My career
My career ambition is to work as a motorsport engineer in vehicle dynamics and vehicle performance, the ultimate goal being to be on that pit-wall as a race/performance engineer or technical leader. Loughborough has been really great at supporting this – a lot of Formula One teams have visited the campus, which has given me the opportunity to understand what I can work on to become a valued member of their teams.
The course itself I feel will give me a strong combination of theory and applied learnings, and the extra-curricular opportunities such as panel talks, CV drop-ins, workshops and Formula Student give me a range of ways to improve my technical and soft skills.
My greatest achievement during my first time at University would be securing my first jobs in motorsport (student ambassador for Extreme E, and a summer placement with Cosworth.) Going from a few years ago thinking the industry was out of reach, to seeing my work translate into early career positions, makes me really proud. And then to see that being recognised, winning the Loughborough Female Undergraduate Engineer of the Year Award in my first year of studies, and being awarded an Engineering Leaders Scholarship by the Royal Academy of Engineering, gives me so much motivation and continued enthusiasm for what I can achieve.