NASCAR Cup Track Support Engineer - Entry Level

Oshkosh•Huntersville, NC

About The Position

Pratt Miller is a product development company in motorsports, defense, and mobility industries providing clients with product engineering and low-volume production solutions. Our range of research & development, engineering, prototype manufacturing, test & validation, and low-rate production capability help our customers bring their high-quality products to market faster. Pratt Miller is looking for a NASCAR Track Support Engineer to join its Competition Engineering Department. This engineering role will serve as a key team support role that would support the race team’s engineering efforts across multiple areas including software tool support, race engineering, reporting, simulation, and general engineering support. This role will support the Kaulig Racing NASCAR Cup program.

Requirements

BS in engineering or other advanced technical background
Background in motorsport with 2 years of experience, including trackside
Background in vehicle dynamics and controls engineering

Nice To Haves

Group or project management experience
General engineering background covered as part of duties outlined above
Knowledge of vehicle dynamics
Race strategy
Familiar with data acquisition systems - Preferably motorsport based
Motec PI Toolbox
Experience in general data review and processing
Python
Matlab
Excel

Responsibilities

Internal Group Support Serve as an engineering resource in support of project efforts:
Provide input in vehicle model simulation development and correlation
Support rig, simulation, and track testing with respect to project deliverables and output
Providing input and feedback in the development of internal toolsets and processes
Race Team Support Act as the main point of contact for Pratt Miller tools and engineering support:
General objectives are to support the team through use of internal documentation, tool sets, and knowledge base including but not limited to:
Pre/post event reporting
Vehicle Engineering System (VES) and mileage tracking
Simulation tools
Drive-in-the-Loop (DiL) testing
Race strategy
Pre-event support and shop-based preparation to assist the team’s race weekend preparation through:
Generation and distribution of pre-event report documentation
Participation in pre-event meeting
Perform pre-event strategy analysis
Perform pre-event simulation work and setup optimization
Support of any DiL or static sim sessions
At-event support of the team
Assist in vehicle setup tracking
Perform simulation and correlation work as needed
Assist in race strategy planning and execution
Support the use of Pratt Miller tools by the team
Post event support to advance customer and program performance:
Documentation and reporting on performance and operation issues and opportunities
Participate in team event debrief meetings
Participation/organization of meetings to review above mentioned information with Pratt Miller team to advance tools, processes, and technology
Team Member Interactions This role will interface heavily with our team. Overall communication and interaction are expected to be handled in a collaborative manner for the overall improvement of performance and execution.