Motorsports Performance Engineer

Location: New Hudson

About Pratt Miller, an Oshkosh company

Pratt Miller is a product development company in motorsports, defense, and mobility industries providing clients with product engineering and low-volume production solutions. Our range of research & development, engineering, prototype manufacturing, test & validation, and low-rate production capability help our customers bring their high-quality products to market faster.

Pratt Miller is looking for a Performance Engineer to join its Competition Engineering Department. The performance engineering role will contribute to an IMSA Weather Tech Championship program. This would be an in-person role based in Michigan and require traveling in support of race and test events.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Event Related Preparation and Execution Shop based event preparation objectives:

Propose and collaborate with engineering team to establish event related hardware, process, or vehicle preparation related objectives

Propose and collaborate with engineering team to improve event specific performance through data analysis, vehicle simulation, historical information and other appropriate tools

Develop, manage, and execute project related work, preparation and documentation related to vehicle performance and race strategy

Tracking and communication of updates and status

Participation/organization of meetings to review above mentioned information

Event specific performance objectives:

Execute specific tasks not limited to:

Take directive from senior race engineers and provide supporting feedback

Vehicle data processing, distribution analysis

Manage, operate, and analyze results from supporting software tool chains for performance and race strategy execution

Manage communication and provide feedback to trackside and remote support resources

Vehicle and Process Development Identifying and contributing to vehicle development initiatives:

Vehicle setup/performance

Vehicle hardware integration

General subsystem development

In-person support of offsite testing

Tools and process development to aid in the above listed tasks

Simulation support:

Baseline vehicle model correlation and specific event performance analysis and sensitivity generation

In-person support of offsite testing

Program reporting and documentation:

Maintain and develop reporting documentation and process for event and engineering level projects

Team Member Interactions Overall communication and interactions are expected to be handled in a collaborative manner for the overall improvement of performance and execution.

The role will be expected to interact with other groups within Pratt & Miller, and outside in relation to execution of duties not limited to:

Organization, participation, and collaboration in meetings

Support and project related travel ADDITIONAL

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

In addition to the responsibilities mentioned above, tasks relating to the following area will be. assigned as required:

Support Pratt Miller initiatives, marketing events, and general development as necessary

Provide feedback on product needs and processes

Support Program Management Office on process developments and improvements

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

Education and Experience BS in engineering or other advanced technical background

Background in motor sport with 5 years of experience

Specialized Knowledge and Skills Self-motivated and comfortable determining goals and deliverables

Knowledge of vehicle dynamics, kinematics, aerodynamics and tires

The ability to review experimental and simulation results to support decision making

Familiarity with vehicle simulation and modeling

The ability to communicate and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams

Function in high pressure environment under stressed time constraints

Desired Specialized…