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EPFL Spacecraft Team offers many fruitful departments (poles) that help student engineers gain insightful experiences into the many sectors involved in successfully executing a full space mission, including design, creation, control, and maintenance.

Check out our departments page for an overview of the different poles in EST, and apply below if you share the same aspirations as we do!

Flight Software

On Board Computer

Telecommunications

System Engineering

Ground Segment

ADCs

Mission Design

Electrical Power System

Structure

Flight Software

On Board Computer

Telecommunications

System Engineering

Ground Segment

ADCs

Mission Design

Electrical Power System

Structure

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Open positions

Note: 
- Numbered list means each number is a separate open position in the same pole
- Empty row means no open positions for that pole this semester

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Pole
Post title
Post description
Requirements
Year

1) UHF/S-Band

1) Integrating the new Transceiver to the satellite and improve the documentation

1) Knowledge on Telecommunication systems
El, MT, RO, SC

1) BA6+

1) PCU

2) Battery Pack

1) Test and improve the power conditioning unit, which controls the maximum power point and the charging of the Batterys

2) Evaluating current battery Pack, Redesign and then Assembling 

1) Knowledge in PCB design and testing.
(Preferably) EL or MT, RO

2) Thermal and vibration analysis
(Preferably) GM, MT 

1) BA6+

2) BA6+

1) MAIV Electrical Tests

2) Satellite States & Sequence definition

3) Flatsat Engineer

1) Maintain VCD, Test design, execution and reporting.

2) Define satellite modes.

3) Flatsat Testing.

1) Physics, Electrical, Robotics and Systems Engineering.

2) Software, IT, Systems Engineering.

3) Physics, Electrical, Robotics and Systems Engineering.

1) BA4+

2) BA4+

3) BA4+

1) Thermal Analysis

2) Vibration Test

3) Vibration Test

1) Learn the Software and probably do the thermal analysis with the final design.

2) Design, Build and Test the mechanical Interfaces that will connect the satellite and the Subsystems to the shaker table.

3) Design, Build and Test the mechanical Interfaces that will connect the satellite and the Subsystems to the shaker table.

1) Very motivated, a bit of experience with simulation software is probably helpful

2) A bit of Experience with FEM. 
Preferably GM

3) A bit of Experience with FEM. 
Preferably GM

1) BA4+

2) BA6+

3) BA6+