Motorsports Lead Engineer - Aerodynamics Modeling & Simulation

Job Description

Onsite: This role is categorized as onsite. The successful candidate is expected to report to Concord, NC on a full-time basis.

The Role

At GM Motorsports, we are driven by a clear purpose: to accelerate our teams’ ability to win on the racetrack and in the marketplace. Our vision is to be the benchmark of global motorsports excellence, inspiring enduring passion for our brands and products through world-class performance, innovation, and teamwork. We are looking for people who share our mindset and core values — ownership in organizational success, a commitment to add value to our team, and the courage to reject mediocrity in pursuit of exceptional results.

We are seeking a Lead Engineer - Aerodynamics (Modeling & Simulation) to join our GM Motorsports team. To maximize the probability that aerodynamic performance is delivered to the racetrack by transforming how simulation, modeling, and data are used across the aerodynamic development cycle.

This role provides technical leadership and strategic direction for aerodynamic modeling and simulation - ensuring that our development tools (CFD/wind tunnel), methods, and metrics are predictive, aligned, and effective in driving on-track performance.

What You’ll Do

• Own the effectiveness of aerodynamic simulation and modeling in delivering track performance

• Increase the “hit rate” of aerodynamic developments reaching the car

• Define and evolve the simulation strategy across CFD, wind tunnel, and track domains, enhancing computational and physical modeling capabilities

• Improve confidence in development decisions through better correlation, metrics, and data usage

• Strengthen decision-making frameworks across the development cycle

• Increase reliability and predictive capability of aerodynamic tools

• Align CFD, wind tunnel, and track data into a coherent development system

• Partner across Aerodynamics, Vehicle Performance, Data Science, and Trackside Engineering

• Communicate clear insights, risks, and opportunities to senior stakeholders

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

• 15+ years of Formula 1® racing and technical regulations experience

• Highly innovative and creative, with a deep understanding of race car aerodynamics and typical flow characteristics and behaviors

• Experience in leading, managing and directly contributing to aerodynamic development across all areas of the car

• Strong experience in state-of-the-art CFD/Wind Tunnel/Track aerodynamic testing approaches and methodologies 

• Ambitious and self-motivating with the ability to motivate and extract maximum potential from others

• Well versed with CFD and 3D CAD software (preferably 3D/CATIA)

• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and leadership skills

• Ability to line manage/lead teams effectively

• Clear and concise communication, verbally and written, including with key stakeholders and directors

• Strong levels of IT skills including MS Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Positively contribute to an open and inclusive culture

• Travel to the UK or US, from time to time, as directed by the team and/or GM

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This role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis. The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role. This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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