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The Role

Brackley, UK

We’re looking for an experienced composite design engineer to take ownership of major composite projects that define race-day performance. This is your chance to work at the cutting edge of motorsport, collaborating with Aerodynamicists, Structural Engineers, and manufacturing teams to deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions that make a real difference on the track.

Key Responsibilities

As our Composite Design Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with Aerodynamicists, Structural Engineers, and other engineering departments you will produce optimised designs to achieve the highest levels of performance and reliability.

• Understand and drive cost effective design solutions.

• Close collaboration with internal and external manufacturing departments to ensure fully integrated designs achieving optimal car performance.

• Generating 3D models, Assemblies and 2D drawings including the definition and documentation of manufacturing information (including ply book & CPD data generation).

• Specification of composite NDT procedures and results analysis, ensuring reliability of parts assemblies throughout part life cycle.

• Support in the definition of performance and reliability test & development programs for relevant designs & projects

• Ownership of assigned designs and systems throughout component life cycle and in support of the team’s reliability function

About You

• Composite, mechanical, automotive or aeronautical degree (2:1 minimum grade) or similar qualification.

• Strong Composite design experience with good understanding of materials and manufacturing techniques.

• Experience in Composite design in F1 or another top-level motorsport category is an advantage.

• Experience of Catia V5/3DX composite and surfacing design package would be beneficial.

• Use of finite element analysis tools (ideally with Catia V5/3DX package) and hand calculation methodologies to produce reliable and optimised designs is a significant benefit.

• Excellent communication and collaborative skills to ensure cross departmental integration.

• High attention to detail and the ability to work to tight deadlines.

Whilst the environment in which you will work will be pressured and will demand a high level of attention to detail, you will be fully supported by your team to give you opportunity to be creative and develop solutions to achieve the very best.