisation, all employees of Haas F1 Team are required to be security cleared to National Security Vetting standards. If successful in your application, we would support you with the NSV process. As a guideline only, you would normally need to have been a UK resident for the last 5 consecutive years. Further confirmation can be found on the Civil Aviation Authority National Security Vetting (NSV) website https://www.caa.co.uk/Commercial-industry/Security/Vetting/National-secu...
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