Motorsports Performance Engineer
About The Position
Pratt Miller, an Oshkosh company, is seeking a Performance Engineer for its Competition Engineering Department. The role contributes to an IMSA WeatherTech Championship program and is based in person in Michigan, with travel to race and test events. The engineer supports event preparation and execution, vehicle and process development, simulation analysis, reporting, and documentation. The position works collaboratively with senior race engineers and multidisciplinary teams, providing engineering support to trackside and remote resources and contributing to improvements in vehicle performance and race strategy. Travel varies according to support needs and may total 40 to 80 days per year.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in engineering or another advanced technical background.
- Five years of experience in motorsport.
- Knowledge of vehicle dynamics, kinematics, aerodynamics, and tires.
- Ability to review experimental and simulation results to support decision-making.
- Familiarity with vehicle simulation and modeling.
- Ability to communicate and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to function in a high-pressure environment under stressed time constraints.
- Self-motivated and comfortable determining goals and deliverables.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with data acquisition systems.
- Experience with PI Toolbox, PI Workshop, Bosch WinDarab, Bosch RaceCon, or Marelli Wintax.
- Experience in general data review and processing.
- Experience with MATLAB, Excel, or Python.
Responsibilities
- Propose and collaborate on event-related hardware, processes, and vehicle-preparation objectives.
- Use data analysis, vehicle simulation, historical information, and other appropriate tools to identify event-specific performance improvements.
- Develop, manage, and execute project work, preparation, and documentation related to vehicle performance and race strategy.
- Track and communicate project updates and status, and organize or participate in review meetings.
- Carry out event-specific tasks under direction from senior race engineers and provide supporting feedback.
- Process vehicle data and perform distribution analysis.
- Manage, operate, and analyze supporting software toolchains for performance and race-strategy execution.
- Manage communication and provide feedback to trackside and remote support resources.
- Identify and contribute to vehicle development initiatives involving vehicle setup and performance, hardware integration, and subsystem development.
- Provide in-person support for offsite testing.
- Develop tools and processes that support vehicle development and testing.
- Support baseline vehicle-model correlation and event-specific performance analysis and sensitivity generation.
- Maintain and develop reporting documentation and processes for event and engineering projects.
- Communicate and collaborate with other Pratt Miller groups and external parties, including through meetings and project-related travel.
- Support Pratt Miller initiatives, marketing events, and general development as needed.
- Provide feedback on product needs and processes.
- Support the Program Management Office with process development and improvement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
