Aero Engineer Jobs at Ferrari

This is my dream job. Don't take it.

Have fun looking for an aerodynamics job, something you really love.

What college did you go to, if you don't mind answering.

 

Are you fluent in Italian?

 

I'd heard threw the grapevine that a friend I used to turn wrenches with got a job with Sauber Aero about two or three years ago.

This was his path:

Worked at General Dynamics as an Electrical Engineer on the F16s in Fort Worth. During that time he club raced and helped turn wrenches for fun as I was doing.

He then went back to college and focused on mechanical and aero engineering.

Then he came out to Cali and interned with Swift Race cars in their new wind tunnel.

Got a job with Swift. Worked for a while with them...

Got a job with Sauber.

You might need to start someplace else before Ferrari! I'd say just pick up the phone and call them. Race Car Engineering has most of the F1 teams contact number listed. As do their web sites. You're in luck as most teams opperate out of England and most teams use English as the primary language becuase of it.

GOOD LUCK!

 

This would be a really fun career if you have the xperience, but I imagine you must be fluent in Italian.

 

I have a cousin of mine who is at the Universita Di Pisa and is majoring in aeronautical/mechanical engineering.

He has fantastic grades, is in the top 5 or 6 students in his class and of course is angling at working at Ferrari;one of his professors apparently did work there and has connections. Last I spoke with him it became apparent that you don't look for a job at Ferrari-they come looking for you.

He is Italian but I thought he said that they consider students from around the world?

If he gets in I'm going to let him settle down and then of course I'm heading to Maranello.....

 

Pursue something in racing design. My guess is if you put your resume out there, you might find some interesting suitors. Autosport Magazine always has ads from F1 teams in the back of it looking for all positions. Not that you can expect that, but I would imagine your experience would command some pretty significant respect in the biz. I always wished I had an aero background for that reason. My neighbor is Scottish and his brother is an aero-engineer for BAR, right out of college, and I think racing would be more stimulating.

Also, if you really love Ferrari, bear in mind the infamous adage, "Never meet your heroes."

 

Remember, motorsports pay isn't exactly class leading. So many talented people willing to get in, and willing to do it for peanuts.

 

Many years ago I saw an ad in "Flight International" for a stress engineer at Benetton Formula. You might check this magazine, as it is the British equivalent of "Aviation Week".

 

English is so commonly spoken in the racing department I do not believe that lack of Italian language skills would be an obsticle. The website has an HR section, you might try that. I know of an American software guy who wrote and wrote and wrote, finally just went to Maranello and bugged them until they gave him an unsolveable problem to deal with. He came back in a couple of days with a solution, that blew them away so they hired him. Last time I saw him he was in the racing dept and was not at liberty to discuss his job.