Job Title: Performance Engineer
Department: Race Engineering
Reports to: Chief Race Engineer
Overview
The Performance Engineer in a Formula E team is responsible for optimizing the overall performance of the race car by analysing data, developing performance strategies, and collaborating with various engineering departments. This role involves monitoring and improving car dynamics, energy efficiency, tire management, and other performance-related aspects to ensure the vehicle operates at its peak during races.
Key Responsibilities
At Race and Test Events
Be responsible for all performance and data analysis aspects of one of the team’s car at Race Events. This includes (but is not limited to):
- Support the Race Engineer in all performance and data analysis aspects of the car operation.
- Preparation of Vehicle control performance systems setting for trackside and simulator events. Broadly speaking, Performance engineers are responsible for setting the target, Controls engineers are responsible for doing the best to achieve the target.
- Using data analysis and good base level understanding of vehicle dynamics and the control systems to provide detailed feedback to the race engineer, driver, and technical team on car performance and potential setup changes
- Assist the race engineer with in-race tracking of energy usage, lap count and competitor analysis for the purpose of planning and executing the best possible race outcome.
- Work with the Systems engineers to ensure thorough data checks before and after sessions.
- Maintain detailed documentation of performance data, controls settings and relevant conclusions during the event.
At the Factory
- Assist in the specification of longer-term future car requirements.
- Collaborate with the Vehicle Performance group to define, develop and maintain data analysis tools and functions to aid with the analysis of car performance metrics.
- Contribute to regular car/systems performance review meetings & assist in give direction to supporting engineers on performance areas to focus on.
- Perform comprehensive post-event data & performance analysis with written reports
- Contribute to Pre-Event simulator sessions
- Control, test and track the dampers.
