Motorsports Aerodynamics Team Support Engineer at General Motors North Carolina

Motorsports Aerodynamics Team Support Engineer job at General Motors. North Carolina.

Onsite: This position requires an employee to be on-site on a full-time basis.

The Role

We are seeking a Motorsports Aerodynamics Team Support Engineer to join a multi-disciplined team of engineers and technicians for testing, developing, and optimizing the aerodynamic performance of a complete race vehicle . Working with GM Key Partner teams to ensure they are racing the highest performing vehicles possible while building and cultivating close relationships with GM Motorsports colleagues and GM supported race teams is core to this role. You will work with the motorsports team to provide direction and actionable data to GM race teams to improve weekend performance.

Joining the GM Motorsports Organization will provide you with the experience and exposure it takes to work in a competitive environment and the opportunity to showcase your aerodynamic research and development skills, contribute to innovation, connect lessons learned in racing to production intent vehicles, work cross functionally with our partners and ultimately, help shape the future of Motorsports.

What You’ll Do
• Quantify drag, lift and other aerodynamic deliverables to optimize on track performance
• Communicate test results and support the aerodynamic needs of the GM Key Partner race teams
• Work together with NASCAR Teams, GM motorsports engineering, virtual design, development, and validation
• Share needs and requests of GM Key Partner race teams to GM Motorsports
• Support full car and subsystem models for use in detailed aerodynamic tests and simulations
• Organize and maintain aeromaps and offsets to ensure desktop simulation and driver in the loop simulator models accurately represent race vehicles
• Perform correlational studies of track, wind tunnel, and CFD simulation data
• Participate in planning and execution of wind tunnel tests; organize test results into concise, presentable reports for proper decision making and implementation
• Communicate and cooperate cross functionally to refine vehicle setup and aerodynamic build parameters

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