Vehicle Development Engineer

What to ExpectWhat You'll Do

  • Responsibility for specifying, preparing, monitoring, analysing and reporting of activities related to the build, test, development and validation of vehicle development and attribute systems
  • Working closely with the Development and Prototype build teams to ensure that vehicles are built to the required standard, and when appropriate that the cars can be evaluated by the Executive Team.
  • Preparing short-term plans and budgets for Development activities
  • Representing the Vehicle Development group at technical meetings as required
  • Following the McLaren Development Process (MDP) ensuring that all activity is correctly documented and appropriate standards and processes are followed.

What You'll Bring

  • Mechanical, Electrical/Electronic or Automotive Engineering Degree 2:1 or above
  • Can apply detailed technical knowledge to the understanding of new technologies, development of engineering designs and resolution of engineering problems
  • Design / implementation experience of vehicle embedded systems, notably:
    • Communication protocols (CAN, LIN etc.)
    • Diagnostics implementation and validation
    • Software architecture, ideally including use of the VECTOR tool chain.
    • Vehicle data logging, calibration and data analysis using INCA, Vector CANAPE or similar.
    • Vehicle powertrain and/or power-electrical simulations, particularly driveline, emissions and performance-analysis simulations (ideally in Matlab / Simulink)
  • Must be proficient with all common Microsoft Office applications including Project

What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.

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