Tyre Performance Engineer
BRIEF OVERVIEW
* Role: Tyre Performance Engineer
* Location: Oxfordshire
* Role type: Permanent
* Salary: Up to £55,000 DOE
* Working type: Hybrid working (3 days on-site, 2 days working from home)
Recruit 12 has an exciting opportunity for a Tyre Performance Engineer to work with a top team in the field of electric motorsport, with strong performances across the Formula-E Championship.
You'll be supporting event preparation and trackside optimization of tyre usage and cooperation with the factory-based engineers to enhance tyre simulation tools.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
* Optimize tyre usage during track tests and events to ensure peak performance in qualifying and races
* Support trackside tyre performance engineering through test planning and analysis
* Prepare pre-event tyre reports with recommendations for tyre preparation and usage
* Provide data-driven feedback for tyre model development used in simulations and simulators
* Assist in post-event tyre correlation with drivers and report findings
* Communicate tyre performance data to drivers and engineers
REQUIRED SKILLS
* Strong knowledge and background in Vehicle Dynamics
* Experience in Vehicle Dynamics modelling (e.g. Matlab, Simulink, SimPack, Dymola, Adams)
DESIRABLE (NOT ESSENTIAL)
* Trackside experience in a high-level motorsport series
* Trackside experience in managing tyre preparation
* Tyre modelling experience (e.g. Matlab, Simulink)
* Experience in developing tyre thermo-mechanical, high-fidelity, or physical models (e.g. brush models, FE models)
* Experience in tyre testing (indoor and outdoor), including planning, execution, and data analysis
BENEFITS
* Bonus scheme
* Aviva Pension
* Group Life Assurance & Group Income Protection
* Electric Car Scheme
* Health Cash Plan
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Private Medical Insurance
* 26 days holiday plus public holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days per year
* Childcare Benefits
* Free on-site gym access and discounted memberships
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