Overview
At McLaren Racing, we’re not just here to try to take the chequered flag. We’re here to excite our fans, inspire our people and deliver for our partners. We’re committed to evolving our sport, our industry, and our technology. We have an incredible history in endurance racing, including the 1995 Le Mans win at the first attempt, and we are the only team to have won the Triple Crown: Monaco Grand Prix, Indy 500 and 24 Hours of Le Mans. From 2027, we’ll be competing in the top three racing series, creating clear competitive and commercial advantage. We’re excited to start building the McLaren Endurance Racing team.
Role Dimensions
This role is part of the Reliability function within Engineering, working closely with the operations and trackside functions to proactively improve reliability to a championship-winning level. The focus is on leading and facilitating projects at concept and deployment stages to fully embrace proactive prevention of issues.
Principal Accountabilities
* Overall management of faults related to operation, reliability and performance of the McLaren WEC project.
* Coordination of fault management across project technical partners (race team, chassis supplier, ICE supplier etc.) and series standard suppliers (FZ, Bosch, Xtrac etc.).
* Oversee information gathering, analysis, resolution planning and resolution execution for all faults.
* Definition and development of new reliability-focused toolsets and processes, including liaison with McLaren quality group to ensure best practices are deployed for the McLaren WEC project.
* Analysis of data from track running to provide feedback on any reliability risks; race weekend support may be required.
* Support definition and delivery of training with a focus on entrenching best practice and reliability culture and fault resolution within engineering.
* Technical liaison with project technical partners and series suppliers to ensure up-to-date information is distributed among all project technical partners and all standard processes and procedures are respected.
* Map existing engineering processes and identify improvement opportunities.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
* Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in an Engineering discipline is essential.
* Experience working in a fast-paced design and manufacturing organisation.
* Familiarity with FMEA and other reliability toolsets.
* Self-motivated with experience of leading projects.
* Good appreciation of design concepts, detail design and how to design for reliability.
* Ability to implement data analysis techniques with a programming language such as C#, Python, R, or MATLAB.
* Experience with motorsport data acquisition systems (ATLAS, WinTAX etc) would be advantageous.
Personal Attributes
* Proactive approach to problem solving.
* Clear and confident communicator.
* Good attention to detail.
* Able to prioritise multiple tasks.
* Open and collaborative worker.
What can McLaren offer?
We strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.
We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.
McLaren Racing is based at the McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. We offer hybrid working with 3 days a week based in the MTC. The campus offers facilities including a gym, restaurant and break-out areas, with access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via shuttle buses, with London Waterloo about a 30 minute train ride.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.
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