At McLaren, our mission is to set the standard for high performance in sport. And 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:
As People Coordinator, you’ll join us in a brand-new role for the team, providing exceptional HR Admin support across McLaren Racing Limited (‘MRL’) to help support the team run efficiently and effectively and providing a HR service to ensure a great employee experience.
You will be the first point of call for all queries both internally and externally. You will be confident in providing tailored, operational advice and support on our key processes, systems and benefits.
Role Dimensions:
You’ll be collaborating widely across the People & Culture team. You’ll quickly discover it’s a pro-active team that thrives on working at pace, with agility and delivering meaningful change for McLaren Racing. Most of all we support each other and roll our sleeves up when it matters.
This role will be reporting to the Senior Manager, People Services and will have no direct reports. Your main stakeholders will include our team members (including prospective new starters), team leaders, managers and senior managers across all of McLaren Racing and our functional areas.
We have adopted hybrid working across the team, but flexibility to work hours will be required to meet the operational demands of the teams you support.
Principal Accountabilities
- Design, develop and maintain algorithms used to interrogate and extract insights from vehicle models.
- Model dynamic systems to accurately represent vehicle performance characteristics and behaviours.
- Create innovative, cutting‑edge simulation tools that enhance engineering analysis and support decision‑making.
- Contribute to the development of a world‑class simulation toolchain, including improved analysis techniques and workflows.
- Support expansion of compute capacity, performance and functionality while identifying improvement opportunities across the toolchain.
Required
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics or a related discipline.
- Proficient in MATLAB, C++ and Python.
- Strong experience with numerical methods, modelling and simulation techniques.
- Excellent technical, analytical and mathematical capability.
- Strong ability to communicate complex information clearly, both verbally and in writing.
Desirable
- Experience in high‑level motorsport within a vehicle‑performance‑focused role.
- Expertise in dynamical systems analysis and control theory.
- Competent with version‑control systems and workflow‑efficiency tools.
- Exposure to data science or machine learning methods.
What McLaren can 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. 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.
