Junior Reliability Engineer

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Junior Reliability Engineer, Silverstone

Client:

Cadillac Formula 1 Team

Location:

Silverstone, United Kingdom

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

999d067c66ef

Job Views:

3

Posted:

18.04.2025

Expiry Date:

02.06.2025

Job Description:

Cadillac Formula 1 is excited to be on the grid for the 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship. Our new team is gearing up for rapid growth. To achieve our goals, we need to create and sustain a high-performance culture in every area. We have ambitious plans to build an outstanding operation that can compete at the highest level.

From exceptional Engineering and Design talent to a world-class race team, supported by specialists in off-track roles - we are assembling the expertise needed to drive this operation forward and compete at the highest level.

Being a part of this team will accelerate your career. Take a closer look at the role:

What you'll be doing:

• Support reliability engineering in terms of:
• Identification and reporting of issues
• Progression of issues and support individuals in terms of resolution
• Support ensuring that issue summaries are up to date and that issue status reflects the current standing of the issue.
• Work with design and other departments as required to understand and develop solutions/preventative measures to ongoing reliability issues.
• Document issues solutions where appropriate within CATIA - design work as required, dependant on design experience/background.
• Define and document the specification of the race car for all track and off track (rig test) events.
• Define and conduct where required pre-event build spec meetings.
• Develop car build specification processes and documentation in collaboration with other departments.
• Review content and management of the UIIL document.
• Ensure Reliability manager, Senior reliability engineer and Chief/Deputy chief designers along with heads of departments are up to date (documentation available) with the developing specification of the car across the season.

Attributes:

• Understanding of the current F1 car structure/high level race car/aerospace engineering.
• Understanding of engineering production processes and timescales and build procedure of a race car.
• Attention to detail and ability to produce clear and concise documentation.
• Good communication skills, willing to work and communicate clearly and effectively with engineers, mechanics, production. Prepared to challenge existing perceptions where appropriate.

Requirements:

• Able to manage a varied workload.
• CAD familiar, able to interrogate assemblies to understand car structure; assemblies and components.
• Qualified to engineering degree level preferred.
• Minimum 3 years engineering experience in high level motorsport or aerospace design/production engineering with experience of organisation and documentation of build or similar procedures.
• Could be someone with a design or production office background wanting to develop a more varied workload and with a desire to be involved in multiple areas of the car/team.
• Could be a designer with good organisation, communication and documentation skills with a solid understanding of the construction/build of a modern race car.
• I would expect them to be trackside support at testing, winter and in season. This would initially be as the night shift reliability engineer at track events with the potential to expand into off track dyno tests etc.

Please note that additional security checks may be required as part of the recruitment process. This may include a background check covering a minimum of the past five years and a criminal record check.

Please be aware that we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis and this job posting will close once a suitable candidate is identified. We encourage all interested individuals to submit their application as soon as possible. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

This job description reflects the major tasks to be carried out by the postholder and identifies the level of responsibility at which the postholder will be required to work. Subject to the discretion of the Company, the postholder will carry out the duties specified above together with such other duties or tasks for the Company as reasonably required. You may also be required to perform additional duties for the Company from time to time commensurate with your skills and experience.