The Revival of a Legend:

Lola Cars, one of the world’s iconic motorsport brands, and the most successful manufacturer of customer racing cars of all time. Since 1958, Lola has been building cars destined to win on the track.
Lola Cars a legendary name in motorsport has cultivated a brand synonymous with engineering excellence, iconic design, and racing success. After a period of dormancy, under new ownership, Lola has returned to the forefront of international motorsport, continuing its legacy of innovation and engineering excellence.
Lola is committed to pushing innovation in engineering and as part of this commitment, Lola intends to release the IP back into the ecosystems and develop products that have far reaching impacts beyond motorsports. Our mission is to redefine motorsport performance by integrating cutting-edge AI technologies into vehicle dynamics, race strategies, and driver safety systems.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a skilled and highly motivated Simulator Development Engineer to join our growing Simulator team within the Performance Science group. The ideal candidate will play a key role in the development and operation of our simulators and associated performance development programmes. This role involves a range of real-time operating system, modelling and simulation and analytics and correlation skills, in a high-performance motorsport context.

Role Responsibilities

• You will work within our Performance Science team to help maximise value from our simulator development programmes
• You will be responsible for simulator operations and the design and successful delivery of simulator programmes across a range of projects
• Developing simulator systems and workflows, including integration within our overall performance engineering system
• Close collaboration with drivers, race engineering, simulation and modelling teams to minimise the correlation gap and align simulator activities to performance targets
• Improve the end‑to‑end operational process of our simulator programmes to maximise efficiency and delivered development value

Skills, Qualifications & Experience Required

• Contribution to the continual development roadmap of our in‑house simulator capability
• Degree in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field
• Passion for high‑performance engineering, mobility technology, and motorsport
• Experience and familiarity with advanced simulation and modelling, ideally within a motorsport context
• Passion for a simulation‑first performance development philosophy
• Proficiency in Matlab/Simulink, Python, C/C++
• Proficiency in DIL simulators and real‑time operating systems, motion cueing and force‑feedback hardware, advanced vehicle models and control systems, and simulation correlation methods
• Experience or familiarity with professional motorsport simulator environments such as Concurrent, dSpace, Speedgoat
• Experience or familiarity with data‑visualisation tools and modern front‑end development methodologies
• Driven, proactive, results‑oriented, and highly attentive to detail
• Open‑minded team player, able to maintain focus and rationale in a high‑pressure environment
• Excellent technical communication skills
• Full professional proficiency in English

Interested in the Role?

Please submit your CV and cover letter to [email protected], detailing your:
• experience
• interest in the role
• days/hours available
• salary expectations
Please send details as soon as possible for review. Join us at Lola Cars and contribute to a growing, dynamic team.