Life Racing offers a range of services to support clients including on site and remote support, complete wiring harness solutions and custom electronic design. Extensive control systems experience provides the ability to advise on development from a control strategy perspective leading to better performance in shorter timescales. Life Racing is based on the Essex/London border. Life Racing presents a small, yet exceptionally talented team driven to reach exceptional standards.

If you are interested in working for Life Racing and you have relevant electronics, software, automotive, motorsport or calibration experience please send your CV to careers@liferacing.com.

Please see below for current vacancies.

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Motorsport Calibration Senior Engineer

PDF - Motorsport Calibration Senior Engineer - Life Racing

Job Title – Motorsport Calibration Senior Engineer

Sector - Manufacturing

Salary - Competitive Salary

Job Type – Permanent, Full-time

Location – Basildon, on site or hybrid


The Company

Life Racing has extensive experience in the design, manufacture, development, and support of a broad range of products including engine control units (ECUs), power distribution units (PDUs), display units, integrated paddle shift systems and high reliability wiring harnesses to all levels of motorsport ranging from WRC, Rally Raid, GT, Indy, to 24hr Le Mans, etc. Life Racing also provides production electronics for EURO6 low volume series and Hypercars.

Life Racing offers a range of services to support clients including on site and remote support, complete wiring harness solutions, and custom electronic design. Extensive control systems experience provides the ability to advise on development from a control strategy perspective leading to better performance in shorter timescales.

Life Racing is based on the Essex/London border. Life Racing presents a small, yet exceptionally talented team driven to reach exceptional standards.

The Opportunity Life Racing is seeking an experienced Motorsport and Production Calibration Engineer to deliver high-level calibration support to customers across motorsport and related industries. This is a dual-focused role combining hands-on technical expertise with leadership responsibilities across people, projects, and product development. You will work directly with customers both remotely and on-site—solving complex integration challenges such as commissioning gearbox electronics, developing calibrations, and ensuring optimal system performance. Alongside this, you will play a key role in managing projects, supporting product design, and contributing to the commercial and operational flow of engineering activities.


Key Responsibilities


Calibration & Technical Support

  • Provide expert remote and on-site calibration support to customers both in the UK and around the World.
  • Commission and troubleshoot systems, including tasks such as enabling gearbox electronics functionality on customer vehicles.
  • Develop and deliver bespoke calibrations tailored to customer requirements.
  • Support customers via phone, email, and live troubleshooting sessions.
  • Define system architectures and prepare wiring specifications for new vehicle builds.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex vehicle system issues under time-critical conditions.


    • Project & Product Management

  • Lead and support engineering projects from concept through to delivery.
  • Manage project timelines, deliverables, and customer expectations.
  • Coordinate internal resources and delegate tasks such as quotation generation.
  • Contribute to product lifecycle activities, including specification, design, and validation.
  • Support the flow of purchasing and integration of components into product builds.
  • Work closely with engineering and commercial teams to align product development with market needs.


    • Leadership & Team Contribution

  • Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior engineers.
  • Support workload planning and task delegation across the team.
  • Act as a key technical interface between customers and internal departments.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of processes and tools.
    • Customer Engagement & Industry Presence
  • Represent Life Racing at trade shows, customer events, and technical demonstrations.
  • Build and maintain strong customer relationships.
  • Provide pre- and post-sales technical support.


    • Day-to-Day Activities

  • Responding to customer support calls and technical queries
  • Creating and refining calibration files for customer applications
  • Delegating and reviewing customer quotations
  • Preparing wiring layouts and system definitions for new vehicle programs
  • Coordinating ongoing project tasks and tracking progress
  • Collaborating with internal teams on product and design updates


    • Required Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor or master degree in mechanical engineering
  • Minimum 7+ years’ experience in motorsport, automotive, or aviation engineering
  • Strong background in calibration, control systems, and vehicle electronics
  • Proven experience in customer-facing technical roles
  • Solid understanding of data analysis, ECU systems, and vehicle integration
  • Experience managing technical projects and delivering to deadlines.
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.


