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Lead Team
Do you want to be a major driving force in the development of a new, promising mode of transportation? As one of the two team captains for KTH Hyperloop, this is the perfect opportunity to do so.
During the scope of the autumn, you will work together with your predecessor, succesively learning about the project, the technology and all of the duties associated with your position. When overtaking the position, you will also collaborate closely with the other Team Captain, whose share of the responsibilities will focus less on the technical aspects of the project. The duties for the Team Captain positions are as follows, and will be split between the two Team Captains:
The team captains’ functions exist to both ensure progress and goal completion of the project by being responsible of the project plan and the leadership of the Lead Team of KTH Hyperloop. This includes everything from initial planning to Gantt chart follow up and continuously taking progression updates from sub teams and the insurance of timely decision-making.
They are also main responsible for structuring the upcoming stages of the project. This includes ensuring the workflow of the different sub teams is proceeding as planned and having the final decision regarding changes in the general Gantt chart. Excluding the planning of the present project iteration, the team captains will, after discussions with mainly the lead engineer, also decide which changes are ought to be implemented in the next project iteration.
Importantly, the team captains have to work towards each member of the team having a common goal. The Team Captains are also responsible for the general wellbeing of the team, working to make the project as developing and fun for the members as possible. This includes motivating the team throughout the duration of the project, making sure that activities such as team-building and after-work events happen on a regular basis and that the general team spirit is high.
The organization of recruitment periods is also part of the team captains’ responsibilities. Mainly, this refers to preparing application and interview forms on the online platform Podio, creating an interview booking system which includes the contacting of all candidates, from interview to acceptance or rejection, and make sure that the marketing function is informed about marketing requirements on time for the recruitment.
Keeping and developing the contact with the team supervisors is also the responsibility of the team captains. This is maintained in order to ensure that the supervisors are as involved as possible and the team receives technical support when needed. Furthermore, the team captains make sure that the ITRL lab is used optimally, meaning that the inventory and the rooms are in order, but also that all relevant information regarding the building is received and forwarded to the team members.
When new competitions and larger events are announced, it is the team captains responsibility to keep contact with the hosts, handle the general administration and inform the team on rules and updates. As implied by the former stated responsibilities, the team captains make the final decision on how the long-term workflow towards the competition should be organized, not to mention whether the team should apply for a competition.
Finally, the team captains propose and oversee the budget, while keeping track of the cash flows connected to it.
Electronics Team
We are looking for someone who can help us with the wireless Communication of the Pod for remote control. As we are designing and manufacturing a driverless hyperloop pod, it is important to develop the wireless Communication which is robust and effective. You will continue where we left last season, with the aim of having the entire wireless system finalised and integrated in the physical by the end of this school year.
- It is meritorious if you have prior experience with electronic comnunication, both with regard to designing and testing a communication system.
- Furthermore, knowledge in control theory, in particular embedded control systems, is valued.
- We expect you to devote at least 10 hours per week.
- Last, but not least, we want students with a passion to work with us to build the fastest and safest pod ever in Scandinavia.
Are you a control engineering student or interested in control systems? Do you want to get hands-on experience on control and testing of electric machines? As a control member of KTH Hyperloop, you will be responsible for the design, modelling and simulation of the entire control loop for the pod drive, including our uniquely designed Linear Induction Motor (LIM).
This demands a good knowledge in or great eagerness to learn more about control theory, electric machines, and power electronics. Knowledge in Auto Box dSPACE and Arduino boards is also meritorious.
Your duties will include:
- Continue the development of the control loop for the LIM in Simulink and decide how to incorporate this control in the drive.
- Design the control algorithm for the Pulse Width Modulation used in the three phase inverter system.
- Prepare and perform tests on the control system with the LIM prototype in our test rig. This is done in collaboration with other members from both the propulsion team and the electronics team.
- Possibly support the other electronics members in the development of the high-level control scheme, including the simple control of the pneumatic system and the control of the rotary motor.
If you want to contribute to a more sustainable future and be a part of the fifth mode of transportation, don’t hesitate to apply for the KTH Hyperloop team.
Are you an embedded systems student or interested in embedded software? Do you want to get hands-on experience in this field? As a software member of KTH Hyperloop you will be developing the software needed for the pod, such as the use and implementation of different communication-protocols such as CAN and SPI, in order to read and control the state of the pod. The work is quite versatile, ranging from designing kalman-filters for precision readings, to designing PCB's and hardware electronics.
Skills you get to develop in this position:
- Knowledge in electronics such as EMI, PCB-design and microcontrollers
- Knowledge in programming, such as C, python, etc...
- Knowledge in Matlab and Simulink
- Choice and testing of sensors and the wireless communication system.
- Ability to think outside the box, and apply you engineering skills to solve problems.
If you want to contribute to a more sustainable future and be a part of the fifth mode of transportation, don’t hesitate to apply for the KTH Hyperloop team.
