At
McLaren Racing, we believe only by chasing performance in everything we do can
we give ourselves the best chance of success. Performance on track and in
the factory. Performance for our people, our business and our
partners. It’s about more than winning. It’s about hitting the
highest standards, and then raising the bar again.
Purpose of the Role:
The purpose of this role is to analyse, design and engineer innovative software solutions to projects aligned with the requirements of McLaren Racing. As a senior member of the development team, you will provide technical leadership on a range of projects, contribute to initiatives beyond your own team, and mentor less experienced team members.
Role Dimensions:
The Software & Data Science department is responsible for the analysis, design, and delivery of bespoke software tools and methodologies which help improve our Formula 1 car's performance. This starts with aerodynamicists submitting designs via the CFD Portal, through wind tunnel data acquisition, processing, and analysis, to simulation and car setup optimisation, to trackside operational decision-making tools such as race strategy. We are a cross-functional group, bringing together data science, machine learning, software engineering, and DevOps to deliver performance focussed platforms and solutions.
As a Senior Specialist Software Engineer, your role will combine elements of technical leadership, agile/lean project delivery, and stakeholder management. You’ll be involved in all stages of the development life cycle from initial analysis right through to deployment, monitoring, and support. With your involvement in systems architecture, you’ll balance the local view of specific stakeholder needs with the global view of software in Racing to build a cohesive application estate.
Due to the nature of track and tunnel operations, some flexibility to work out of office hours and weekends will be required. The role will be primarily based at the McLaren Technology Centre with a proportion of the time spent working from home.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Contribute to the team’s technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with the priorities driven by the business / team manager. Planning a year in advance, while remaining flexible and adapting to changing circumstances.
- To drive all stages of the development life cycle: initial analysis, design, implementation, build, integration, testing, deployment, debugging and support
- To take ownership and lead on assigned projects in order to deliver solutions on time and on budget
- To capture and understand project requirements, define specifications, and to architect robust, scalable, and testable software and system solutions
- To work collaboratively with your team, the department, and stakeholders in line with the Software & Data Science Guiding Principles
- To accurately estimate activity timescales and provide clear and regular progress reports
- To raise awareness of and mitigate against potential technical risks
- To confidently analyse and overcome technical challenges with workable and innovative solutions
- To contribute to and maintain consistent standards and approaches adopted by the team
- To efficiently manage your workload
- To keep up to date with the latest software development technologies and methodologies
- To freely share knowledge, insight, best practice, and ideas