Team Captain

The team captain holds the final responsibility of the team. Your job is to watch the short-term and long-term strategy of the team. You ensure a collaborative and effective working environment and lead the team towards its final goal. You represent Delft Hyperloop for external parties such as the press and during presentations.

Requirements

• People management skills
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Presentation skills
• Ability to perform in high pressure conditions

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Project Manager

The project manager oversees the allocation of resources in the team. This means you are responsible for the planning and finances of the project. You also play a critical role in identifying and mitigating potential risks to the project, ensuring that we achieve our goals within the year and within budget.

Requirements

• Organized
• Strong planning skills
• Ability to perform in high pressure conditions

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Chief Engineer

The chief engineer oversees and manages all technical aspects of the project. You ensure all subsystems are integrated well, so the team can eventually show a successful demonstration at the European Hyperloop Week.

Requirements

• Strong basic technical knowledge (backgrounds including but not limited to EE, AE, AP, ME)
• Quick learning ability
• Broad interest in technical disciplines
• Ability to perform in high pressure conditions

Lead Business & Operations

The lead business oversees the business department, managing resources to maximize collaboration potential. You are responsible for the alignment across the business functions and the quality and organization of the department. Next to that, you are also responsible for the team's operations, including the logistics of transporting the hyperloop system to the European Hyperloop Week.

Requirements

• Readiness to take on responsibility for your department
• Communication skills
• Solution oriented mindset
• Creative and flexible mindset
• Interest in logistics

Partnerships Manager

As partnerships manager you play an important role in maintaining relationships with both existing and prospective partners of Delft Hyperloop. Your goal is to acquire new partnerships and successfully secure financial resources and valuable assets to ensure the team can realize the construction of a functional pod.

Requirements

• Social skills
• Communication skills
• Presentation skills

Public Relations Manager

As public relations manager you are responsible for press management, internal and external event coordination, team exposure and communication with external interested parties.

Requirements

• Social skills
• Creative mindset
• Communication skills
• Presentation skills

Design Engineer

As a Design Engineer, you play a crucial role in translating complex Hyperloop technology into clear and engaging visual representations. Your primary responsibility is to create informative and aesthetically appealing visualizations that effectively communicate intricate engineering concepts. Next to these visualization responsibilities, the design engineers also undertake their own independent design project with the purpose of exploring new aspects of the Hyperloop concept.

Requirements

• Strong Visualization & Storytelling Skills
• Creative & Aesthetic Sense
• Innovative & Proactive

Lead Scalability

As the lead scalability you are responsible for our research department. Besides also working on either the technical or socio-economic paper you manage the planning, steering and wellbeing of the department.

Requirements

• Readiness to take on responsibility for your department
• Communication skills
• Solution oriented mindset
• Have an interest in research (both technical & socio-economic)

Full-scale Engineer - socio-economic

As a full-scale engineer you will become a person that knows everything about hyperloop implementation. Together with the rest of the department you choose a research topic that you will ultimately present at the European Hyperloop Week. With this research you tackle challenges that are faced when implementing a full-scale hyperloop system in the future.

Requirements

• Have an interest in research
• Analytical & problem-solving skills

Full-scale Engineer - technical

As a technical full-scale engineer, you will research the technical problems within hyperloop technology. Together with the rest of your department, you will contribute to advancing hyperloop towards a complete system. With your research you tackle challenges that are faced when implementing a full-scale hyperloop system in the future.

Requirements

• Technical background
• Have an interest in research
• Analytical & problem-solving skills

Lead Mechanical

As lead mechanical you are responsible for the mechanical department. Together with the mechanical engineers you will oversee designing and producing the different mechanical subsystems. As a lead, you are also responsible for the planning, finances, steering and wellbeing of the department. You are the link between management and your department and make sure that the integration with the other departments goes well. Besides this you are also the bridge between a large amount of partners and the team, making sure all materials are delivered on time.

Requirements

• Readiness to take on responsibility for your department
• Communication skills
• Solution oriented mindset
• Strong mechanical engineering knowledge
• Interest in practical designing

Mechanical Engineer

As a mechanical engineer you are responsible for the critical components of a hyperloop pod. The six main tasks of the mechanical department are building the chassis, the emergency braking system, the vacuumbox, the track, the podcart and the aeroshell. Together with the rest of your department you make sure all subsystems of the hyperloop pod are integrated well.