Propulsion & Magnetics Team
Are you an Electrical Engineer or interested in Electrical Engineering? Do you want to get hands-on experience on Powertrain design, manufacturing and testing? Be a part of the Propulsion team and get ready to get your hands dirty.
We are now looking for enthusiastic students, who are willing to devote a full academic year, to take the next step in building a Hyperloop vehicle. Become part of the team and get a once in a life time opportunity work on the fastest, most talked about mode of modern transportation. You will get the opportunity to work and innovate on challenging topics like designing a motor, the power systems of the pod and also integrate the propulsion system with our pod.
During this period, you get to work with a multidisciplinary team of motivated students. You get the opportunity to apply the knowledge you gained during your studies or discover something completely new. You get the feel of how it is to work in a challenging project environment. During the foreseeable future, we require students in two different applications:
R&D: For students with knowledge in electric motors, we have designed a Linear Induction Motor and now it is time to optimise these design to make it reality or design an entirely new propulsion system. If the results of the design are promising enough, it will be basis for the motor design in one of our pod iterations and the results can be published in a report. The knowledge derived from the publication will also act as a basis for future reserach on linear propulsion. COMSOL as well as MatLab and Simulink will be frequently used during this work, hence why experience in these softwares is meritorious.
Pod integration, assembly and testing: In the meantime, a simpler propulsion system will be used for our first manufactured pod. For this system to be verified, we need students with a genuine interest in powertrain systems to test the chosen propulsion system, as well as optimise how it will be utilised and integrated in the pod for maximum speed. This role will include more practical work, but also a fair share of analysis. However, it is not as theoretically dense, and as long as you are prepared to learn the ropes by devoting a lot of your time and energy to the project, you are welcome to apply.
Please mention which of the positions you prefer in the application.
Concept & Scalability Team
As a fully functioning hyperloop system comes closer to reality, it is increasingly important to consider how this innovation would merge into the real world. Therefore, we are looking for students to join our Concept & Scalability subteam with the aim of showcasing a concept for the swedish hyperloop network.
The following roles are open for application:
City planning: Do you have knowledge in urban development as well as urban and community planning in general? In that case, this is your chance to bring your vision of how hyperloop should be incorporated in the Swedish cities to life. You will analyse where a potential hyperloop station could be built in Stockholm, and analyse the societal consequences of this.
Cost/benefit analysis: For students who are interested in putting your economics skills to practice, this is the perfect role. We need people who are willing to set up an economic analysis of how profitable a possible hyperloop network in Sweden would be, both for the entrepreneurs and society at large.
Environmental systems analysis: One of the main advantages of the hyperloop technology is its potentially low environmental footprint, compared to other means of transportation. However, this potential needs to be scrutinised, in order to see which positive and negative impacts a swedish hyperloop system would have on the planet. We are looking for students to do a thorough environmental analysis on this concept. If you have knowledge and are interested in LCA, Environmental Impact Assessment or any other similar tools, this is the role for you.
Architecture: How will the hyperloop tracks and stations of Sweden look like? Should they be underground or on land, with a feeling of futurism or familiarity? To what extent should the focus lie on aesthetics and functionality respectively? As an architect in this sub-team you will adress these and similar questions regarding the architecture of the infrastructure revolving hyperloop in Sweden. The end product will consist of the interior and exterior design of a hyperloop station, as well as the design of the tubes going to and from the station. With the expertise of our technical members and the knowledge of the other members of this subteam, you will be responsible of designing and visualising this infrastructure.
Interior design: A vehicle is nothing without its travellers. In turn, they require a well thought out passenger experience, from the moment they enter the hyperloop pod to when they reach their final destination. The members in this position will decide exactly how this experience should turn out. For this role, you should be comfortable in CAD modelling and product development, from the first idea to the final concept.
Material engineer:
Geologists: As with any other tranportation system, it is no easy task to determine how to connect to destinations in the most efficient way possible. A compromise needs to be made between the straightest possible route and the easiest track construction. Furthermore, the foundation is essential to consider when choosing where to place the hyperloop stations. For this analysis to be thorough enough, we need students with knowledge in (preferably applied) geology. If you are up to the task, you will become an important asset to make our concept even more solid.
Let us know in the application form which of the positions you would like to apply for.
Marketing Team
Interested in exploring your creative side? Want to learn more about designing, building, and maintaining websites? Joining a fun and creative team? Then you have come to the right place!
We are looking for someone who wants to keep updating our website, making sure that it stays updated with the latest news within the team. This position, therefore, includes working together with the other members on marketing our team on social media, on campus, and through external events.
Requirements:
- Familiar with basic web development in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and eager to learn more
- Meritorious: Proof of web development knowledge through taken courses or personal projects
Your responsibilities would be to:
- Continuously identifying relevant creative content for our website
- Together with the whole marketing team be rebranding and designing our KTH Hyperloop Identity, as well as ensuring that the website adheres to the designed identity.
