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General Summary:
This position is an integral part of our Mathematical Modelling Team, which exists as a sub-group within the UK Banbury-based department of Vehicle Science. The position report to the Team Leader – Mathematical Modelling and requires the development of mathematical models, advanced algorithms and solvers, with a firm focus on car performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Promote teamwork and effective communications to develop working relationships between all personnel and departments.
- Work with vehicle science engineers to develop an in-depth understanding of vehicle systems, guide development of the team’s modelling tools and validation processes.
- Improve the group’s predictive capability, help identify overall performance strengths and limitations and guide car design and trackside operations, short and long term.
- Conduct research to identify improvements in physics modelling and analysis approaches.
- Propose novel mathematical or computing approaches to balance competing requirements such as accuracy, stability, solve time and determinism for real-time deployments.
- Work with engineers to ensure simulations correctly model the effects they consider may be important, and to assess creative car development ideas in simulation.
- Adhere to all engineering and wider business processes.
- Follow all safety regulations in all venues.
- Assume any responsibilities and duties delegated by the Team leader – Mathematical Modeling or their designee.
Education and Work Experience:
- Minimum BSc in Mathematics, Computational Mechanics or another STEM subject, but with substantial experience in applied mathematics (e.g. physics, differential-algebraic equations (DAEs), linear and non-linear systems/solvers).
- MSc/PhD preferred. Experience in motor racing, or in mainstream an automotive vehicle dynamics/simulation/control function is desirable.
- Prior experience in high level motor racing (ideally Formula One, Formula E or WEC) would be beneficial.
Specialized Knowledge and Skills:
- A robust technical background in applied mathematics, physics or engineering, ideally around automotive/aeronautical/racing applications.
- Confident programmer with substantial experience using Math Works MATLAB or Python to complete scientific computing projects and graphical analysis.
- Complied language and/or OOP experience is also essential.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Work to a consistently high standard in stressful and time sensitive situations, whilst prioritizing and managing the workload efficiently.
- Work well in a team environment with personnel at all levels.
Equipment and Applications:
Daily tool usage will include:
- Matlab/Simulink
- An object-oriented simulation code base, such as C# or C/C++
- Visual Studio, .NET, Source Control (Git), Azure DevOps
- Microsoft 365/OneDrive
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 may require occasional domestic and international ravel 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.
This job description may not detail some less major duties, nor cover duties of a similar nature, which may from time to time be reasonably required by the relevant manager.
Haas F1 team’s benefits help further the well-being of our employees and their families in meaningful ways we embrace hybrid working and core hours. 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.
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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-security-vetting/
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