Rover Team – Manufacturing Lead
QSET rover team is looking to expand its executive team by hiring leads. This expansion will enable general members to contribute to the team in a more meaningful and direct way. This position will run from June 1, 2024 to May 1, 2025.
Description
The Queen's Space Engineering Team (QSET) is a large multi-disciplinary team consisting of students from all engineering disciplines, in addition to the Faculty of Arts and Science. QSET designs a prototype Mars Rover for participation in the University Rover Challenge (for more information please visit urc.marssociety.org/home).
If selected as the Manufacturing Lead, you will work with the rover management team and rover system leads and take on a greater responsibility for the design review, manufacturing (ie, machining, working with manufacturing vendors), and acceptance of mechanical components of the rover. The successful applicant will work closely with the Rover CTO and the technical managers to ensure that parts are feasible to manufacture, and then work as an interface between the designers and QSET members who will be working to manufacture parts in the various University machine shops. To keep updated with the mechanical components of the rover and to be an aid to these projects the Manufacturing Lead must attend the rover system meetings which will occur sequentially on Rover Sunday/Saturday. The rover management team will be at each of these meetings helping both in technical and managerial capacity.
The Queen’s Space Engineering Team encourages applications from women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ2S+ community. If you require accommodations during the interview process, please contact qset@ engsoc.queensu.ca.
Application Due Date: May 10, 2024 at 10 PM
Responsibilities
• Work closely with the Rover CTO, Mechanical Manager, and rover system leads to aid the rover’s overall mechanical design as it pertains to manufacturing.
• Attend rover system meetings and be an aid to mechanical projects which will occur sequentially on Rover Sunday/Saturday.
• Work to become an expert on the various manufacturing methods, and be present with QSET’s machining members in the machine shops, creating high quality and accurate components for the team.
Preferred Qualifications
• Ability to research topics of interest, outside of current understanding, independently.
• Critical thinking and decision making, with a passion for engineering and design.
• Effective communication and time management skills.
• Ability to look at a system as a whole and investigate interdependencies.
• ILC and McLaughlin shop training and experience is an asset
• Some prior knowledge in one or more of the following fields: manufacturing methods, machine design, mechanical drawings, computer aided design (CAD), and material selection. In addition, hands-on knowledge of machining processes and/or prior machining experience is an asset.