Senior Controls Performance Engineer

Permanent employee, Full-time · Remote

General Information

We can currently only consider applications from candidates based in Europe or the USA.

Your mission

Steer the technical development direction for advanced control systems, ensuring optimized operations across the team.
Optimization and tuning of vehicle-dynamic control systems, including traction control, energy management, pitlane speed control, brake balance, and hybrid deployment strategies.
Coordinate control system software development.
Perform in-depth investigative studies to influence vehicle design and development, always with a focus on enhancing race car performance.
Monitor vehicle legality and performance, diagnosing issues and implementing corrective actions to ensure optimal race performance.
Analyze and interpret performance data, considering factors such as circuit layout, driving style, mechanical setup interactions, and reliability risks.
Simulate and model advanced control strategies, with a strong emphasis on hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) testing using dynos and driving simulators.
Regularly document findings and recommendations, presenting clear technical reports on simulation studies, methodologies, and results.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to performance engineers in control systems development and optimization.
Drive innovation in control strategy development, ensuring RaceOn remains at the cutting edge of motorsport technology.
Enhance simulator correlation and real-world application of vehicle control models for maximum on-track performance gains.

Your profile

✅ Education & Experience:

A Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Motorsport, Mechanical, Automotive, or Control Systems Engineering.
Multiple years of trackside experience in control system tuning and parameter optimization at a high level (e.g., WEC, Formula E, F1).
Deep understanding of vehicle dynamics in limit-cornering conditions.
5+ years of experience in developing and optimizing control strategies for race cars.

✅ Technical Skills:

Strong knowledge of control theory, signal processing, and vehicle dynamics modelling.
High proficiency in MATLAB, Simulink, and vTAG, along with other development and simulation tools.
Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) and real-time simulation platforms.
Expertise in data analysis and performance monitoring tools used in motorsport.
Experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for control systems.

✅ Soft Skills:

Strong leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution abilities.
Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills in high-pressure trackside environments.
Effective communication and collaboration skills—able to work efficiently with engineers, drivers, and technical teams.
Willingness to travel extensively, including weekends, for race and test events.

Why us?

Be part of a young and dynamic like-minded team
Flexible lifestyle turning your hobby into your job
Travel the world and work with well-known and renowed racing teams
work in various projects with the security of a permanent contract
we offering competitive market value packages and employment with opportunities to work in all forms of motorsport without complexities

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About us

RACEON ARE YOUR TRACKSIDE SPECIALISTS
ensuring peak performance is delivered where it counts the most - on race day.

Our engineers are highly specialised and motivated by success. They are coming from various fields of motorsport and are all high level candidates that can make the difference.

We are available as talented individuals or as a consolidated group who are able to deliver at peak performance due to our understanding of each individual team members strengths.

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We are looking forward to hearing from you!

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