Solar Energy Management Engineer

Subsystem Summary:

Aeronautics decided to design & build a solar-powered electric UAV, to maintain leading innovative UAV development. The new members of this particular sub-team will mainly deal with solar panels and energy management. They will cooperate with the rest of the sub-team’s (Aerodynamics, Structural, Avionics) topics of interest.

This is a crucial “collaboration” since the main objective will be, as detailed below:

Position Description:

• Solar panel selection, in order to collect the required solar energy
• Solar panel constructive feasibility
• Energy calculation and distribution so as to supply all electronic subsystems during flight
• Battery selection and application
• Solar panel simulation using electronics software

Preferred Skills:

• Renewable Energy Resources, Solar Energy
• Familiarity with computational frameworks (MATLAB/Python/Octave)
• Electronics and Electrical Circuits
• Familiarity working with microcontrollers, microprocessors, and peripherals
• Problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Eagerness and enthusiasm