What are the responsibilities and job description for the Performance Engineer position at Hendrick Motorsports?
This position requires an experienced, highly motivated performance engineer with expertise in testing concepts to optimize performance and then applying those solutions to car build and setup, race strategy, and simulation implementation. They will work closely with the race teams, engineering staff and GM Motorsports to advance methodology in these areas in search of performance.
Responsibilities
- Able to perform, plan, and analyze DIL (Driver in the Loop) simulation rig testing and data.
- Able to analyze track test data using Pi Cosworth software.
- Responsible for communicating complex, technical data to various levels of the organization.
- Develop test plans for and analyze data from Kinematic and Compliance, push-up, 7-post-test rigs and other lab resources to improve the performance of race cars.
- Apply simulation engineering principles and knowledge of racing performance to optimize systems and resolve system level issues.
- Develop and deploy tools to streamline the reporting of simulation and rig test data to the race teams as well as improve the execution of the tests.
- Coordinate efforts with and provide guidance to GM representatives for tool development and test execution via active involvement in meetings and interactions.
- Provide team recommendations summarizing the newest findings on a weekly basis.
- Able to analyze tire data and summarize actionable information to the teams as well as provide sensitivities to improve race and qualifying performance.
Qualifications
- Accuracy - Perform work accurately and thoroughly.
- Technical Aptitude - Ability to comprehend complex technical topics and specialized information.
- Analytical Skills - Possess critical thinking and reasoning skills to solve a problem.
- Communication, Written - Demonstrates an ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
- Communication, Oral - Ability to collaborate effectively with co-workers, supervisors and managers all having varying degrees of education and background
- Conceptual Thinking - Ability to think in terms of abstract ideas.
- Deductive Reasoning - Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
- Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
- Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.
- Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
- Presentation Skills - Ability to effectively present information publicly.
- Problem Solving - Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.
- Quality Work - Responsible for producing quality, to specification work.
- Reliability - Demonstrates being dependable and trustworthy.
- Responsible - Has the ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct or actions.
- Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.
- Sense of Urgency - Act promptly, decisively and without delay.
