Project Engineer – Motorsport Thermal Engineering
📍 West Hertfordshire | 🕒 Full Time (40 hrs) | 💰 Up to £35,000 DOE | 🚀 Immediate Start
Are you an early career engineer who wants to work on real vehicles, real parts, and real motorsport projects?
At IMMICO you won’t just design parts that stay on a screen. You’ll work on high performance thermal management and insulation solutions that are manufactured, tested and used on real vehicles including F1.
We design and produce engineering solutions for applications ranging from professional race cars to agricultural machinery, tackling the extreme thermal challenges seen at the highest level of motorsports and in the harshest of environments.
We are a young, fast growing engineering company looking for a Junior Design Engineer who is motivated, curious, and passionate about building high quality engineering solutions in a hands-on environment.
As a core member of a small team you will gain responsibility and real engineering experience much faster than in a large company.
Everything we do is guided by our core values:
🏁 Passionate about Motorsport – Performance engineering drives what we do.
📈 Continuous Improvement – We constantly refine our products and processes.
🎯 Uncompromised Quality – Precision and attention to detail are essential.
🤝 Professionalism – We work closely with customers, suppliers and colleagues.
⏱ On Time – Delivering high-quality solutions on schedule matters.
To us, Every Detail Matters.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll be involved in the full lifecycle of engineering projects, working closely with customers, the design team, and the workshop to deliver high quality insulation and thermal management solutions.
Your responsibilities will include:
· Managing insulation projects from concept through to production, including creating CAD models and detailed engineering drawings
· Working directly with customers to understand their requirements and develop clear project specifications
· Designing and producing tooling, jigs and fixtures using CAD and in-house 3D printing
· Maintaining and improving our 3D printing capability, including printer maintenance and optimisation of print settings
· Updating existing CAD models and drawings, and managing engineering change requests as products evolve
· Using 3D scanning technology to support both quality inspection and design/reverse engineering work
· Carrying out product testing to validate designs and support continuous improvement
· Collaborating closely with workshop and fabrication staff to ensure designs are practical, efficient and manufacturable
· Continuously improving existing engineering products, processes and internal standards
What We’re Looking For
Essential
· Experience with CAD modelling (SolidWorks preferred)
· Strong problem-solving skills
· Logical thinker
· Good communication skills, both written and verbal
· Ability to organise and manage your workload
· Comfortable working independently and as part of a team
· High attention to detail
· Continually looking to improve
· Self-motivated with pride in delivering high-quality work
· Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
· Experience with measuring tools
Desirable
· Hands-on experience in a workshop or mechanical environment
· Experience with reverse engineering
· Knowledge of exhaust or thermal systems
· Basic Excel or spreadsheet skills
What You’ll Learn at IMMICO
In this role you’ll rapidly develop practical engineering skills by working across the full product lifecycle.
You’ll gain experience in:
· Designing real motorsport and performance vehicle components using CAD
· Working directly with customers to translate requirements into engineering solutions
· Design for manufacture, every design is made to be used
· Creating unique solutions to fabrication challenges through 3D Printing
· Using 3D scanning for design and quality verification
· Understanding how motorsport deadlines and quality standards drive engineering decisions
Within a short time, you’ll see your designs move from concept → CAD → prototype → production → racetrack.
Qualifications & Experience
· 2+ years’ experience with CAD software with Solidworks preferred (college/university level acceptable)
· 1+ year experience in a mechanical design environment
· Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design or similar (preferred)
Benefits
· Team bonus scheme
· Overtime opportunities
· Early finish on Fridays
· Free onsite parking
· Christmas shutdown
🚀 If you’re a motivated young engineer who wants to develop real-world engineering skills in motorsport and high performance vehicles, we’d love to hear from you.