Lead Mechanical Design Engineer

At the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, a group of passionate and determined people work to design, develop, manufacture and race the cars driven by seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton and Grand Prix winner George Russell.

Whether working in our Operations, Technical, Race or Business Support functions, we are all in and aspire to build the greatest team in the history of our sport.

Every individual plays their part. No stone is left unturned in the chase for every tenth of a second. The history of our sport is long and rich, and we are continuing our journey with renewed effort year on year. Record books remember the names of a few, but history is written by the many.

The Role:

A fantastic opportunity has become available in our Mechanical Design Group for a Lead Mechanical Design Engineer managing the Front Suspension group.

Reporting to the Head of Mechanical Design, the successful candidate will be managing a team of designers in taking full ownership and responsibility for a variety of complex design projects, both on our F1 car and for our Applied Science customers.

Key Responsibilities / Duties:

• Oversee all design projects allocated to the Front Suspension Group ensuring that consistent, reliable and innovative design solutions are delivered.

• Manage workload and priorities for all tasks the Front Suspension Group is responsible for outputting.

• Undertake design projects themselves, delivering to release targets whilst managing the group.

• Initiating and implementing the design and development of mechanical assemblies of the highest complexity and to the highest standards.

• Drawing and CAD checking of group’s designs as well as production releasing of all non safety critical components.

• Specifying and managing the R&D testing programmes for safety and performance critical systems.

• Reliability management of assigned systems throughout component life cycle and in support of the team’s reliability function.

• Line management of a group of talented designers ranging from Graduate to Senior levels, responsible for their personal and technical growth.

• Close collaboration with other engineering departments and external suppliers to ensure fully integrated system designs, achieving optimal car performance.

• Use of Catia FEA to support their own designs.

Essential Requirements:

• Mechanical, automotive or aeronautical engineering degree (2:1 minimum grade) or similar qualification with a high level of experience in F1, another top level motorsport category or an equivalent high level engineering industry.

• Experience of working at a senior level within a high level engineering environment taking sole responsibility/ownership for large design projects.

• Strong knowledge of current F1/high level motorsport design systems, constructions and standards.

• Structural composite design knowledge (including tooling techniques and materials).

• Excellent communication and collaborative skills to ensure cross departmental integration.

• High attention to detail and the ability to work under limited supervision to tight deadlines.

• Extremely high behavioural standards of both themselves and their colleagues.

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience of suspension systems and kinematic design.

• Basic data analysis and system simulation knowledge.

• Experience of Catia V5/3DX Mechanical Design package, knowledge of Catia Kinematics and surfacing experience.

• Knowledge and experience in effectively managing sensitive Equality and Diversity topics

• Knowledge and experience in effectively managing a diverse group of people

Benefits:

Our riverside campus is powered by 100% renewably sourced energy and features an on-site gym and exercise studio, subsidised restaurant and on-site parking with EV chargers available.

We offer a competitive and attractive package of benefits including a generous bonus scheme, Mercedes car lease scheme, private medical cover, life assurance and 25 days holiday. We pride ourselves on our family-friendly environment and employee well-being programmes

Why us:

At the heart of our performance are our people. Every member of our team has a voice and plays their part in contributing to our successes on and off the racetrack. We take pride in creating an innovative, collaborative and high-performance culture where all of our team members are respected, empowered and valued.

Through our Accelerate 25 programme, we are continuously working to make our team even more diverse and inclusive. Whatever your background, we believe that you will find working with us rewarding and enriching.

Your application:

We will ask you to complete a questionnaire as well as submitting a cover letter and CV. Please note if you would like to include a cover letter please upload it with your CV as one PDF document.