Senior Powertrain Engineer

​POSITION DESCRIPTION:

• Lead the development of a strategic approach to powertrain integration between Racing and technical communities, defining an operating model to support the objectives of; accelerated EV technology development, body of knowledge advancement & on-track competitive advantage.

• Technical project management working with stakeholders across Racing and EP groups to identify alignment on key technologies supporting common commodity strategies, developing ED&T programs to advance technology readiness for both race and road application.

• Lead the integration of Motorsport led, powertrain activities into Off-Cycle agile structure, with the vision of using Formula E as a Research Platform for maturation of emerging technologies.

• This role is ideal for someone with an innovative mindset and real-world experience, distilling business value and goals into roadmaps and refined product backlogs.

• Lead the identification and definition of aligned electrified powertrain technologies, encompassing components, systems, software and supporting test methods and tools between motorsport and passenger car applications.

• Identify and facilitate opportunities to improve motorsport programme performance and efficiency through utilisation of EP, cross functional technical capabilities, expertise, facilities and partnerships.

• Support the definition of the Motorsport Integration Team strategy, leading the propulsion workstreams in support of collaboration between motorsport and core programs.

• Establish opportunities to advance powertrain technology roadmap through key stakeholder engagement, early scoping and KPI definition in line with Strategic and Technology themes.

• Facilitate cross functional workshops to define collaborative work packages, required resource, roles & responsibilities and timing.

• Development of robust collaborative ED&T program aligned to the TDF framework.

• Technical project management of early phase delivery to the point of handover to PE to progress post TDF gateways, embedding into the Off Cycle framework.

• Monitor projects from point of handover using the Valuation Framework to track commodity/technology benefits at key milestones, tracking the portfolio of PT projects.

• Lead regular report out to senior stakeholders across core and motorsport programs

• Record and work with department performance measures to identify the cause of any downtime or

• Assist in Identify ways to improve and grow departmental operations and integration of motorsport into the wider PE organization.

• Complete tasks given within allowable time

• Proactively support others to complete their

• Maintain positive relationships with all other factory departments and team Personnel.

Skills:     

• Degree qualification in Mechanical/Electrical engineering

• Mechanical/Automotive engineering experience required, with a focus on electrified powertrains

• Electrical engineering experience with a focus on automotive application

• Experience in company BEV Propulsion systems, system integration and technology roadmap

• Highly organised, disciplined, flexible and self-motivated.

• Experience of managing projects & backlogs in tools such as Confluence & JIRA.

• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum/DevOps methodologies.

• Ability to manage projects across diverse teams and an ability to juggle multiple priorities.

• Strong interpersonal skills, focus on results/outcomes.

• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.

• Decisive, able to make decisions that set direction of the team independently.

• Enthusiasm for motorsport and willingness to operate in a fast paced environment.