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Project Manager
The project manager is the leader of the whole organization. His or her work will evolve around planning for the entire year and facilitating for the different groups. He or she must provide close follow-up to the other board members.
A project manager is also the face of the organization to and must work to broaden Propulse’s network. Last but not least, one should have a vision for the organization's future, and take the necessary actions to bring it there.
Deputy Project Manager
The deputy project manager is the project manager’s right hand. It is his or her responsibility to assist on the tasks mentioned above.Traditionally the deputy project manager has been responsible for both small and large administrative challenges, such as making the necessary arrangements for traveling and participating at SA Cup, booking rooms and venues and arranging events. The deputy project leader will temporarily take over as project manager if necessary.
In addition to this, the deputy project manager can be the treasurer of the organization. This involves accounting, making a budget proposal, and overseeing all financial aspects in the organization. However, the deputy project manager doesn’t have to be the treasurer. You can apply to be either one or both.
BM Lead
What makes a rocket fly? - Funding!
The business and marketing (B&M) team is responsible for representing the organisation to the public and getting sponsor deals. As the B&M lead you will be leading a team and setting up plans and strategies for marketing, contacting sponsors, and cultivating the sponsor deals that are already in place. In addition to this you will head this team into making exciting commercial videos and material as well as manning exciting events from unveiling of the rocket or other space related events.
This way Propulse will have the necessary budget to carry out our most prestigious projects.
Because we are a young student organization and these are exciting times in space history, there is plenty of room for creative marketing and new strategies. This role allows you to make use of both your structured and creative side, with huge networking possibilities outside and within NTNU and our fellow student organizations.
Technical Lead
The technical leader is responsible for the technical aspects of the organisation . His or her main responsibility is to ensure all the different sub groups work together towards making one homogenous rocket. This involves making a technical framework the members shall work within, such as sketching out a progress plan and communicating this clearly, facilitating for close communication between all subgroups, and presenting what requirements must be fulfilled in order for the project to have a high technical level.
He or she is also responsible to oversee documentation, and laying out a plan for how to obtain as high quality on the documentation as possible. The technical leader is the leader for the group leaders of the main project, and will carry out the tasks mentioned above together with them.
Penumbra Lead
The leader of the penumbra project will lead the development of the flight simulator. He or she should have a clear vision of what the project shall amount to, and what steps are necessary to get there. Your main responsibility will be to ensure progress and give close follow-up to both experienced and less experienced members.
The simulator is being built in C++ and Javascript. The leader should therefore have an interest and some experience in programming. As the Penumbra lead, you can appoint a Penumbra Deputy Lead to help you with managerial tasks. The leader shall also contribute to the developement beyond the strictly administrative tasks.
Fields of interest for Penumbra are: Control Theory, Hardware in loop testing, Mechatronics, CFD, Aerodynamics, Meterology, Physics, Dynamics, Statistics, Mathematics, Numerical Methods, Algorithms, Computer Science and Cluster Computing.
Mechanical Lead
His or her main responsibility is to give close follow-up of the mechanical system groups. The leader of the mechanical team will work closely together with the technical leader and the other group leaders in sketching out a plan, ensuring there is good progress in the group, and setting a standard for the technical quality.
He or she will take part in defining the relevant positions and responsibilities required to make the group function at the highest level, and to ensure that the goals are met. He or she is also responsible for production and testing. It is natural that the leader takes part in the development beyond the strictly administrative tasks.
Avionics Lead
The avionics leads main responsibility is to lead a team and facilitate the design, production, and testing of a avionics system fit to control a rocket. You will work close together with the avionics team as well as other group leaders and the technical leader to integrate the systems on all levels from planning to tests to final functionality.
The avionics lead will be part of the team which plans the main project from the summer, be the one to define required positions in the group, follow up on the avionics team to facilitate good work environment in both social and educational ways, and ensure deadlines are both set and fulfilled. Depending on how you wish to fulfill the responsibilities as avionics lead the position can take form of either; a more administrative role, a technical role, or likely some combination of both.
Hybrid Lead
His or her main responsibility is to give close follow-up of the engine system groups. The leader of the engine development group will work closely together with the technical leader and the other group leaders in sketching out a plan, ensuring there is good progress in the group, and setting a standard for the technical quality. He or she will take part in defining the relevant positions and responsibilities required to make the group function at the highest level and to ensure that the goals are met.
As the system leader for the engine group, you will be working with coordinating many different disciplines for development and testing the student-developed hybrid rocket engine for Propulse. The engine is the most challenging and complex system of the rocket, and has aspects of electrical- and mechanical engineering, chemistry, computer science, physics, and material science. The system is generally divided into four subsystems; the oxidizer system, the burn chamber, the filling station and our test, site where we conduct our testing.
The engine group usually consists of 7-12 members., and your job as system leader is to coordinate these members on their dedicated subsystems. This will involve having a good understanding of the system in its entirety and ensure compatibility and cooperation between both the parts and the members. Parts have to fit together, and cooperation is the only way to ensure this. It is of course natural that the leader has a technical responsibility as well in the group and uses his or her expertise.
The hybrid engine will most likely be integrated into the main project for team 2023 and will involve a whole set of new and exciting challenges. The engine is the hearth of the rocket, and you will have to work even closer than previous years with the other groups in the main project to ensure compatibility when developing our first ever completely student-developed rocket.