Tyre Performance Engineer
BRIEF OVERVIEW
– Role: Tyre Performance Engineer
– Location: Oxfordshire
– Role type: Permanent
– Salary: Up to £55,000 DOE
– Working type: On-site
Recruit 12 has an exciting opportunity for a Tyre Performance Engineer to work with top team working in the field of electric motorsport, with strong performances across the Formula-E Championship.
You’ll be supporting event preparation and trackside optimization of tyre usage and cooperation with the factory-based engineers to enhance tyre simulation tools.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
– Optimize tyre usage during track tests and race events to ensure peak performance in qualifying and races
– Support trackside tyre performance engineering through test planning and analysis
– Prepare pre-event tyre reports with recommendations for tyre preparation and usage
– Provide data-driven feedback for tyre model development used in simulations and simulators
– Assist in post-event tyre correlation with drivers and report findings
– Communicate tyre performance data to drivers and race engineers
REQUIRED SKILLS
– Strong knowledge and background in Vehicle Dynamics
– Experience in Vehicle Dynamics modelling (e.g. Matlab, Simulink, SimPack, Dymola, Adams)
DESIRABLE (NOT ESSENTIAL)
– Trackside experience in a high-level motorsport series
– Trackside experience in managing tyre preparation
– Tyre modelling experience (e.g. Matlab, Simulink)
– Experience in developing tyre thermo-mechanical, high-fidelity, or physical models (e.g. brush models, FE models)
– Experience in tyre testing (indoor and outdoor), including planning, execution, and data analysis
BENEFITS
– Bonus scheme
– Aviva Pension
– Group Life Assurance & Group Income Protection
– Electric Car Scheme
– Health Cash Plan
– Employee Assistance Programme
– Private Medical Insurance
– 26 days holiday plus public holidays and the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days per year
– Childcare Benefits
– Free on-site gym access and discounted national memberships