Description
As a Power Unit Performance Engineer at Audi Formula Racing GmbH in Neuburg, Germany, you make a significant contribution to the success of the project by working on highly complex test benches, state-of-the-art HiL systems, a dynamic driving simulator (DiL), and race support from Mission Control.
Your mission involves interfacing between the areas of internal combustion engine (ICE), hybrid system (ERS), Standard ECU (SECU), transmission, and hydraulics, with a focus on performance, testing, and development.
Key responsibilities include:
- Defining, developing, and supporting strategies for energy management and fuel saving
- Aligning theoretical requirements with practical needs of drivers
- Monitoring and analysing powertrain performance during testing and races
- Executing tests and simulations to improve powertrain efficiency and reliability
- Tracking performance development over the course of the season
- Documenting and analysing faults and their resolution
The ideal candidate has a technical or scientific degree, solid knowledge of data analysis, and extensive experience in ECU software application, combustion engine software, and hybrid systems.
Required skills include:
- Data analysis and evaluation
- ECU software application
- Combustion engine software
- Hybrid systems
- Torque distribution in hybrid systems
- Race car vehicle dynamics
- McLaren/Motion Applied ATLAS, System Monitor, and vTAG
- MATLAB/Simulink
- Technical and sporting Formula 1 regulations