Job Type: Fixed Term Contract
Contract Duration: 2 Years
Purpose of the Role: To apply control theory and dynamic modelling to develop tools to help improve the vehicle performance, including human factors modelling and development of the driver-in-the-loop (DIL) simulator.
Role Dimensions:
The role sits within the Simulator and Simulation Projects Team alongside the Simulator Development Team. The work is predominantly project-based and requires collaboration with the other teams in Vehicle Performance, as well as Racing Technology and Race Engineering. The role also involves working with external partners, such as universities.
Principal Accountabilities:
Develop and correlate simulation models of the DIL simulator motion system.
- Propose, implement and test refinements to the simulator motion controller and motion cueing algorithms.
- Conduct research into human factors to improve understanding of the driver as a control system.
- Develop and refine offline simulation tools to aid correlation and vehicle performance development.
- Assist with the development and commissioning of new motion systems and test rigs.
- Contribute to project planning and reporting, including writing business cases, specifications and project reviews, and delivering presentation to key stakeholders.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Essential
- Outstanding academic background with an MENg or PhD in Mechanical or Control Engineering or related discipline (high 2:1 or above).
- Ability to quickly understand complex problems and identify and implement a route to solve them.
- Ability to work to deadlines on a variety of timescales and balance your workload between different projects.
- Ability to clearly and concisely communicate technical information.
Desirable
- Industrial or research experience in vehicle dynamics, human factors, autonomous driving, or simulators.
- Experience in using and developing models in Matlab / Simulink and/or C++.
- Experience of working with real-time hardware interfaces (e.g. NI / Beckhoff TwinCAT / dSpace).
Personal Attributes:
These are our core values. They support our vision ‘to deliver the most exciting and inspiring performance in racing‘ and are the things that we believe are most important in the way we live and work within the McLaren Racing family. They should directly inform how we think, how we behave, and how we perform at every level of our team.
- Ingenuity
- We never stop pushing forward
- We look for advantage in everything
- We bring creativity to challenges
- We strive for simplicity
- Energy
- We bring energy to everything we do
- We connect people to the thrill of racing
- We share passion for our great sport
- We never give up
- Humility
- We are respectful
- We roll up our sleeves to get the job done
- We serve the team
- We are custodians of our legacy
- Openness
- We are open minded and curious
- We own failures, learn and improve
- We communicate with clarity and honesty
- We are open to challenge
- Bravery
- We are at our best when we’re at our bravest
- We embrace opportunity
- We take responsibility for our actions
- We believe in what we do