Motorsports Performance Engineer

Location: In-person in New Hudson, Michigan, United States; travel is required for race and test events, with approximately 40–80 travel days per year.

Salary: $91,500–$148,100 per year

Company

Pratt Miller, an Oshkosh company, develops products for motorsports, defense, and mobility through engineering, prototyping, testing, validation, and low-rate production.

What you will do

• Prepare and execute event-related vehicle performance, hardware, process, and race-strategy activities.
• Process vehicle data, analyze performance distributions, and use simulation and historical information to improve event performance.
• Operate performance and race-strategy software toolchains and communicate feedback to trackside and remote support resources.
• Contribute to vehicle setup, hardware integration, subsystem development, and offsite testing.
• Support vehicle model correlation, event performance analysis, sensitivity generation, and engineering reporting.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering groups, senior race engineers, program management, and external partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or another advanced technical field.
• Motorsport background with 5 years of experience.
• Knowledge of vehicle dynamics, kinematics, aerodynamics, and tires.
• Experience reviewing experimental and simulation results and familiarity with vehicle simulation and modeling.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and perform under time pressure.
• Ability to work in person in Michigan and travel for race and test support.

Nice to have

• Experience with data acquisition systems such as PI Toolbox, PI Workshop, Bosch WinDarab, Bosch RaceCon, and Marelli Wintax.
• Experience with data review and processing using MATLAB, Excel, Python, or Visual Basic.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across Pratt Miller teams and external partners.
• Work includes both group and individual assignments.
• Long hours and periodic stress may occur during race and test support.
• People-first culture with opportunities for professional growth.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the recruitment process.