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Team Penske · 4 months ago

Wind Tunnel Test Engineer - NASCAR

Mooresville, NC, US

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Team Penske is a leading organization in the motorsports industry, and they are seeking a Wind Tunnel Test Engineer to manage all aspects of full scale wind tunnel testing. This role is crucial for defining body specifications and ensuring competitive aerodynamic performance through rigorous testing and analysis.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Assist with generating run lists for wind tunnel testing

Coordinate with R & D Fabrication for test preparation

Review run lists with fabricators prior to testing, and explain concept intent

Provide approval for prototypes (ensure test items meet intent)

Oversee car setup

Conduct full scale wind tunnel tests

Oversee run list execution

Review results, and adapt run plan as needed

Provide results summary upon test completion

Provide post-test reports

Analyze the wind tunnel, vehicle movement, and resulting data to understand aerodynamic phenomena, assess system performance, and recommend optimizations to improve tunnel / vehicle performance, reliability, and test efficiency

Document testing procedures for reference and to ensure traceability along with repeatability

Define wind tunnel testing programs and practices (methods development)

Documentation of body specification intent, and construction techniques

Correlation studies across wind tunnels, and CFD

Identifying and exploiting areas of potential performance gains

Qualification

Mechanical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringAerodynamicsWind Tunnel TestingComputational Fluid DynamicsCAD SoftwareData Analysis ToolsVehicle DynamicsInstrumentationData Acquisition Systems