# Race Room Performance Leader (m/f/d)

**Company**: Toyota Racing
**Location**: Cologne
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Motorsport

**Apply**: https://careers.tgr-europe.com/job/Cologne-Race-Room-Performance-Leader-%28mfd%29-NW-50858/1370419555/?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

We are seeking a Race Room Performance Leader to join our works motorsport team in Cologne, Germany. As a Race Room Performance Leader, you will be responsible for the operational leadership, coordination, and continuous development of our Race Room.

During race and test events, you will lead the remote engineering support activities and act as the key interface between our trackside Race Engineering team and the engineering specialists supporting the event from Cologne.

Your main tasks will include:

- Leading and coordinating Race Room operations during race and test events

- Acting as the key interface between trackside Race Engineering and remote engineering specialists

- Prioritising trackside requests and Race Room activities based on urgency and impact on performance and reliability

- Coordinating cross-functional engineering activities and resource allocation

- Maintaining an overview of technical topics and ensuring critical issues are identified, communicated, and escalated

- Consolidating engineering findings and communicating them to the Trackside team

- Coordinating the analysis and resolution of complex performance, vehicle systems, and reliability issues

- Establishing and improving responsibilities, communication channels, workflows, and operating procedures between Trackside and the Race Room

- Planning Race Room staffing and specialist availability for events

- Coordinating pre-event preparation and ensuring operational readiness of the Race Room

- Leading post-event reviews and implementing lessons learned and improvement actions

- Working with engineering, software, data, and IT functions to develop Race Room tools and capabilities

- Supporting the development of engineers within the Race Room and promoting cross-functional collaboration

The successful candidate will have:

- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in automotive, mechanical, electrical, or motorsport engineering

- Several years of professional experience in high-level motorsport engineering, ideally including endurance racing

- Strong experience in trackside and/or remote race engineering support

- A broad technical understanding of race vehicle performance, vehicle dynamics, data analysis, vehicle systems, and reliability

- Proven leadership skills and the ability to set clear priorities in dynamic situations

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a hands-on engineering mindset

- Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate complex technical findings into actionable information

- The ability to remain calm and structured under pressure

- A strong team player with a willingness to work outside regular office hours and during weekends according to the international race and test calendar

- Professional-level English language skills

In return, we offer:

- Exciting projects and technical freedom

- Competitive remuneration and attractive benefits packages

- A challenging and fulfilling workplace in a multi-national company

- Opportunities for professional growth and development

## Skills

### Required
- motorsport engineering
- race engineering
- vehicle performance
- data analysis
- leadership
- communication
- problem-solving
- teamwork

### Nice to have
- endurance racing
- remote engineering support
- cross-functional collaboration

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