Senior/Lead Front-End Engineer - Formula1

At McLaren, our mission is to set the standard for high performance in sport. Everyone, in every part of the team, has a role to play. So if you want to test your ideas with the world watching… And measure your progress in milliseconds… And play your part in racing history… You belong here. High performance starts with you.

Purpose of the Role:

The purpose of this role is to provide world-class web user experiences to end-users of racing software in McLaren F1. As a senior member of the development team, you will deliver next-generation user experiences for software applications in the racing, simulation, and analysis domains, and mentor other members of staff who are delivering web applications. You will work closely with Product Management to design the right workflows and usability to make our software intuitive, powerful, and cohesive through reusable components and application integration.

Role Dimensions:

The McLaren F1 Performance Software & Data Science group is responsible for the analysis, design, and delivery of bespoke and third-party software tools and methodologies which help improve racing performance. This starts with aerodynamicists creating designs and testing them with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and our Wind Tunnel, which requires powerful data acquisition, processing, and analysis. Vehicle dynacists simulate and optimise car setup, and Race Engineers and Strategists use our software for operational decision-making. We are a cross-functional group, bringing together data science, machine learning, software engineering, and DevOps to deliver performance-focused platforms and solutions.

As a Senior Specialist Front End/UX Engineer, your role will combine elements of technical leadership, agile/lean project delivery, and close engagement with end-users and stakeholders. You’ll be involved in all stages of the development life cycle, from initial analysis through to deployment, monitoring, and iterative refinement. You will partner with Product Managers to design the best workflows and look and feel that enable different personas to be effective: from mechanics working in a fast-paced garage environment through to dynamics performing complex analysis and data sharing.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Contribute to the team’s technical roadmap for User Experience, ensuring alignment with the priorities driven by the business / team manager. Planning a year in advance, while remaining flexible and adapting to changing circumstances.
2. Deliver front end engineering & user experience expertise across all stages of the development life cycle: initial analysis, design, implementation, build, integration, testing, deployment, debugging and support.
3. Take ownership and lead on projects in order to deliver solutions on time and on budget.
4. Capture and understand project requirements, define specifications, and to architect robust, scalable, and testable user experiences.
5. Work collaboratively with your team, the department, and stakeholders in line with the Software & Data Science Guiding Principles.
6. Accurately estimate activity timescales and provide clear and regular progress reports.
7. Raise awareness of and mitigate against potential technical risks.
8. Confidently analyse and overcome technical challenges with workable and innovative solutions.
9. Contribute to and maintain consistent standards and approaches adopted by the team.
10. Keep up to date with the latest front end and UX development technologies and methodologies.
11. To freely share knowledge, insight, best practice, and ideas.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Essential:

• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent discipline (2:1 or above) or equivalent industry experience.
• Extensive commercial experience delivering web applications and user experience using agile/lean methodologies.
• A strong front end development background with an understanding of how to engineer world-class web applications.
• Considerable commercial Javascript/Typescript development experience in frameworks such as React/Redux.
• Experience of front-end design including deep expertise in HTML5 and CSS.
• Experience of collaborative engineering with git (pull requests, branches).
• High competency in written and oral English language.

Desirable:

• Experience with graphic design including iconography, colour schemes, and layout.
• Experience with usability engineering – human-centric design, modern accessibility requirements, and supporting roles in low-visibility or proximity restricted environments.
• Experience building front-end centric or compositional middleware services to power web applications.

Personal Attributes:

• Self-motivated with high levels of initiative.
• Highly productive with the proven aptitude to understand and apply technology.
• You enjoy working with people to solve problems, choosing the simplest and most elegant approach then iterating.
• You’re flexible and adaptable, detail-oriented, and get satisfaction from delivering to a high standard.
• Able to work autonomously under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• You recognise the importance of continuous learning and sharing that knowledge with others.
• Approachable, with balanced judgment and a high level of personal integrity.

What can McLaren offer?

We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.

We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.

McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. Here at McLaren, we offer hybrid working with 3 days a week based in the MTC.

Our state-of-the-art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.

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