At McLaren, our
mission is to set the standard for high performance in sport. 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.
The purpose of this role is to provide world class user experiences to end-users of racing software in McLaren F1. As a senior member of the Software & Data Science department, you will deliver next generation user experiences for software applications in the racing, simulation, and analysis domains. You will work closely with our F1 engineers and Product Management to design the right workflows and usability to make our software intuitive, powerful, and cohesive.
The McLaren F1 Performance Software & Data Science group is responsible for the analysis, design, and delivery of bespoke and third-party software tools and methodologies which help improve racing performance. This starts with aerodynamicists creating designs and testing them with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and our Wind Tunnel, which requires powerful data acquisition, processing, and analysis. Vehicle dynamicists simulate and optimise car setup, and Race Engineers and Strategists use our software for operational decision-making. We are a cross-functional group, bringing together data science, machine learning, software engineering, and DevOps to deliver performance focussed platforms and solutions.
As a Senior Specialist Product Designer, your work will involve being the creative force behind intuitive, user-centric experiences throughout our business. You'll have the scope to re-define our design DNA and establish best practices across our suite of enterprise applications. You’ll partner with Product Managers to design the best workflows and look and feel through user research, wireframes, usability studies, and graphic design – aligning design decisions with business goals.
This role will be primarily based at the McLaren Technology Centre with a proportion of the time spent working from home.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Plot the path: Contribute to the team’s technical roadmap for product design, ensuring alignment with the priorities driven by the business / team manager. Planning a year in advance, while remaining flexible and adapting to changing circumstances.
- Championing efficiency-driven design: You'll leverage user research and feedback to create interfaces that minimize cognitive load, optimise workflows, and empower users to conquer their tasks with confidence.
- Mastering information architecture: You'll excel at structuring information logically, crafting intuitive navigation systems, and guiding users through even the most intricate processes with ease.
- Forging interactions: Every click, scroll, and tap matters. You'll design efficient interactions that guide users through even the most demanding processes effortlessly.
- Keeping security and compliance top of mind: Enterprise applications demand meticulous attention to detail. You'll integrate security considerations and accessibility standards seamlessly into your designs, ensuring a compliant and secure user experience.
- Collaboration: This is a team effort. You'll work with stakeholders across the business to ensure every design decision aligns with business needs and enhances user journeys.
- Staying ahead of the curve: You'll constantly seek out new ways to improve efficiency and robustness across the business via emerging technologies and trends.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or related field.
- Proven experience as a Product/UX Designer coupled with a strong portfolio demonstrating your process and outcomes.
- Able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, balancing tight timelines and delivering quality work.
- Adept at articulating complex user issues and bridging gaps between different stakeholders to ensure alignment.
- Passionate about creating solutions and embracing change with a positive attitude.
- High competency in written and oral English language.
- Experience with graphic design including iconography, colour schemes, and layout
- Experience with usability engineering – human-centric design, modern accessibility requirements, and supporting roles in low-visibility or proximity restricted environments
- Experience building products for augmented reality
- A passion for user-centred design and building products through the designs you create.
- Self-motivated with high levels of initiative.
- Highly productive with the proven aptitude to seek out the tiny details that matter.
- You enjoy working with people to solve problems, choosing the simplest and most elegant approach then iterating.
- You're flexible and adaptable, detail orientated, and get satisfaction from delivering to a high standard.
- Able to work autonomously under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- You recognise the importance of continuous learning and sharing that knowledge with others.
- Approachable, with balanced judgment and a high level of personal integrity.
What can McLaren
offer?
We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than
we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing
team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high
performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to
play our part.
We encourage and support diversity, equity and
inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and
eliminates discrimination in our workplace.
McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren
Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. Here at McLaren, we offer hybrid working
with 3 days a week based in the MTC.
Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers
many facilities including a gym, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out
areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected
to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London
Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits
including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension
contributions