Requirements

• Basic mechanical engineering knowledge
• Good problem-solving skills
• Interest in practical designing and production

Lead Propulsion

The lead propulsion is the leader of the propulsion department. Together with the propulsion magnets & control engineers you will be responsible for the design, production and testing of the Hyperloop motor. As a lead, you are also responsible for the planning, finances, steering and wellbeing of the department. You are the link between management and your department and make sure that the integration with the other departments goes well.

Requirements

• Readiness to take on responsibility for your department
• Communication skills
• Solution oriented mindset
• Technical background (varying study backgrounds apply including but not limited to AE, AP, ME, EE)
• Interest in practical designing

Magnets Engineer

As a magnets engineer you work on the configuration of the magnetic motor. You will design, simulate and optimize to achieve a motor that is both efficient, fast and scalable.

Requirements

• Technical background (broad variety of study backgrounds apply)
• Excited to learn new concepts
• Interest in design and simulation

Control Engineer

As a control engineer, you work on the algorithms that control the motor. By writing and optimizing this custom algorithm you ensure that our pod moves forward in a stable way.

Requirements

• Technical background (broad variety of study backgrounds apply)
• Basic programming skills
• Interest in control systems

Lead Levitation

The lead levitation is the leader of the levitation department. Together with the levitation magnets, mechanical & control engineers you will be responsible for the design, production and testing of the levitation modules, as well as the safety wheels. As a lead, you are also responsible for the planning, steering and wellbeing of the department.

Requirements

• Readiness to take on responsibility for your department
• Communication skills
• Solution oriented mindset
• Technical background (varying study backgrounds apply including but not limited to AE, AP, ME, EE)

Magnets Engineer

As the levitation magnets engineer, you will design, simulate and produce the levitation modules for the Hyperloop system. You will work closely with the control engineers, as well as the rest of the team to design a system which meets all the requirements set for the pod. You will also design and produce the safety suspension system, which complements the levitation system.

Requirements

• Technical background (broad variety of study backgrounds apply)
• Excited to learn new concepts
• Interest in design and simulation

Control Engineer

As a levitation control engineer, you will design, simulate and test the control system for the magnetic levitation of the pod. You will create an intricate design involving hardware and software, and optimize this to ensure the most stable levitation possible.

Requirements

• Technical background (broad variety of study backgrounds apply)
• Basic programming skills
• Interest in control systems

Lead powertrain

The lead powertrain is the leader of the powertrain department. Together with the other electrical engineers you will be responsible for the power distribution of the hyperloop pod. As a lead, you are also responsible for the planning, finances, steering and wellbeing of the department. You are the link between management and your department and make sure that the integration with the other departments goes well.

Requirements

• Readiness to take on responsibility for your department
• Communication skills
• Solution oriented mindset
• Strong electrical engineering- or embedded systems knowledge

Electrical Engineer

As an Electrical Engineer in the Powertrain department, you design the hardware and software that is responsible for the distribution of power to every subsystem that requires power. Together with your department you can choose which aspects you will focus on. This can be hardware engineering and PCB design or embedded programming, or a combination of hardware and software.

Requirements

• Electrical Engineering knowledge
• Embedded systems knowledge
• Excited to learn new concepts

Lead sense & control

As the lead of the sense & control department you are together with the hardware & software engineers responsible for the sensors and control of the pod. You work on the integration of the control systems with other departments.

Requirements

• Readiness to take on responsibility for your department
• Communication skills
• Solution oriented mindset
• Strong technical background (varying study backgrounds apply including but not limited to CSC, AE, AP, EE)

Hardware Engineer

As a hardware engineer you will be responsible for designing the PCB's and testing the hardware that controls the pod. Also, you select the sensor and ensure that the important data is available for everyone.

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of PCB design
• Basic knowledge of electronics
• Excited to learn new concepts

Software Engineer

As a software engineer you write software that combines all subsystems. You are responsible for the communication between all subsystems and the ground station.

Requirements

• Basic to strong programming skills (varying study backgrounds apply including current 1^st year CSC students)
• Interest in embedded systems