Senior Hardware Design Engineer

About Us

The world around us is experiencing significant change, the greatest in generations.

At McLaren Applied, we’re accelerating the response to that change. Our vision is that our people and technologies will pioneer a better future. Our mission is to achieve breakthroughs in performance.

We’re at the cutting edge of innovation in industries including automotive transportation and motorsport. We create solutions that drive efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

We want to help to reduce the carbon footprint and become more sustainable. Our focus is on electrification and telemetry, control and analytics.

To deliver efficient lightweight electric powertrain and vehicle development; motorsport solutions that make series more sustainable and efficient; reliable connectivity solutions for transportation and insightful analytics and monitoring of transport fleets.

By applying our expertise, we deliver real benefits and pioneer a better future.

Function

McLaren Applied designs and deploys a vast range of sensors and electromechanical products for high performance applications, not only in the motorsport, but also in the public transport, healthcare and motorsports industries. Using the skills, insights, pace of change and experience gleaned from over 50 years of competition in the world’s most technologically demanding sport to innovate in, we seek to create meaningful, long-lasting performance gains that positively impact our customers. With a passion for performance excellence and design, we bring together a distinctive combination of technology, mindset and capabilities. Our people have passion, enthusiasm, commitment and a desire to continuously innovate in a collaborative atmosphere.

Purpose of the Role

Sitting within the multi-disciplined Hardware Design team, you will design, develop and test new and existing electronics for Electronic Control Units used within our motorsport, automotive and aerospace customers.

Principal Accountabilities

You will be able to demonstrate your design ability with both analogue and digital circuits, normally with CAN based communications and some power electronics. You will be comfortable speaking with customers to support existing designs alongside defining future product design specifications. You will undertake and manage the full development cycle from specification, design, schematic capture, through to supporting PCB layout, manufacture and assembly operations while following and developing design procedures. You will design to best practices in terms of EMC, thermal management and product reliability. You can comfortably take designs from concept through to market, whilst maintaining both the pace and accuracy expected from a high-performance team. You will be able to demonstrate examples of optimising circuit design, for ease of manufacture and production test, and component design to maximise efficiency, package density, layout efficiency, reliability and thermal performance.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

Worked as part of a multi-discipline team including hardware, software and mechanical engineers. Solid experience within an electronics design role with a first class or upper 2nd honours degree in a relevant electrical or electronic engineering subject, equivalent experience or accredited engineering pathway. Will have a natural curiosity for leading edge technology and demonstrate an inclusive and collaborative workplace style.

What we can offer you

In return for everything you bring to the table, we can ensure an exciting, challenging role in a dynamic business surrounded by some of the best people in their respective fields.

At McLaren Applied we firmly believe it’s the relationships and friendships we create while working that make us special. We’re also aware that the world is changing and we are part of that change. We all want and need different things from our work and home lives, so, if you have commitments outside of work, we’re open to talking through flexible working options that work for you and us.

• Annual leave (25 days + bank holidays, pro-rated for part time colleagues).
• Enhanced Company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave and pay.
• Flexible working policies, including Hybrid Working.
• Life assurance to the value of 4 times base salary
• Opportunity to join the McLaren Applied Pension Plan
• Company funded individual private healthcare with the opportunity to extend to partner or spouse and/or dependents at a discounted rate.
• Ride-to-work with Evans Cycles – take advantage of the Government’s Cycle-to-Work scheme which offers savings of up to 42% on the cost of a new bike, cycling accessories and components.
• Electric car scheme – opportunity to drive a brand-new car in a more affordable way through this salary sacrifice scheme. Employees are eligible to join the scheme after successful competition of their probationary period.

Our values

OWNERSHIP

OPENNESS

BRAVERY

INGENUITY

HUMILITY

McLaren Applied are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) and promote DEI in all we do. McLaren Applied are also members of the UK Government Disability Confident Scheme.