Junior Data Analysis and Visualisation Engineer

Job description

At McLaren, our drive for high performance shapes every aspect of our work. If you’re passionate about building software that pushes the boundaries of automotive innovation, and want your code to have a real impact on car development, we invite you to join us. Here, milliseconds matter, and your tools can help shape racing history.

Purpose of the Role

You will be key in developing software solutions that support the planning, analysis, and visualization of experimental data from CFD, wind tunnel, and track tests. Your tools will empower engineers to generate insights and accelerate the development of car performance. You’ll play an active role in continuous improvement and major upgrade projects, helping us maintain technical leadership in data-driven motorsport engineering.

Principal Accountabilities

• Design and build software tools to streamline the planning and execution of experiments.


• Contribute to the development of new experimental methodologies through robust tooling.


• Maintain and advance technologies for experimental data analysis and visualisation.


• Engage directly with engineers to understand their requirements, improving workflows and delivering practical solutions.

Job requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential

• Strong academic background ideally at postgraduate level, or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, or a related field.


• Proactive and self-motivated, able to work both autonomously and in a collaborative team setting.


• Proven track record of managing multiple projects and meeting challenging deadlines.


• Excellent communication skills for translating technical information to diverse audiences.


• Proficiency in Python and/or C#.

Desirable

• Experience with Wind Tunnel and/or CFD experimental environments.


• Background in aerodynamic analysis, academically or in industry.


• Experience with databases such as SQL or MongoDB.


• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and other DevOps tools.

What can McLaren offer?

We constantly 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 iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. Here at McLaren, we offer hybrid working with 3 days a week based in the MTC.

Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is 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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