Brake Dyno Test Engineer

Brackley, UK An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Brake Dyno Test Engineer within our Dyno department.

Brackley, UK An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Brake Dyno Test Engineer within our Dyno department.

Working collaboratively across the technical and operational areas of the business you will be responsible for the setup, execution and reporting of experiments and tests in a fast-paced and high-performance environment.

Reporting to the Lead Dyno Test Engineer or their designee, your duties will include:

• Acting as the Dyno Group liaison for all internal Brake Dyno related testing.
• Liaise with our Design, Performance, Aero and Race Engineers to implement test programmes that deliver results to the track within the required time frames and constraints.
• Maintain collaborative inter-departmental relationships between the departments within the Operations Group, as well as across our Engineering, Finance and Trackside & Aero areas.
• In-depth data analysis and the development of software tools in support of braking system performance and evaluation.
• Work closely with technical working groups to ensure that we deliver the highest practicable quality of data – necessary to drive a Right-First-Time decision making process
• Running the Brake Dyno together with Dyno technician with minimal supervision.
• Clear and concise daily and post event reporting of test progress to relevant stakeholders (including test items, run plans, and job lists).
• Manage the testbed operating limits in line with the UUT operating envelope.
• Manage, specify and source appropriate instrumentation as required for specific testing requirements.
• Maintain the Brake Dyno data acquisition systems and reporting tools in line with latest MGP protocols.
• Development of test cycles and associated generation/processing tools to enable right first time test sequences.
• Manage the continuous improvement of our Brake testing processes – making sure our next event is an improvement over the previous.
• Manage the capability development of our Brake Dyno test offering, ensuring we explore novel and effective means to benchmark and develop our car braking systems as well as maintain the reliability of our Dyno.
• Manage and support all Customer Braking test events.
• Support the enablement of our test facilities for commercial use.
• Maintaining interest/exposure to all areas of car development (given potential role expansion beyond the Brake Dyno).

• Engineering or physics degree, or equivalent qualification(s).
• Strong technical reporting and presentation skills for our Technical facing stakeholders.
• Experience with ATLAS 10 with a keen eye and aptitude for data analysis.
• Familiarity with System Monitor, TAG
  320/TAG
  700 & Atlas Data Server configuration.
• Proven ability to take the initiative.
• Curious, committed to continuous learning, and ability to adapt quickly to change.
• Flexibility in hours and approach, with a “can do” / “team playing” attitude.

• Experience in coding to automate processes, manage data and visualise information.
• Analysis of live and logged data to draw conclusion of component and system health.
• Trackside motor sport experience.
• Working knowledge of F1 braking & associated cooling systems.
• Ability to creatively present data in formats that make it accessible and understandable to a wide range of stakeholders and business areas.
• Experience in configuring instrumentation and data acquisition systems for F1 Braking Systems.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a high-performance engineering environment.

• Coding in any of Python, MATLAB, VBA, DAX, Java script.
• Ability to read engineering drawings to understand the set-up of test assemblies.
• Enthusiasm for analysis tool…