Officine Motobici is an Italian motorsport manufacturer developing a purpose-built single-cylinder competition motorcycle for world championship motocross. Incorporated in Emilia-Romagna and operating from the heart of Motor Valley, the company is funded, has an established engineering supply chain, and is executing a confirmed development programme with specialist partners across powertrain simulation, combustion CFD, prototype manufacture, and dynamometer testing. The Technical Director is being recruited at the programme's most critical juncture — Phase 1 design and competitive analysis. This is a founding leadership role. The TD shapes the engineering culture, technical architecture, and competitive DNA of a motorcycle being built from first principles in the world's most storied motorsport engineering corridor.
Responsibilities
* Design authority across engine, chassis, and control systems
* R&D programmes – Central coordination of the engine design programme, managing multiple external specialist partners while maintaining 100% IP ownership at Officine Motobici
* Technical specification derivation from competitor analysis programme: teardown, 3D scanning, suspension dynamometry, and on-track data acquisition
* Factory and customer motorcycle design direction—ensuring identical factory-specification hardware across the OM Reparto Corse factory team and all customer programmes
* Leadership and mentoring of the in-house design team, recruited from the MUNER/ISSAM and UniMoRe DIEF academic network
* Total project management: milestone delivery, supplier selection, budget oversight, and programme risk management across all engineering workstreams
Required Experience
* Championship-level motorsport powertrain or chassis development experience—MXGP, MotoGP, WorldSBK, WRC, WEC, F1, or national championship backgrounds all considered
* Minimum 10 years in senior technical, race engineering, or programme engineering roles
* Demonstrated experience leading multi-disciplinary engi
Technical Director... - Reggio Emilia, IT
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