Motorsports Senior Performance Engineer

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Concord, NC three times per week, at minimum. The Role This role within the GM Motorsports Program involves developing performance metrics, conceptualizing innovative analysis methods, and implementing these techniques to enhance on-track performance. As a Senior Performance Engineer, you will primarily focus on validating, refining, and applying new tools and methods to optimize vehicle setups for specific events and to explore new directions for future vehicle development. Close collaboration with the Performance Engineering group and regular interaction with the broader GM Motorsports team and customer race teams are essential. What You’ll Do Collaborate with GM supported teams, GM engineering groups and GM personnel to: • Understand analysis areas to target for greatest benefit • Answer open questions across all GM Motorsports groups, building group knowledge • Brainstorm new ways of achieving greater performance in targeted areas • Train others developing understanding of underlying models and knowledge to execute regular analysis and reporting tasks • Relay newest findings, current areas of development, and updates in tools and procedures to all relevant groups, internal and external Continuously strive to improve GM Motorsports programs’ analysis methods and vehicle dynamics understanding by: • Reimagining new and better solutions to common problems or questions • Prototyping innovative ideas and validating these against track and test data • Working with GM Software team to implement solutions in our production tools • Pushing the boundaries of the current tool chain with a focus on a better understanding of the race vehicle, limits of the current tools, and opportunity to improve tools and techniques Collaborate with GM core engineering and race series specific groups • Conceptual studies to guide big-picture development efforts • Explore the limits of latest simulation and analysis tools, determine best use, and implement techniques to improve on track performance • Clearly present findings, recommendations, and analysis results through well organized and actionable reports and in-person follow-up #LI-LP2

Qualifications

• Prototyping innovative ideas and validating these against track and test data

• Working with GM Software team to implement solutions in our production tools

• Pushing the boundaries of the current tool chain with a focus on a better understanding of the race vehicle, limits of the current tools, and opportunity to improve tools and techniques

Responsibilities

• This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Concord, NC three times per week, at minimum

• This role within the GM Motorsports Program involves developing performance metrics, conceptualizing innovative analysis methods, and implementing these techniques to enhance on-track performance

• As a Senior Performance Engineer, you will primarily focus on validating, refining, and applying new tools and methods to optimize vehicle setups for specific events and to explore new directions for future vehicle development

• Close collaboration with the Performance Engineering group and regular interaction with the broader GM Motorsports team and customer race teams are essential

• Collaborate with GM supported teams, GM engineering groups and GM personnel to:

• Understand analysis areas to target for greatest benefit

• Answer open questions across all GM Motorsports groups, building group knowledge

• Brainstorm new ways of achieving greater performance in targeted areas

• Train others developing understanding of underlying models and knowledge to execute regular analysis and reporting tasks

• Relay newest findings, current areas of development, and updates in tools and procedures to all relevant groups, internal and external

• Continuously strive to improve GM Motorsports programs’ analysis methods and vehicle dynamics understanding by:

• Reimagining new and better solutions to common problems or questions

• Collaborate with GM core engineering and race series specific groups

• Conceptual studies to guide big-picture development efforts

• Explore the limits of latest simulation and analysis tools, determine best use, and implement techniques to improve on track performance

• Clearly present findings, recommendations, and analysis results through well organized and actionable reports and in-person follow-up