About The Role
At Formula 1 our vision is to unleash the greatest racing spectacle on the planet. Our key to success is an organisation that values passion, integrity, and respect.
To help us ensure we are reaching and maintaining these standards, we are seeking a Vehicle Performance Analyst to identify an F1 car’s performance and using the data found to help strengthen the vehicle’s race by race so that the grid remains as competitive as possible.
Reporting to the Head of Vehicle and Competitor Analysis, your role will involve being self-motivated as well as someone who has an eye for attention to detail when looking at findings.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
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Contribute within a small F1 vehicle performance and Competitor Analysis group by developing the understanding and analysis capabilities on historical and current car data together with race event data.
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Research and develop detailed analysis techniques to utilise the data sources and combine the data to find relationships using state of the art methods and lead deployment of future analytic methods.
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Analyse, report and present vehicle performance results (and other group work results) for both internal and external review, including regular post-race event reports.
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Liaison with internal and external groups that possess the data repositories of interest and foster relationships with all appropriate stakeholders.
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Maintain a positive relationship with the FIA and all F1 teams.
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Work with F1 technical suppliers to develop methodologies and create aligned analysis for content generation.
For a copy of the full job description, please refer to the Additional Information section.
About You
Essential:
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Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering (with a high mathematical content), Computing / Computing Science and/or Mathematics (with high data and statistical analysis content)
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Ability to demonstrate practical applications and utilization of data analytic work / mathematical and/or statistical reduction on datasets
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Current or recent F1 or other high level motorsports team experience, preferably with either a trackside or a vehicle performance background.
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Ability to analyse results and present concise data reports and visualisation with meaningful conclusion
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Familiarity with Matlab or similar mathematical data analysis programmatic software
Desirable:
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Masters or Post Doc qualifications (or equivalent)
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2 years+ experience in an appropriate F1 (or other high-level motorsport) data analysis environment
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Development of bespoke data analytical and visualization tools
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Grounding in current methods relating to data mining, big data analytics, statistical analysis, machine learning and complex data visualisation
As a united team we achieve great things together. Are you ready to unleash and develop your potential at F1?