- Updating the website with the latest and greatest within the KTH Hyperloop team
KTH Hyperloop provides you with:
- A platform for you to display your skills in website development marketing to various suitors. Use KTH Hyperloop as your canvas to show off your talents.
- The opportunity to develop your skills in website development, as well as work with a team of experts in marketing. It's the perfect first step in learning about front-end development, which is a highly rewarding career path to get in on.
- A great way to network and build strong connections with 50+ other passionate members of KTH Hyperloop, all students at KTH, through regular meet-ups, events, and team-building activities.
- A chance to be a part of a revolution. Our Hyperloop idea is really close to becoming a finished concept, and we are giving you the tools to display all our milestones along the way for the whole world to see.
We look forward to hearing from you to take our website to the next level!
Interested in exploring something new and different? developing new creative skills? Joining a fun and creative team?
We are looking for a passionate individual to give KTH Hyperloop a strong presence on social media, and an identity that helps people recognize our organization. This position includes working closely together with the marketing team on social media, on campus, and through external events. You will also work closely with our existing sponsor contacts with the Sales & Purchasing team.
The main responsibilities you would have are:
- Continuously identifying relevant content for our social media
- Keeping our social media accounts updated
- Rebranding our KTH Hyperloop Identity
KTH Hyperloop provides you with:
- A platform for you to display your skills in social media marketing to various suitors. Use KTH Hyperloop as your canvas to show off your talents.
- The opportunity to develop your skills in social media marketing, as well as work with a team of experts in marketing.
- A great way to network and build strong connections with 50+ other passionate members of KTH Hyperloop, all students at KTH, through regular meet-ups, events, and team-building activities.
- A chance to be a part of a revolution. Our Hyperloop idea is really close to becoming a finished concept, and we are giving you the tools to display all our milestones along the way for the whole world to see.
We are looking for someone who is able to use their creativity and organizational skills to refresh our identity through social media accounts and external events.
Do you want the opportunity to explore and get a deeper understanding of our technology? Want to spread awareness of the Hyperloop concept, the future of sustainable transportation, and most importantly, show off our very own Hyperloop physical concept? You have come to the right place!
No prior experience is required however, relevant experience and competencies are beneficial.
Interested in exploring your creative side? Joining a fun and creative team? You have come to the right place!
This position includes working together with the other members on marketing our team on social media, on campus, and through external events. You will also work closely with our existing sponsor contacts and the Sales and Purchasing team.
The main responsibilities you would have are:
KTH Hyperloop provides you with:
We are looking for someone who is able to use their creativity, design, and organizational skills to refresh our identity through social media accounts, our website, and external events. Someone who is excited to learn about our technology and spread interest in our team and the Hyperloop concept overall.
Interested in exploring your creative side? Joining a fun and creative team? You have come to the right place!
This position includes working closely together with the whole marketing team. You will be in the middle of all important events in our team, gathering and creating informative and entertaining video materials.
The main responsibilities you would have are:
- Continuously identifying relevant and trending creative content for our social media
- Filming and collecting video content for future advertisements
- Editing and creating video content for media platforms
- Identify new ways to improve KTH Hyperloop's marketing strategies through video content, for example through YouTube or TikTok.
KTH Hyperloop provides you with:
- A platform for you to show your skills in editing to various suitors. Use KTH Hyperloop as your canvas to show off your talents.
- The opportunity to develop your skills in video editing, as well as work with a team of experts in marketing.
- A great way to network and build strong connections with 50+ other passionate members of KTH Hyperloop, all students at KTH, through regular meet-ups, events, and team-building activities.
- A chance to be a part of a revolution. Our Hyperloop idea is really close to becoming a finished concept, and we are giving you the tools to display all our milestones along the way for the whole world to see.
We are looking for someone who is able to use their creativity and organizational skills to refresh our identity through social media accounts and external events.
Do you want the opportunity to explore and get a deeper understanding of our technology? Want to spread awareness of the Hyperloop concept and the future of sustainable transportation? You have come to the right place!
No prior experience is required however, relevant experience and competencies is beneficial.
Love reading and writing, as well as having an eye for design and layout? Are you interested in exploring a new skill? Joining a fun and creative team? Become the newest Magazine editor at KTH Hyperloop!
In this role, you will be continuing the work on our magazine "The Royal Loop" that gathers updates from the KTH Hyperloop team, as well as the general development of this revolutionary technology around the world. With all this, you will, together with all the members of the marketing team, be designing the latest magazine issues of our magazine, ensuring that every published issue is of exquisite quality in terms of written and visual content.
