Production Workflow Optimisation Engineer

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:

The Production workflow optimisation Specialist is responsible for identifying, modelling, and delivering performance improvements across the Formula 1 team’s technical, operational, and organisational systems. Working at the intersection of data, engineering, and operations, the role ensures that opportunities are systematically identified, prioritised, and converted into measurable on-track and off-track performance advantages.

This is a highly collaborative role that requires both strategic thinking and hands-on execution. You will partner with subject matter experts, engineers, and technicians to identify opportunity and deliver results whilst also mentoring colleagues, facilitating workshops, and driving a mindset of proactive improvement.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Optimise performance and systems by identifying inefficiencies across car development, manufacturing, operations, and trackside execution, applying modelling, simulation, and statistical analysis to balance trade‑offs such as lap time, reliability, cost cap, and risk.

• Develop data-led decision tools and analytical models to support strategy, prioritisation, and operational planning, delivering clear, actionable recommendations to senior leadership.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives, embedding evidence‑based problem‑solving, tracking realised benefits, and ensuring improvements deliver long-term, measurable performance gains.

• Drive cross-functional collaboration by connecting technical and operational teams, challenging existing processes constructively using data and logic, and enabling more effective, aligned ways of working.

• Promote innovation and marginal gains, using structured methodologies and analytics to uncover new opportunities, enhance processes, and elevate overall organisational performance.