Propulsion, electronics and software engineering for automotive and motorsport
Cosworth designs and manufactures propulsion systems, control electronics and software from Northampton, serving automotive, aerospace and marine customers. Its stack is hardware-deep (FPGA work in VHDL, Verilog and SystemVerilog on Altera/Quartus Prime, FlexRay and AXI interfaces) alongside Siemens NX and Vericut for CNC machining. Accelerating UK hiring split across engineering and manufacturing, plus a metrology move from Mitutoyo to Zeiss, points to scaling in-house production.
Cosworth is a privately held engineering and manufacturing company founded in 1958 and headquartered in Northampton, United Kingdom. It develops propulsion, electronics and software products, including hybrid and EV powertrain work, data and control electronics, and performance aftermarket parts. Customers span the automotive, motorsport, aerospace and marine sectors. The company employs 201–500 people and runs its business systems on SAP (ECC and S/4HANA), Microsoft Dynamics 365, SQL Server and Power BI.
Cosworth uses FPGA tooling (Altera, Quartus Prime, VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog), automotive buses like FlexRay, Siemens NX and Vericut for CNC, plus SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, Dynamics 365, SQL Server and Power BI.
Yes. Cosworth's hiring is accelerating in the United Kingdom, focused on engineering and manufacturing roles, with some finance positions and a skew toward senior-level hires.
Current work includes electronics hardware for motorsport and automotive products, FPGA integration in multi-board, multi-processor systems, and migrating measurement programs from Mitutoyo to Zeiss.
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