We are looking for someone with these skills or skills of an equivalent level:
- Overall knowledge in the following programs are preferable (in order of preference)
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- (Corresponding versions of other programs should work as well, such as Affinity)
- Being aware of essential elements of printed graphic design, such as layout, fonts, colors, and reading experience
- Being able to communicate in text, english, formal as well as informal
KTH Hyperloop provides you with:
- A platform for you to display your skills in magazine editing to various suitors. Use KTH Hyperloop as your canvas to show off your talents.
- The opportunity to develop your skills in editing, as well as work with a team of experts in marketing.
- A great way to network and build strong connections with 50+ other passionate members of KTH Hyperloop, all students at KTH, through regular meet-ups, events, and team-building activities.
- A chance to be a part of a revolution. Our Hyperloop idea is really close to becoming a finished concept, and we are giving you the tools to display all our milestones along the way for the whole world to see.
We are looking for someone who is excited to learn about our technology and spread the interest in our team and the Hyperloop concept overall. Someone who is able to use their creativity, designing and organisational skills to refresh our identity.
No prior experience required however, relevant experience and competences is beneficial.
Do you enjoy all the different sorts of marketing, but don't want to only be working on one thing? Perhaps you want improvements on our website one week, then work on a social media trend the other? Then you've picked the right position! As a general marketing member, you will get to learn from experts in their respective fields of marketing, and work together with them on the platform of your interest, including:
The main responsibilities you would have are:
KTH Hyperloop provides you with:
If you, at a later stage, feel like you have found the area that you are burning for, it will also be possible for you to delve deeper into that subject and take on a more specialized role.
This is the chance to help grow our marketing platform at KTH Hyperloop, for you to develop new skills that will help you in your further career, and a great opportunity to help revolutionize mass transportation. We look forward to hearing from you!
Sales & Purchasing Team
Are you interested in seeing the world from a business perspective while coordinating a group of engineering students into developing communications skills, close relationships with companies and meeting the team's targets? Do you want to become part of the next generation of transportation, whilst getting to know and collaborating with more than 50 other like-minded students?
If yes, now is your chance to make it reality! We are currently recruiting a Sales and Purchase Lead who would ensure that the procurement of all components is finalised efficiently by working closely with the technical teams and motivating all the sub-team members.
As the Sales and Purchase lead you would be responsible of setting up a timeline together with the other sub-team leads which would result in the finalisation of the procurement of all components, keeping track of your team's progress, distributing tasks among you and the other sub team members and motivating the team members.
Ensuring thorough communication within the sub team as well as with the other sub teams and the team captains is also of high priority.
We are looking for someone who’s diligent on the tasks at hand; able to meet deadlines; good at cooperating/communicating and showing leadership skills; and showing respect and good manners to every single person encountered in the team; someone who’s looking for some fun and likes to spread positive vibes!
Mandatory requirements:
- Currently registered as a student at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Open for participating in the project during this school year
Meritorious skills and experiences:
- Experience in conducting presentations and networking
- Experience in managing or being part of a student project
- Knowledge of and/or experience in legalities involving contracts
Interested in exploring something new? Developing your communication skills? Joining a fun and creative team?
As a sales and purchasing member you will be responsible of:
- Identifying and contacting relevant companies for potential sponsorships
- Work closely with the technical teams to be able to procure necessary parts for the pod
- Keep close relationships with current sponsors
- Providing presentations for partners/potential partners
- Be a part of improving our business strategy
- The legalities involving contracts
- Following up on the Business Loop
No prior experience is required. However, relevant experience and competences is beneficial. All you need going into this is a good attitude and a driven personality!
What is the Business Loop? It is a time-lined process of our sponsorship process. From contact to contract and follow up!
We are looking for someone who’s diligent on the tasks at hand; able to meet deadlines; good at teamwork; and showing respect and good manners to every single person encountered in the team; someone who’s looking for some fun! This is especially important as we work with all the other sub teams as well as represent KTH Hyperloop when speaking to companies.
What are you waiting for? Apply today!
Do you love managing resources? Do you have a natural tendency for planning? Does organising international shipments excite you? Then this is the perfect job for an aspiring manager like you!
KTH Hyperloop is looking for a candidate to manage the following domains:
- Logistics sponsors and international shipments for the final competition in the Netherlands;
- Team assets benchmarking, planning and tracking;
- Cost analysis and accounting
- Providing presentations for partners/potential partners
- Document Management
This position will offer you an opportunity to refine your management skills on a real project and get in touch with companies. As a Resource & Logistics Manager you will be part of the Business & Marketing team.
Previous experience with project management tools and sponsors relations is considered an asset!
Contact us
Wondering how fast our pod will go? Or you want to know more about a specific position you're interested in? Whatever's on your mind, we would love to hear from you!
Location:
KTH Hyperloop, ITRL, Drottning Kristinas väg 40, 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden
Email:
hyperloop@kth.se
Call:
+46 70 210 59 52