Team WRT is seeking an experienced Race Engineer. This position will require extensive travelling to all race, test and simulator events related to the project.

General Summary

• Participate at races, testing & simulator work;
• Liaise and work with other engineering colleagues transversally across the programs to share methodology and know-how which would remain intellectual property of WRT;
• Share information and proactively promote the development of the Engineering Workgroup;
• Report to the Program Manager and in matrix to the Engineering Group;
• Manage the daily engineering operations on his car including those of his car-crew in conjunction with the Crew Chief;
• Have the ability to set priorities in function of the workload and the race programs;
• Promote high-standards and quality of service and team spirit in the workforce (“Best in Class”);
• Be respectful of his colleagues and team-members, help to coach, empower and develop others
• Work in tight collaboration with the performance engineer in his team
• Collaborate with and/or lead Engineering Workgroups dedicated to development of soft-tools (eg, simulation and strategy tools) and hard-tools (eg., pit-equipment optimization, driver simulator) for improving performance of car and team (transversally across the different sporting programs)

Knowledge and skills:

• Multiple-year motorsport (preferably in high-level categories such as DTM (class 1), F1/F2, LMP2, Hypercar, DPI)experience and a strong technical background and experience and knowledge of racing cars.
• Previous WEC championship experience a bonus
• Hands on approach with a flexible 'Can Do' and 'Will Do' attitude
• Flexible with workload and tight deadline
• Solid knowledge of English required, notions of German considered as a bonus
• Pro-active problem solver
• Strong communicator, strong organizational and planning capacities
• Strong team-player and strong interpersonal skills, motivated to reach goals and objectives of the team
• Strong computer skills in data analysis software (WinTAX, Pi Toolbox ideally), MS Office & VBA, Matlab a plus
• Ability to perform under stressful conditions at any time
• Flexibility for travelling
• Promote are values (People, Passion, Performance) and commit to personal investment into the WRT ESG strategy.