Senior Development Engineer - Motorsport

What to Expect

As a Senior Development Engineer within McLaren Customer Racing, you will lead the technical development, validation, and continuous improvement of McLaren GT racing cars. You will be responsible for ensuring that vehicles meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and compliance across global racing series.

What You'll Do

• Lead development and qualification testing activities to validate performance, durability, and compliance of GT racing vehicles.
• Translate technical requirements into robust test definitions, procedures, and engineering deliverables.
• Define, specify, and oversee the use of test equipment and instrumentation for development programmes.
• Plan, manage, and execute on site and off site testing, including endurance, vibration, environmental, and performance testing.
• Collect, analyse, and interpret test and track data to drive performance gains and support investigations.
• Provide technical support during race events and test days.
• Collaborate with cross functional engineering teams.
• Produce technical documentation, test reports, and development summaries.

What You'll Bring

• Experience in motorsport engineering within GT, endurance, or customer racing.
• Strong background in vehicle development, testing, and data analysis.
• Ability to lead projects autonomously in high performance environments.
• Proficiency with motorsport data systems.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Willingness to travel for race and test support.

What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide ranging benefits package, which includes:

• 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 benefit
• 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
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

Equal Employment Opportunity

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