OPEN OPPORTUNITIES
Help get OirthirSAT to Space!
Deadline of Friday 20th October
OirthirSAT is comprised of an interdisciplinary team and is looking for additional students to join and help to integrate our 3U nanosatellite. Roles will begin with an initial onboarding period where you will shadow and assist current team members before taking over the role.
We require students based at the University of Glasgow in third, fourth, fifth years or mid-PhD. This means that you must be enrolled at the University of Glasgow for the 2023/24 academic year. E.g. currently in 4th year of a 5-year MEng/MSc/MA, 3rd year of a 4-year BEng/BSc/BA, or midway through a PhD. This is to ensure the continuity of the team through a compressed timeline. If you are interested in joining the team then click the button below and fill out the brief form!
October, 2023
AIT ENGINEER
OirthirSAT AIT Engineers are responsible for the integration of the major subsystem components and completion of the test plan to verify that the platform meets the system requirements. The successful candidate will assist with developing test plans for components. Experience with hardware and electrical test equipment is beneficial.
October, 2023
SOCIAL MEDIA AND BRANDING MANAGER
OirthirSAT is looking for a Social Media and Branding manager to help expand the reach of the OirthirSAT network. Duties will involve posting updates, relevant articles, and news on social media accounts and the website. The successful applicant will also take the lead in designing merchandise and promotional content and help share knowledge and data produced by the programme.
October, 2023
COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER
OirthirSAT are looking for a student to train in the role of a Communications Engineer to assist with the ground station operations and communications subsystem. The successful applicant will work with Bright Ascension Mission Control Software to ensure the team are able to operate the nanosatellite during oepration.
October, 2023
PROJECT MANAGER
OirthirSAT are looking for a Project Manager to assist the Programme Engineering Manager in tracking costs, project deliverables and team tasks. Accepted candidate will need to be able to self-manage their time, interact with suppliers, supervisors and team members. Experience with MS Excel and MS Teams required.
October, 2023
GENERAL APPLICATION
OirthirSAT is looking for enthusiastic individuals that are able to bring energy and motivation to the project. If you feel that you would be able to learn, develop and contribute to the mission but are not sure about what role you would like then apply to the following general position.
PROPOSAL
The OirthirSAT mission ('or-hear' being Scottish Gaelic for 'coast') aims to provide rapid and simplistic measures of coastal change, arming decision-makers with the best tools to identify and support vulnerable coastal communities.
ONBOARD PROCESSING OF COASTAL IMAGES
OirthirSAT will automatically process EO images captured and extract shoreline boundaries onboard, to rapidly provide coastal researchers access to processed, and standardised datasets for coastal change/flood monitoring
and modelling.
VEGETATION BOUNDARY EXTRACTION
Different types of vegetation will help the onboard processing capability to extract edge data from the images captured by the Multispectral Imager.
DRAGSAIL DEMONSTRATOR
OirthirSAT features a novel Dragsail design to deorbit the CubeSat after the mission duration, making it a sustainable mission by minimising Space Debris.
MEET THE OIRTHIRSAT TEAM
FORMER TEAM MEMBERS
IGNACIO SERRANO MARTIN-SACRISTÁN
Business, Licensing & Insurance Lead
NATALIA IBAGÓN SÁNCHEZ
Embedded Systems Engineer
CONTACT US
Thank you for your interest in OirthirSAT! Get in touch with us for any questions or comments regarding our proposal!
James Watt South Building
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
