(Senior) Race Engineer GT3 m/f/d
Location
Senscheid, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Department
Other
Job Type
Full-Time
Experience
Mid-Senior Level
Job Description
Your mission
Manthey has been one of the world's leading Porsche racing teams for over 25 years and is a specialist in GT models. Based in Meuspath at the Nürburgring, the company has over 300 employees and is managed by brothers Martin and Nicolas Raeder. Porsche AG is the majority shareholder with 51%. Manthey combines its many years of experience and diverse expertise in five business divisions - Racing, Performance, Engineering, Services and Experiences. The mission statement "Closer to perfection" underlines the values and actions of the entire company.
Manthey has built up an impressive track record: Its greatest motorsport successes include seven overall victories in the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring, five class victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, five world championship titles in the FIA WEC Endurance Championship and winning the team and driver championships in the DTM 2023. With Manthey Kits for Porsche GT models, the company is represented worldwide through the Porsche dealership and holds, among others, the production sports car record on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. Drawing on its many years of racing experience, Manthey also tests and develops products and services for customers on the racetrack. The company operates the Porsche one-make series 'Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring' as part of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie. As the organiser of the 'Porsche Track Experience operated by Manthey', the company also enables a variety of performance-oriented training formats with Porsche road and race cars on Europe's most attractive Grand Prix circuits in four consecutive stages.
- Responsibility for managing the engineering of one car and driver at all events in international racing
- Prepare and deliver a performance plan for each race and test event
- Extract the maximum performance from the car and driver at each event
- Share information and proactively promote the development of the Engineering Workgroup
- Report to the Program Manager and as well as to the Engineering Group
- Manage the daily engineering operations on his car including those of his car-crew in conjunction with the Crew Chief
- Work independently and within a team group to define and deliver performance projects for races and tests events
- Collaborate with and/or lead Engineering Workgroups dedicated to development of soft-tools (eg. simulation and strategy tools) and hard-tools (eg. pit-equipment optimization, driver simulator) for improving performance of car and team (transversally across the different sporting programs)
- Degree or equivalent qualification
- Proven high level Race Engineering and Performance Engineering experience
- Strong Science, Physics and Data driven background and work ethic
- Good communications skills with a strong requirement to work effectively within a team to develop, progress and adopt performance concepts
- Work calmly, professionally and make good decisions within tight deadlines and high-pressure environments
- Strong computer skills in data analysis software (Pi Toolbox ideally), MS Office & VBA, Matlab a plus
- Eligible to work in Germany, Flexibility for travelling
- German language would be beneficial, good English language is essential
- A job in a modern, growth-oriented company
- Practical training
- Personal and professional development
- The opportunity to contribute your own ideas and take on responsibility
- Mobile working occasionally by arrangement
- Performance-related remuneration
- Capital-forming benefits
- Company health promotion and company fitness
- Company events such as public viewing
Manthey has been one of the world's leading Porsche racing teams for over 25 years and is a specialist in GT models. Based in Meuspath at the Nürburgring, the company has over 300 employees and is managed by brothers Martin and Nicolas Raeder. Porsche AG is the majority shareholder with 51%. Manthey combines its many years of experience and diverse expertise in five business divisions - Racing, Performance, Engineering, Services and Experiences. The mission statement "Closer to perfection" underlines the values and actions of the entire company.
Manthey has built up an impressive track record: Its greatest motorsport successes include seven overall victories in the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring, five class victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, five world championship titles in the FIA WEC Endurance Championship and winning the team and driver championships in the DTM 2023. With Manthey Kits for Porsche GT models, the company is represented worldwide through the Porsche dealership and holds, among others, the production sports car record on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. Drawing on its many years of racing experience, Manthey also tests and develops products and services for customers on the racetrack. The company operates the Porsche one-make series 'Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring' as part of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie. As the organiser of the 'Porsche Track Experience operated by Manthey', the company also enables a variety of performance-oriented training formats with Porsche road and race cars on Europe's most attractive Grand Prix circuits in four consecutive stages.