Prodrive is behind some of the greatest names and achievements in motorsport over the last 40 years. We are currently supporting three World Championship factory programmes across a variety of motorsport disciplines and our Design Office is now expanding to support a growing portfolio of future programmes.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Design Engineer to join our Chassis Design group, providing knowledge and expertise to our variety of Motorsport programmes. You will be CAD proficient in both surface and solid modelling with an exceptional understanding of a complete vehicle. Ideally you will have previous experience on composite design and Siemens NX CAD software, however these are not essential.
Key responsibilities:
1. Contribution towards project feasibility studies
2. Lead the design of sub-projects, managing junior team members as required
3. Concept design of major vehicle sub-systems and components such as bodywork, suspension, steering, body structure, driveline components and transmission ancillaries, as set out by design specification and budget constraints
4. Development of engineering calculations to support and inform design decisions
5. Refinement of design to final CAD assemblies, component design and associated detailed drawings, with validation through FEA and bench testing
6. Release of parts and assembly structures onto specific Bill of Materi...