Senior Tyre Performance Engineer
Job in
Swansea, Swansea County, SA1, Wales, UK
Listed on 2026-10-13
Listing for:
Motorsport Network, LLC
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-13
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
An exciting opportunity exists fora Tyre Performance Engineer within our Vehicle Performance Group
.
The suitable candidate will be a key part of the Performance Group, being responsible for the optimisation of all tyre-related aspects of the Formula E car and having a strong impact on the overall chassis performance.
The ideal candidate should have a robust technical background in mechanical engineering with strong proven experience on tyre modelling, trackside tyre performance optimisation and vehicle dynamics.
Core Skills & Responsibilities:
- Actively contribute to the development of the tyre science tools used by the performance group.
- Will be responsible for the pre-event and post-event tyre-related reporting activities.
- Will be responsible for the generation, correlation and maintenance of the tyre models used by the performance group.
- Will be actively involved on DIL development activities, being responsible for driver objective – subjective correlation and tyre model fine tuning.
- Will be actively involved on DIL development activities, being responsible for correlation and tyre model fine tuning.
- Will actively contribute to research and development activities relative to advanced tyre modelling and tyre-friction characterisation.
- Will work closely with race, performance and controls engineers to optimise the overall chassis performance during the race weekend.
Requirements:
- Minimum BSc in a relevant engineering discipline such as Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Applied mathematics or similar.
- Prior experience on state-of-the-art tyre modelling, optimisation and correlation, including relevant background on vehicle dynamics and tyre-force generation mechanisms.
- Sound knowledge and experience with MATLAB / Simulink.
- Relevant experience on vehicle performance metric generation and objective – subjective correlation.
- Previous trackside experience on motor sport / tyre testing activities will be advantageous.
Additional Desirable Attributes:
- A proven ability to work to tight deadlines as part of a team or individually
- Willingness to work in a dynamic and multicultural environment
- Self-motivation with a will to contribute to race support
- Excellent English written and oral communication skills
- Analytical and methodical worker
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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