Design cutting-edge custom PCBs from concept to reality using Altium or KiCad. From schematics, layout routing to hand-solder prototypes, debugging, and rigorously testing them to survive launch vibrations, extreme temperatures, and high-G forces. Collaborate daily with software engineers to bring the hardware to life, ensuring flawless communication and reliable operation during flight. Electronics is also responsible for the RF systems: design, simulate (using tools like HFSS or CST), build, and test antennas for telemetry, video downlink, and ground comms. If you love turning lines of code and copper traces into a rocket that talks back to Earth, this is your team.

Create detailed CAD models, run advanced finite element method (FEM) simulations to analyze stresses, vibrations, and thermal loads, optimize designs for minimum mass and maximum strength, then manufacture components. Machining, composites layup, 3D (metal) printing, and welding. You'll also tackle fun side projects like the CanSat launcher or recovery mechanisms. Every part you design must survive launch, and recovery. Your work literally holds the rocket together at high speeds

Write the mission-critical code that lives inside the rocket's custom avionics. This is hardcore embedded programming. Real-time systems, bare-metal C/C++, drivers for sensors, actuators, and comms modules, fault-tolerant logic, and flight algorithms that must execute perfectly under tight timing constraints and limited resources. Leveraging NASA’s F’ (F Prime) framework, your software decides when events happen: parachute deployment, data logging, and emergency behaviors. You’ll also build the live video downlink: ultra-efficient onboard video encoding and streaming over software-defined radio (SDR) so the team can watch stunning rocket POV in near real-time, even through tough conditions. Work hand-in-hand with the electronics team to integrate, debug on actual flight computers, and verify performance during tests and launches. If you want to build mission-critical software that cannot fail, this is your team.

Master the art of keeping a rocket stable and on target while hurtling upward at thousands of km/h. Run full 6-DOF flight simulations to model aerodynamics, mass properties, wind effects, and disturbances. Design advanced control systems: thrust vector control (TVC) for pitch/yaw steering, roll control mechanisms, guidance algorithms, and stability augmentation. Implement, tune, and test controllers in hardware-in-the-loop setups before flight. Build the foundation for control algorithms for a controlled descent manoeuvre, such as the Falcon 9. Your work turns a potentially wild rocket into a precise, guided vehicle that hits altitude goals and recovers safely. If you dream of writing the code and math that tames rocket chaos, this subteam delivers.

Build and unleash the fire that powers the rocket to the sky! Design hybrid or solid rocket engines in CAD, perform thermodynamic simulations and burn rate analysis, manufacture precision parts (nozzles, combustion chambers, injectors), then take them to the test stand for static fire tests. Measuring thrust curves, pressures, efficiencies, and watching flames roar. Iterate quickly on real data to improve performance. Few experiences match the adrenaline of a successful hot-fire and knowing your engine will send the rocket skyward. If controlled explosions excite you, propulsion is your calling.

Lead the brilliant minds that build the future of flight. As a Sub-Team Chief, you are the technical heartbeat of your department, balancing high-level engineering with strategic leadership. You aren't just a manager; you are a mentor and a navigator, ensuring your team members are synchronized, motivated, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. You’ll own the "big picture" for your subsystem, facilitating seamless interdepartmental communication to ensure your hardware, code, or engines integrate perfectly with the rest of the vehicle. While you’ll still dive deep into the technical weeds and contribute to the build, your true legacy is the growth of your team and the flawless execution of their collective work. If you have the technical grit to engineer and the vision to lead, this is your position.

Be the face and the force behind the mission. As Team Manager, you are the ultimate facilitator, ensuring every sub-team is synchronized and every member is empowered to hit their milestones. You handle the high-stakes "external affairs," leading negotiations for major contracts and representing the team to industry titans and space agencies. Your leadership turns a group of talented individuals into a cohesive, high-performance machine.

Bridge the gap between the lab and the world. You are the architect of our public identity and the guardian of our financial lifelines. By overseeing both global branding and high-level corporate sponsorships, you ensure that our engineering breakthroughs are funded, recognized, and celebrated. Your goal is simple but massive: make sure the world knows our name and that we have the resources to keep building bigger, faster, and better.

Manage the "fuel" that makes the engines roar: capital. In this role, you aren't just crunching numbers; you’re conducting fiscal mission control. You allocate budgets across high-tech sub-teams like Propulsion and Avionics, monitor "burn rates" to ensure project longevity, and manage the complex transactions that make sure our engineers get the necessary components.. You are the backbone of our operational viability. If you want to learn what it is like to run the finances of a small business, this is a perfect position for you.

Be the bridge of our dual-campus mission. As the primary link between VU Amsterdam and UT Twente, you are the pulse of the VU team. You’ll lead local syncs, drive team culture, and coordinate events at VU. By mastering cross-site communication and managing the logistics that keep our distributed team moving as one, you ensure distance never slows our launch sequence. If you’re a natural connector who can turn two locations into one unstoppable force, this is your command post.