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On the team, we hope to teach you about the mechanical and electrical design and integration of our subsystems, including the rocker-bogie drivetrain hardware and our 6 DOF robotic arm. If you are interested in robotics and want to learn more about these challenges we need to tackle, feel free to apply! At UWRT, we will give you meaningful projects that will go on our rover, which will develop useful skills and knowledge to bring into your careers.
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Your role as the Hardware Design co-op will involve working with cross-functional sub-teams that include mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software. You will be performing the research and development of printed circuit boards (PCBs), validating circuit designs using simulation software, manufacturing board designs, testing, and doing system-level integration to implement your work with the overall architecture. You will get to define and implement multiple different aspects of the competition rover.
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Selection of electromechanical components
Design requirements specification and documentation
System integration
Firmware testing working with ODrive motor controllers and custom boards
Designing STM32 based controls and communication boards
Designing high power management, monitoring and distribution circuitry
Skills
Required Skills
Strong communication skills; capable of staying in contact with various stakeholders, contributing to technical discussions and asking thoughtful questions.
A drive to learn and contribute; design teams are all about growth and passion, and we want someone serious about achieving something they can be proud of, at UWRT.
Solid example of previous experience in designing and prototyping PCB boards
Basic familiarity or better with Altium Designer
Preferred Skills
Experienced with full development workflow in Altium Designer
Circuits designElectrical architecture development
Wire routing and harnessing
Working with PDM and PLM tools (e.g GitHub, Microsoft suite etc.)
What you will learn:
Electrical circuitry design
Simulation and Testing
Electrical PCB debugging
System architecture design for Robotics
Cross-subteam system integration
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