Field Application Engineer Team Lead - F1

Role Purpose

The Field Application Engineer (FAE) Team Lead – F1 is accountable for ensuring the successful delivery of support to Formula 1 customers, with a primary focus on customer satisfaction, effective support execution, and fulfilment of contractual obligations.

This role owns the end‑to‑end support experience for F1 customers, ensuring that Motion Applied products are deployed, operated and supported to the highest standard across trackside, remote and factory environments.

• Primary point of accountability for F1 support delivery
• Build strong customer relationships
• Ensure high‑quality support experience
• Proactively manage customer risks

• Own contractual support obligations
• Define support coverage (trackside, remote, factory)
• Ensure adherence to service expectations
• Continuously improve performance

• Lead resolution of complex technical issues
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams
• Ensure root cause analysis and prevention

• Coordinate FAE team supporting F1
• Manage resource allocation and planning
• Provide technical guidance and coaching

• Represent customer needs internally
• Influence product improvements
• Identify additional value opportunities

• Improve support processes and tools
• Contribute to scalable models
• Develop documentation and best practices

• Technical Expertise: strong motor sport systems knowledge, experience with telemetry and data systems, ability to diagnose complex issues
• Operational Capability: experience in high‑pressure environments, strong organisational and prioritisation skills
• Leadership and Communication: strong stakeholder communication, proven leadership capability, customer‑focused mindset

Frequent travel to race events and customer sites. Work outside standard hours including weekends aligned to motor sport events.

The Field Application Engineer Lead – F1 is a critical role responsible for delivering high‑quality, reliable and scalable customer support to F1 customers.

• Annual leave (25 days + bank holidays, pro‑rated for part‑time colleagues)
• Enhanced Company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave and pay
• Flexible working policies, including Hybrid Working
• Life assurance to the value of 4 times base salary
• Opportunity to join the Motion Applied Pension Plan
• Company funded individual private healthcare with the opportunity to extend to partner or spouse and/or dependents at a discounted rate
• Electric car scheme – opportunity to drive a brand‑new car in a more affordable way through this salary sacrifice scheme. Employees are eligible to join the scheme after successful completion of their probationary period

Motion Applied are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) and promote DEI in all we do. Motion Applied are also members of the UK Government Disability Confident Scheme.