Senior Performance Engineer – Motorsports Competition
General Motors
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United Kingdom
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About the role
- Collaborate with GM supported teams, GM engineering groups and GM personnel to assess current state of program-wide tools and processes, identify gaps, and highlight performance-improvement opportunities.
- Develop new methods to improve on-track performance using latest, cutting-edge features of the GM Toolchain, working with tool chain developers to add new features.
- Relay newest findings, current areas of development, and updated tools and procedures to all relevant groups, internal and external.
- Pool input and organize efforts across groups to conduct vertical dynamics rig-testing.
- Continuously strive to improve GM Motorsports programs’ analysis methods and vehicle dynamics understanding by developing metrics which quantify vehicle vertical dynamics behavior and accurately correlate with on-track performance and driver feedback.
- Conceptualizing new approaches and prototyping analysis methods.
- Validating and correlating new results with known behavior and previous methods.
- Working across series to identify and apply analysis methods and techniques which benefit the larger Motorsports program – Applying solutions developed in one series to benefit all GM Motorsports series.
- Guiding 7-post testing to provide vertical dynamics recommendations for future vehicle development and race teams as they prepare for events.
- Exploring the limits of latest simulation and analysis tools, determining best use, and implementing techniques to improve on-track performance.
- Apply techniques, tools, and testing and offer solutions to handling and ride issues the teams of any given GM series may be facing.
- Clearly present findings, recommendations, and analysis results through well organized and actionable reports and in-person follow-up.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in engineering, physics, or related subject.
- 7+ years of experience in a top-level motorsports series including NASCAR, IMSA, F1, IndyCar, WEC, or similar.
- Intimate knowledge of simulation workflows in a professional motorsports organization including both offline simulation and the DIL simulator.
- Experience using simulation tools to optimize vehicle performance.
- Proficient programming in Python, MATLAB, C#, or similar language.
- Extensive experience analyzing on-track performance through both application vehicle dynamics principles and statistical methods.
- Strong competency in vehicle ride characterization and 7-post testing processes.
- Exceptional motivation, a forward-thinking mentality, and superb attention to detail.
- Ability to multi-task in a dynamic, constantly evolving environment, with exceptional work ethic and integrity.
Benefits
- competitive salary
- relocation benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonMATLABC#simulation workflowsvehicle dynamics principlesstatistical methodsvehicle ride characterization7-post testingperformance optimizationmetrics development
Soft Skills
motivationforward-thinking mentalityattention to detailmulti-taskingwork ethicintegrity
Certifications
Master’s degree in engineeringMaster’s degree in physics