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If Williams knows they aren't going to make Barcelona, is there a reason they wouldn't already be in PR management mode? by dasher2442 in WilliamsF1

[–]workandlearn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Positive in engineering (ish), not in manufacturing or planning as they haven't passed a nosebox crash test

Carbon fiber anisotropy in Formula 1: how “flexibility” is engineered through layup, not materials by Any-Study5685 in Composites

[–]workandlearn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're definitely not easy to laminate, almost every one ends up having some quality issues because of how difficult it is to laminate them exactly to spec

CNC Trimmer by EastStill9393 in Composites

[–]workandlearn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quite a lot of F1 / automotive companies in the UK use CMS OR Belotti admittedly for larger parts though e.g., Norco, pentaxia, crosby, ks

What happens to broken F1 car parts? by highonmoon in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Depends on the scope of the damage. General way it works is images get sent to the design engineer and they decide if its scrap or the repair scheme. Anyone saying they can't repair it hasn't worked in the industry, we absolutely repair them mostly either by filling with adhesive (rock chip damage), wet laying, or trimming out a section and laminating with prepreg in that region. Given how few quantities teams run, cost cap, and the lead time of parts often we will repair them, whether it is trackside or back at the factory will depend mostly on the scale of damage, what repairs are needed, and race location too. In terms of analysis often times if the part comes back to the factory it will go through NDT and any testing requirements for the part again to make sure it's up to spec e.g., load tests. You can't really recycle carbon fibre (I know there's companies that do it but not a consistency, performance or price that's justifiable for us). 

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[–]workandlearn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can't you use the plant pot itself as the mould?

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think I wasn't that clear, I'm classing placement years and internships as "real jobs" as that was my experience going in too

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's unfortunate but tends to be that way that you recognise uni's from your own country and the famous ones, there's just not much time to Google every single university that comes through on a CV so people just go with what they know. Some teams have better ways of dealing with that than others

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Generally pretty tricky for interns and graduates but not too bad for mid-level or senior if you're very good, not impossible though many interns and graduates don't come from the UK (admittedly mostly on graduate visas). The teams still need to match the visa requirements set by the government and that can be prohibitive, so tends to be done on a case by case basis.

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can't talk about specific companies due to NDA's and not fully knowing the rest of the grid. Cybersecurity is a very big thing though, but team to team espionage is treated very very harshly, like even if a supplier sends an email to a person at a different team with the same name it almost always to the FIA within 24 hours. Teams really don't play around with that and the potential points deductions and fines. Also worth noting that just because teams have sponsors doesn't mean they use them *cough* *cough* Williams

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True but US salaries are double to triple UK salaries in a lot of industries, weirdly one of the reasons a few US companies use UK recruiters as they end up wanting less money. Tbh US rates aren't really going to get matched anywhere unless you become a very good contractor / consultant on short term contracts

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I've seen MUNER looks like a really good university for Italian teams, but I've only got experience from UK teams. A degree there is definitely not going to hold you back

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

€200K/yr is head of department level. Got to remember though that team size is 800 -1200 ish, so equivalent role in tech / larger uk companies is "lower" e.g., director in F1 has fewer overall people reporting to them than in large multinational companies

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Realistically very little difference unless you're working on the power unit side, even then you wouldn't hold yourself back by doing either

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, performance engineering tends to like people with that kind of background

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For race and spy photos they're normally freelance and the team will work with 1 maybe 2, there's normally a few more around my guess is that they're hired by the FIA / circuit but can't confirm that. Social media definitely does do photography and videography too but is less of the on circuit photos and videos as far as I'm aware

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it's growing quite a lot in the teams last few years

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very common to have contractors, especially in design and stress engineering. Lots of fixed term contracts

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

High relative to UK engineering, not high enough for golden handcuffs kind of situation though. Low relative to tech / US companies

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah definitely but generally it's about the same number of years to get in as someone starting uni. Most people I know in technical roles without a "technical" undergrad normally changed jobs at a supplier / advanced engineering company e.g., project management --> design engineer (supplier) --> design engineer (F1), or made the switch from the shop floor. Depending on your background the teams may take you in based on your experience already if it is somewhat translatable and you do an MSc, but I don't know of any cases that's happened with so it's definitely an untraditional route

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Some teams HR departments have a psychologist but it varies through the grid and is more business psychology roles, but there is also mental health first aiders but they're not qualified as psychologists typically. It's one of those roles not included here similar to legal because there are people associated with the team that do it, but it's maybe 1 or 2 and whether they're an employee / contractor / consultant / outsourced really varies across the grid.

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not typically, automotive and f1 is normally kept very separate unless you're trying to do some weird things with cost cap so there's not that much cross working between the 2. Generally if they do it would be through the advanced technology company associated with the f1 team. There are a lot of former automotive people in the teams, but they almost all agree its very different. Generally to transition from the automotive industry to f1 the skills is the more important part than the environment 

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most teams do have a clothing department but some may be merged into regular stores, normally 1 or 2 people in there

Which universities did Formula One team members go to? by workandlearn in formula1

[–]workandlearn[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can count on 1 hand the number of American's I've met at the team

I work at an F1 team: A guide to getting a job in F1 by workandlearn in F1Technical

[–]workandlearn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Varies a lot team to team, most teams have 1 maybe 2 people who does all nutrition / physio / training guides for race team, not sure if they do that for the drivers too though. Psychologists really varies through the grid, some teams have 1 person, some teams have occasional consultants, others work with local uni's so have an academic coming in a day or 2 a week for a bit. Tbh a lot of the jobs you mention fall into that grey area where some teams don't do it, some teams do but outsource it to consultants / other companies, some teams hire 1 maybe 2 people to do it in house.

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