    • Desirable Background

    Candidates are likely to have experience with or have worked at companies such as:

  • Bosch, Marelli, Cosworth, Motec, McLaren, F1 Teams, WEC or WRC Teams, etc


    • Personal Attributes

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
  • Attention to detail and commitment to software quality.
  • Self-motivated with strong ownership mindset
  • Passion for motorsport and high-performance engineering


    • Hours of work & Benefits

    40-hour, full-time week, working 8 hours a day Monday – Friday, flexible across the hours of 7.30am to 6.00pm with a 30-45 minute minimum lunch break. To meet the needs of the role and fast paced nature of the business, the successful candidate will require a flexible approach to working hours. The role is based on site at the Life Racing unit in Burnt Mills Industrial Estate owing to the training requirements.

    Life Racing offer a competitive salary, flexible working hours and a company stakeholder pension scheme.


    Application Process & Closing Date:

    If interested, please send your details to: careers@liferacing.com. Please include:

  • a copy of your CV
  • a covering email explaining why you are a suitable candidate for the role.
  • current salary and salary expectations
  • availability to start / notice period.

    • Closing date: 18th May 2026



    Embedded Software Engineer

    Job Title – Embedded Software Engineer

    Job Type – Permanent, Full-time

    Sector - Manufacturing

    Location – Basildon, on site or hybrid

    Salary - Competitive Salary

    Life Racing - Embedded Software Engineer -March 26.pdf

    The Company

    Life Racing has extensive experience in the design, manufacture, development, and support of a broad range of products including engine control units (ECUs), power distribution units (PDUs), display units, integrated paddle shift systems and high reliability wiring harnesses to all levels and variations of motorsport from WRC to 24hr Le Mans.

    Life racing offers a range of services to support clients including on site and remote support, complete wiring harness solutions, and custom electronic design. Extensive control systems experience provides the ability to advise on development from a control strategy perspective leading to better performance in shorter timescales.

    Life Racing is based on the Essex/London border. Life Racing presents a small, yet exceptionally talented team driven to reach exceptional standards.

    The Opportunity

    As an Embedded Software Engineer at Life Racing, you will design and develop real-time embedded software for engine control units (ECUs), data acquisition systems, and vehicle control modules. You will work closely with hardware, calibration, and applications engineers to deliver robust, high-performance solutions used in elite racing environments.

    This role requires strong low-level programming skills, real-time system expertise, and a passion for high-performance engineering.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Design and implement C/C++ firmware for embedded hard real-time control systems (PowerPC, MIPS)
    • Work with real-time operating systems or custom bare metal architectures.
    • Develop and maintain communication stacks (CAN, CAN-FD, LIN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART etc)
    • Implement and optimise control algorithms for engine management and vehicle systems.
    • Support hardware bring-up, board validation, and system integration.
    • Perform low-level tests, for example with oscilloscopes.
    • Optimise performance, memory footprint, and deterministic timing behaviour.
    • Contribute to software architecture, code reviews, and technical documentation.
    • Support trackside and customer issue investigations where required.

    Required Qualifications & Experience

    • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
    • 5+ years’ experience in embedded software development
    • Strong proficiency in C (C++ advantageous) including language features typically used for bare-metal programming such as custom link scripts.
    • Deep understanding / experience of hard real-time systems programming, interrupts, context priorities, coherency, and low-level hardware interactions such as DMA, memory types other than DRAM
    • Appreciation of and experience with revision control, ideally including git
    • Experience of analysing and debugging embedded environments
    • Solid understanding of software design principles and structured development

    Desirable Skills

    • Encryption techniques, key management, cyber-security
    • Experience with safety-critical or high-reliability systems
    • Basic understanding of real-time sampling (aliasing, filtering)
    • Basic understanding of control techniques (for example PID)
    • Basic understanding of engine control concepts (injection, ignition, torque)
    • Experience in motorsport electronics or high-performance automotive systems
    • Vehicle calibration tools and vehicle data analysis
    • Familiarity with AUTOSAR concepts
    • Experience with model-based design
    • Understanding of object-oriented principles (classes, inheritance, dynamic typing etc)
    • Experience of AI coding environments
    • Experience of parser / compiler creation

    Personal Attributes

    • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
    • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
    • Attention to detail and commitment to software quality.
    • Self-motivated with strong ownership mindset
    • Passion for motorsport and high-performance engineering

    Hours of work & Benefits

    40-hour, full-time week, working 8 hours a day Monday – Friday, flexible across the hours of 7.30am to 6.00pm with a 30-minute minimum lunch break. To meet the needs of the role and fast paced nature of the business, the successful candidate will require a flexible approach to working hours.

