Electrical S24

Owned by Daniel Puratich
Last updated: 2024-03-31
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Title: WARG - Electrical Engineering Co-op

Manager: Daniel Puratich (EE 3A, Resume, Linkedin)

Compensation and Benefits Information: This position is unpaid.

Location & Time Commitment: Due to the high degree of interaction with other sub-teams and aircraft, it is required that the co-op is hybrid in person in Waterloo. You will have very flexible hours as you desire and are free to set your own schedule, but we will expect you to be available for our team meetings which tend to take place in the evenings and flight tests which occur over the weekends. Our lab equipment, hardware, and aerial vehicles are in our bay which will be required for job responsibilities.

Team Summary: The Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group (WARG) is a student design team at the University of Waterloo competing annually in the Aerial Evolution Association of Canada's Student Competition. We are a passionate group of students focused on innovating the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle industry. We take pride in building everything ourselves, from the autopilot, frame, and computer vision software, to the custom designed ZeroPilot board that we use on our aircraft. The electrical team is responsible for electronic systems architecture, custom hardware design, and validation of WARG’s aerial vehicles and ground stations.

Job Responsibilities: 

  • Design, assemble, & validate the next generation of our in-house flight controller, ZeroPilot, printed circuit board assembly.

  • Design, integrate, and test aerial vehicle electronic systems featuring existing ZeroPilot hardware, RF transceivers, and power electronics.

  • Write and maintain project documentation using Confluence.

Required Skills:

  • A drive to learn and contribute; design teams are all about growth and passion, and we want someone serious about achieving something they can be proud of, at WARG.

  • Strong communication skills; capable of staying in contact with various stakeholders, contributing to technical discussions and asking thoughtful questions.