Welcome!
We’re happy to have you on board as our new Electrical Engineering co-op! To aid your first few days here at WARG, we have created a startup guide that you can refer to to see what your project will be, key contacts, and some steps you’ll have to take.
About WARG
The University of Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group (abbreviated as ‘WARG’) is a student design team affiliated with the Sedra Student Design Centre at the University of Waterloo.
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The Electrical subteam is responsible for architecting, designing, integrating, and validating off the shelf and custom electronics designs into our competition airframe, testing airframes, and assocated ground station hardware. This Spring 2024 term, we are focusing on developing fill
Administrative Details
Key Contacts
Manager: Daniel Puratich
Go-to for all administrative concerns regarding your internship here.
Your manager will be the person you interact with daily and guide you through your internship.
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Directors of all SDC teams in Waterloo
If you aren’t comfortable talking to anyone at WARG about something with your co-op these contacts are available to you.
Pre-first-day items
Joining Discord
The team uses discord to communicate!
- https://www.uwarg.com/join and introduce yourself in
#introductionsa few days ahead of your start date - Coordinate with your manager to schedule an onboarding meeting, typically on your first day
Safety Training
Before your first day, please complete the following courses:
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You can access these courses by going to Learn, selecting “Self Registration,” and enrolling in these courses.
Joining Management Softwares
We use Asana to manage tasks and timelines and Confluence to handle documentation. You should use your uwaterloo.ca email. If you do not have access to these services, ask your manager to provide you with an invite.
- Sign into Asana (https://app.asana.com/)
- Sign into Confluence (https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net)
Meeting Cadence
You will have a 1:1 with your manager once daily. The time will be coordinated in the team’s google calendar.
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AEAC sync and leads meeting are optional meetings where we discuss system integration and admin for the team respectively. Flight tests occur sporadically, generally on weekends. You are welcome to join these, but are not required to.
First Week Items
- Complete Coop Information Form
- Arrange 1:1 meeting times with your mentor
- Review the team charter Team Charter
- Skim the Electrical Confluence https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/EL/overview?homepageId=1780219976
- Complete the Electrical Bootcamp: Electrical Bootcamp - F23
Next Steps
Project specifics will be discussed during the first week and tracked with tasks in Asana, but the starting outline is:
Protection circuit additions to existing buck converter PCBAs
Zeropilot PCBA next rev: new micro, replace power electronics
Gemini PCBA improvements
Tracking Antenna PCBA improvements
Appendix
Useful links
What do all the acronyms mean? Check it out here: https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/l/cp/D2oP5Vjw