Senior Applications Engineer (Telemetry & On Car)

This role includes responsibility to prepare for events by aligning with supporting team managers to ensure critical roles are adequately provisioned for service delivery, and maintain awareness of any planned testing, updates or ongoing issues coming into each event, ensuring correct process and best practice are maintained.

• Prepare for events by aligning with supporting team managers to ensure critical roles are adequately provisioned for service delivery.
• Maintain awareness of any planned testing, updates or ongoing issues coming into each event, ensuring correct process and best practice are maintained.
• Maintain Event Issues Management (EIM) issues and represent department services during technical de-briefs.
• Act as the subject matter expert for the Telemetry and On-car electronics systems, ensuring all issues are reported and correctly tracked to resolution through the Event Issues Management process.
• Act as a company point of contact for the Telemetry and On-car systems and various Racing Systems hosted services, liaising with internal and external stakeholders such as the FIA, F1 teams, and broadcast and media on technical topics.
• Monitor and analyse data, correctly identifying faults, performance issues and areas for improvement.
• Work within F1 processes to ensure systems meet performance, quality and reliability requirements, resolving known issues and achieving constant improvement.
• Prioritise issues and allocate appropriate resource to achieve resolutions.
• Ensure that Telemetry and On-car systems, along with key support systems, deliver optimal performance for clients.
• Facilitate and promote communication between R&D activities and operational requirements so that development paths align with operational needs.
• Provide technical support and guidance on the architectural evolution of Telemetry and On-car electronic systems.
• Collaborate with QMO and PMO to align Telemetry and On-car systems with requirements, processes and activities.
• Provide technical input on the design and development of future systems.
• Provide technical oversight for teams' private testing support, attending some tests to represent F1 as Product Owner.

• Educated to degree level and industry experience in electronics engineering, or a suitable equivalent such as mechatronics.
• A track record of 5+ years working within a motorsport environment, interfacing with software and/or electronics.
• A high level of knowledge and experience in systems engineering.
• Strong understanding of RF principles and the challenges of a motorsport environment.
• Proficiency in systems architecture, requirements analysis, system modelling, and validation and verification processes.
• Experience within F1 or another high-level motorsport environment.
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on quality, performance and reliability.
• Highly motivated, adaptable and flexible to change.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively internationally throughout the year.
• Excellent English communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with multiple internal and external stakeholders.

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent planning skills, including the ability to prioritise and multitask effectively.
• Ability to write comprehensive technical design documentation, including requirement specifications, test plans and test reports.
• Experience working with networking and serial protocols (e.g. Ethernet, CAN, RS232); video encoding (e.g. H264) and transmission protocols (e.g. MPEG-TS); and RF systems.
• Stay informed about emerging technologies and industry best practice, highlighting opportunities for improvement through the appropriate channels and advocating for beneficial enhancements.

• Dental care
• 4 x Grand Prix paddock passes per season
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave and other family planning policies
• A free staff shuttle service running to and from surrounding train stations near Biggin Hill
• Subsidised canteen in Biggin Hill, serving breakfast and lunch
• 25 days annual leave and 8 bank holiday days, plus a Christmas period closure
• Opportunities to develop and request training for the role via the in-house Learning and Development team
• Discount on F1 merchandise
• Discount at F1's experiences
• Including F1 Arcade and F1 Drive