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Electrical

Power, radio, and the boards that carry both.

Electrical designs the boards and the RF chains. That covers power generation and distribution on a spacecraft, the antenna and amplifier chain on a ground station, and the custom PCBs that do jobs no off-the-shelf part does.

It is one of the fastest places on the team to go from knowing nothing to owning something real. Several of our current module leads had never laid out a board before joining.

What we're working on

  • SCALAR's electrical power system and embedded magnetorquer PCBs
  • GS-2's antenna, amplifier, and transmit and receive chain
  • AIRIS's motor drive electronics and power distribution

What you'll pick up

  • Schematic capture and PCB layout
  • RF design, antenna simulation, and tuning
  • Power systems, grounding, and surge protection
  • Bench testing with real instruments

Interested in Electrical?

You do not need prior experience. Applications open at the start of each semester, and we take people from every school and year.

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