The McLaren name is synonymous with motorsport. The story across five decades of racing at the pinnacle of global motorsport is of restless technical development with characters of passion and true grit, all with a single-minded determination to succeed. The trophy cabinet at McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) tells a thousand stories of world champions, great drivers, constructor titles and of all those individuals who have stood on the sport’s global stage to make their invaluable contribution in making that difference: that extra thousandth of second off a lap time.
With a backdrop of continued growth and success, McLaren Automotive is now consolidating its motorsport strategy with specific aims; enriching the customer’s experience on and off track, broadening the McLaren brand appeal to a wider global audience and delivering motorsport experiences that are best in class.
As we begin this exciting journey we are looking for a Principal E/E Architecture Engineer to join our Motorsport function and help deliver our future championship winning GT cars.
Purpose of the role:
Working with cutting edge motorsport products, you will be able to concept and deliver your own designs and introduce your own ideas without limitations of benchmarks. This is a role that will push you to develop your engineering capability with a major influence on the product with direct input into the design of vehicle EE System Architecture for motorsport projects (e.g. GT4/GT3)
Principal accountabilities:
- With exposure to a variety of systems, you'll be responsible for strategy, design, and implementation of the whole-vehicle EE architecture, systems interactions, distributed functionality for all motorsport projects.
- Support the Chief Engineer for Motorsport in the area of competence, by defining a Motorsport delivery strategy for the function and department
- Promote the best integration in terms of processes, methods, instruments and resources between Motorsport and Automotive by leading a core team of people 100% dedicated to Motorsport.
- Actively support information flow to the Head of EE architecture in Automotive to transfer Motorsport technologies when applicable
- Leading the “Motorsport” electronics team to deliver the EE architecture design and application for all the motorsport projects.
- Select and Manage the key motorsport suppliers to implement the best strategy for the E/E design and application.
- The work involves motorsport cutting-edge EE platform technologies, with a wide and complex scope touching optimisation, robust design, network communication, diagnostics, offering a great opportunity of personal and technical development.
Skills & personal attributes:
- Electrical, software or automotive engineering degree 2:1, or above
- Deep passion for Automotive/Motorsport EE Architectures and Electronic Controls Systems
- Good knowledge of automotive network protocols, e.g. CAN, LIN, and Ethernet
- Good knowledge of Electrical Distribution Systems, including circuit design, wiring harnesses, and power distribution.
- Previous experience with Architecture design and analysis software tools, e.g. PREEvision, CANoe, CANdela, DOORS
- Good understanding of vehicle level system integration in terms of hardware and software
- Naturally technical, able to employ fundamental engineering principles
- High self motivation, willingness to learn and develop
- Leadership and project management skills
We recognise that we can only achieve our vision with the dedication and collaboration of our world class employees. It is our aim to become the employer of choice within the global automotive industry.
At McLaren Automotive we are constantly looking to improve. To become the employer of choice we are always looking to develop our employee offerings. We currently offer a range of benefits to employees at all levels of the business including Private Healthcare, Contributory Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Personal Lease Car Scheme. We also offer a range of discounts with our partner organisations.