Lead, Suspension Designer - Woking, United Kingdom - McLaren Racing

McLaren Racing
McLaren Racing
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Woking, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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At McLaren Racing, we believe only by chasing performance in everything we do can we give ourselves the best chance of success.

Performance on track and in the factory. Performance for our people, our business and our partners. It's about more than winning. It's about hitting the highest standards, and then raising the bar again.


Role Dimensions:


  • Role reports to the Head of Suspension.
  • The role is office based at MTC (or periods of WFH as agreed with your manager in line with company policy) with occasional travel as required
  • Contracted hours plus additional flexibility in working hours outside core hours which may include periods of time in evenings or at weekend to cover requirements of the business in order to complete tasks to critical deadlines and also to cover occasional design support for events.

Principal Accountabilities:


  • Plans and leads the development of solutions across the technical programme for Suspension design, supporting the definition of requirements and specifications to meet the car programme.
  • Recognised as expert in Suspension design within the organisation and is a natural point of contact for all technical groups and race engineering.
  • Provides high level technical input and direction to the decisionmaking process across a wide range of projects within Suspension design from conceptual phase onwards.
  • Defining the overall (Level 2) and detailed (Level 3) specifications for the suspension.
  • Good knowledge of the FIA technical and sporting rules to ensure all parts adhere to legality requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:


  • Experienced F1 engineer with wellrounded knowledge of the car, its operational environment and its systems, with expert knowledge in the design of suspension layouts and componentry.
  • Experience of leading and managing challenging engineering projects.
  • Well organised and able to clearly prioritise and distribute tasks to ensure the team hit agreed deadlines.
  • Track record in delivery of technically innovative and reliable design solutions.
  • Experience of working closely with, and liaising between, multidisciplinary engineering teams.
  • Good grasp of latest technologies and innovations relevant to the discipline.
  • Sound appreciation of trackside requirements.
  • Able to use CAD packages and Kinematic models.

Personal Attributes:


  • Highly selfmotivated and able to work autonomously under pressure and to tight deadlines.
  • High level of initiative, able to identify opportunities and follow them through.
  • Desire to constantly improve how things are done; tenacity to see all kinds of projects (big and small) through to a conclusion.
  • Strong technical and problemsolving skills.
  • Team player with strong interpersonal, influencing and communication skills.
  • Well organized able to allocate own time effectively and to balance multiple demands, often with limited information and everchanging priorities.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Ability to guide and coach others within the team and lead by example.
  • Ability to plan and manage the team workload/projects.

What McLaren can 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.

Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, swimming pool, 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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