What to Expect
As an integral member of the Motorsport Engineering team, the Senior Project Engineer will be responsible for working across the various functions within the Motorsport organisation to ensure the on time and successful delivery of our Motorsport Vehicles projects, as well as continued support of existing vehicles.
What You'll Do
- Oversee the engineering release, and introduction of new parts and systems (Development and production)
- Working with the core business teams to support Engineering Release and Change Control processes.
- Work with Engineering & Production operations to lead the design and development of systems and to ensure optimised vehicle performance.
- BoM creation and maintenance, as well as assembly structuring within ERP systems.
- Manage the recording, root cause analysis and resolution of all concerns raised during all stages of development, pre-production builds, as well as all faults reported by customers.
- Maintain design guides, technical specifications as required.
- Provide support for CAD related design and drawing updates as required.
- Work closely with Design Engineers to fulfil technical, commercial, and timing targets (DFM, FMEA etc.)
- Liaison with Development Engineers to understand system performance and development requirements.
- Liaison with Suppliers to support manufacturing quality and production concerns.
- Ensuring compliance with technical and safety regulations appropriate to our products, as well as preparing and submitting homologation documentation to regulatory bodies as required.
- Creation and maintenance of all Customer Technical Documentation relating to our products. Manuals, Bulletins, and all technical communications both internally and externally.
- Training and supporting customers in procedures and best practices.
What You'll Bring
- Educated to degree level in an Engineering or Motorsport discipline.
- Previous experience in a Motorsport or Automotive OEM environment.
- Proven problem solver with an analytical and data driven approach.
- Proficient user of industry standard CAD software – Catia V5 preferred.
- Experienced user of industry standard PLM / ERP systems.
- Excellent communicator with the ability to work collaboratively across all business functions.
- Well organised and delivery focused with a demonstrable track record of on-time delivery in a high-pressure environment.
- Commercial Awareness, understanding of 'Business Case', profit etc.
- Documentation of Technical Specifications, DFMEA, DVP, Timing Plans, Minutes and Actions of Meetings.
- Strong technical project management skills with proven evidence of decision making and accountability is essential.
What We'll Do for You
- A passion for high performance automotive / motorsport engineering.
- Strong time management capability to deliver multiple work packages in parallel.
- Must be a team player and be able to work closely with multiple stakeholders and suppliers.
- Delivery focused & self-motivated to deliver excellence and perform beyond targets.
- Strong communication skills through all mediums, with the ability to organise and chair action focused meetings.
- Able to make sound judgements based on balance of risk when data is not available.
- Willing to travel and work flexible hours when required.
- UK driving license.
Who Are We?
No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.
It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.
McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.