    The role is based on site at the Life Racing unit in Burnt Mills Industrial Estate owing to the training requirements.

    Life Racing offer a competitive salary, flexible working hours and a company stakeholder pension scheme.

    Application Process & Closing Date:

    If interested, please send your details to: careers@liferacing.com

    Please include:

    • a copy of your CV
    • a covering email explaining why you are a suitable candidate for the role.
    • current salary and salary expectations
    • availability to start / notice period.

    Closing date: 10th April 2026

    New Business Development Manager

    Job Title – New Business Development Manager

    Based -- Basildon, Essex and nationwide

    Sector – Electronics

    Job Type – Permanent, full time

    Salary – competitive dependent on experience


    The Company

    Life Racing has extensive experience in the design, manufacture, development, and support of a broad range of products including engine control units (ECUs), power distribution units (PDUs), display units, integrated paddle shift systems and high reliability wiring harnesses to all levels and sectors.

    Life racing offers a range of services to support clients including on site and remote support, complete wiring harness solutions and custom electronic design. Extensive control systems experience provides the ability to advise on development from a control strategy perspective leading to better performance in shorter timescales.

    Life Racing is based on the Essex/London border. Life Racing presents a small, yet exceptionally talented team driven to reach exceptional standards.

    The Opportunity

    We are seeking a proactive and driven New Business Development Manager to lead growth efforts for our small but fast growing and successful electronics business, This role involves identifying business opportunities, building strategic partnerships and driving sales in both existing and emerging markets. The ideal candidate will have the experience in the electronics industry, a strong sales background and the ability to work independently in a dynamic small business.

    Role Outline:

      • Identify and pursue new business opportunities in target markets – including but not limited to motorsport, marine, military and aviation.
      • Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients, partners and vendors
      • Develop and execute sakes strategies to achieve revenue and growth targets
      • Research and analyse market trends, customer needs and competitor activities
      • Collaborate with the product and technical team to tailor solutions for clients
      • Represent the company at trade shows, exhibitions and networking events
      • Support in the negotiation and preparation of proposals and managing contract processes.
      • Provide regular sales forecasts, reports and insights to Senior Management
      • Monitor and evaluate customer satisfaction and ensure post sales support with internal teams

    Qualifications and Skills:

    • Proven experience and success in a technical sales role, ideally within motorsport or automotive electronics
    • Excellent communication skills
    • Negotiation and presentation abilities
    • Technical understanding of the electronics business
    • Enthusiastic with a genuine desire to understand and improve the business
    • Recognising that tasks need completing correctly, accurately, and consistently.
    • Demonstrating initiative and capability to problem solve.
    • Ability to operate under pressure, demonstrating resilience and a calm approach
    • Confident in answering detailed information requests
    • Well organised with a methodical approach to work
    • High Level of diligence
    • A growth mindset and willingness to accept feedback.
    • A valid driver’s licence is essential
    • Strong IT skills in Microsoft Office suite
    • Willingness to travel internationally as required

    Preferred Experience:

    • Degree in engineering, business or related field
    • Proven experience and success in a technical sales role, ideally within motorsport or automotive electronics

    Qualities and Behaviours

    • A self-starter who demonstrates self-initiative, a positive attitude and is motivated to improve and problem solve whilst working hard as part of a team.

    Hours of work & Benefits

    40-hour, full-time week, working 8 hours a day Monday – Friday,

    The role is based on site at the Life Racing Unit in Burnt Mills Industrial Estate however significant time will be spent working remotely visiting potential clients.

    Life Racing offers a competitive salary, flexible working hours and a company stakeholder pension scheme.

    Application Process & Closing Date:

    If interested, please send your details to: careers@liferacing.com quoting New Business Development Manager (in the subject header) by 28th February 2026.

    Please include:

    • a copy of your CV
    • a covering email explaining why you are a suitable candidate for the role
    • current salary and salary expectations
    • availability to start / notice period

    Thank you for your interest in Life Racing. We look forward to hearing from you.

    careers@liferacing.com

    https://www.liferacing.com/