We are recruiting for a Senior Driveability Engineer - Transmission to join our Dynamics team in Idiada. Your role will involve supporting the definition, development and validation of Driveability programs in McLaren vehicles. The role involves the definition, planning, testing, tuning and validation of transmission driveability calibration to deliver the high-level vehicle characteristics targets.

Please note this is a 4 month fixed term contract

• Responsibility for the development of gearbox driveability calibration for a specific McLaren application.
• Collaborating on the gearbox software development for driveability functions and the hydraulic pressure controls.
• Supporting other team members with the definition of future driveability features and develop them from to scratch to production.
• Improving the architecture interface between engine and gearbox.
• Working in close collaboration with the Powertrain and Vehicle departments
• Modelling and simulating “virtual” vehicle to ensure targets and correctly defined and hardware and software specification can deliver them.
• Defining and carrying out vehicle testing plan to tune/calibrate driveability systems on the vehicle.
• Defining and leading all tuning activities related to the above-mentioned systems. 
• Understanding and resolving issues that arise during development process.
• Tracking and reporting on vehicle project status.
• Coordinating and managing integration in multi-department activities that affect the Driveability attribute.
• Supporting travelling for high level meetings, program updates and testing as required.
• Defining, developing and completing Data logging, Calibration, Objective maneuvers and subjective vehicle evaluation.

• Proven record of defining, developing, and delivering driveability attribute for other OEM. Minimum 2 years of appropriate automotive product development experience
• Excellent knowledge of Dual Clutch technologies and theory on electro hydraulic controls. Proven record of having previously delivered a complete program within the industry.
• Good level of knowledge of the Etas, Vector, MathWorks software like Inca, Canape, Matlab Simulink
• Strong interpersonal and team-working skills, as well as a high affinity for tracking supplier and delivering first-quality products
• Proven records of managing automotive or motorsport testing plans.
• Good knowledge of validation, verification and testing process.
• Good knowledge of data logging and calibration systems.
• Good knowledge of objective maneuvers driving and subjective vehicle evaluation.
• Model based controls application/development would be positively considered.
• Mechanical, Electronics, Physics or Automotive Engineering Degree
• Master or PHD in Physics or Engineering will be advantageous
• High competency in oral and written English language

We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance 4x your basic salary
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies including market leading maternity leave
• Tax efficient nursery scheme benefit
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
• Friends and family day
• Opportunities to experience our fantastic cars 

Qualifying criteria applies*

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