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Tyre Engineer

Brackley, UK

At the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, a group of passionate and determined people work to design, develop, manufacture and race the cars with the aim of fighting for world championships each and every year.

Whether working in our Operations, Technical, Race or Business Support functions, we are all in and aspire to build the greatest team in the history of our sport.

Every individual plays their part. No stone is left unturned in the chase for every tenth of a second. The history of our sport is long and rich, and we are continuing our journey with renewed effort year on year. Record books remember the names of a few, but history is written by the many.

Key Accountabilities:

As one of our Tyre Engineers, your responsibilities will include:

• Being highly analytical in which you will be expected to identify, analyse and develop solutions to improve vehicle performance.

• Systematically investigating and understanding tyre performance through race events, from the factory race support room.

• Investigating and understanding correlation differences between vehicle simulations and the race car behaviour on track.

• Contribute to tyre analysis preparation ahead of race events and post race performance review and summary documents.

• Running simulations to review new performance concepts that deliver performance differentiation from competitors.

• Improving and developing new methodologies for performance analysis tools to support objective technical decision making.

• Support driver-in-the-loop simulator testing for customer projects with tyre model fitting and correlation.

• Support thermo-mechanical tyre model testing and parameterisation to ensure efficient development and release cycles.

What you'll Bring:

Essential

• Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering degree (preferably Masters) or similar qualification is essential, but your skills, experience, ability to learn, energy and attitude are most important.

• Excellent grounding in mechanics and in engineering numerical methods.

• Conversant with engineering software tools and object-oriented coding languages.

• Excellent communicative and collaborative skills.

Desirable

• Proven experience of trackside tyre performance or trackside tyre development experience.

• Experience of tyre rig testing and correlation to vehicle data.

• Experience in non-linear programming techniques and optimal control will be considered beneficial.

• Familiarity with matlab/python/plotly for data handling and visualisation creation

What We Offer:

Our riverside campus is powered by 100% renewably sourced energy and includes an on-site gym, exercise studio, subsidised restaurant, and on-site parking with EV chargers.

We also offer a competitive benefits package including a generous bonus scheme, Mercedes car lease scheme, private medical cover, life assurance, and 25 days’ holiday. We pride ourselves on our family-friendly culture and team-wide focus on well-being.

Why Join Us:

At the core of our performance is our people. Every member of our team plays a part in our success, both on and off the track. We foster a high-performance, innovative culture where collaboration, respect and excellence are expected and celebrated.

Through our Accelerate 25 programme, we’re committed to building a more diverse and inclusive team—because we believe the best teams are those that reflect the world around them.

Your Application:

We will ask you to complete a questionnaire as well as submitting a cover letter and CV. Please upload your cover letter and CV as one single PDF file.