Rocketry– Competition Team – Team Lead

What do we do?

The competition team at ARIS has the goal to advance the association’s knowledge in building and operating sounding rockets by launching one each year at the European Rocketry Challenge (EuRoC). In this team, you’ll learn all the basics of rocketry as you go through the industry standard design process as done ’ll plan and conduct tests of individual components, integrate them into the system and train procedures to finally be ready for launch day.

You will contribute to and iterate on the bi-liquid sounding rocket that is currently in development, and will launch for the first time in October at EuRoC’26.

Check out the current rocket in development – ASTERIA!

As a Team Lead, you will have direct responsibility for a group of engineers focused on a particular section of the system. You are expected to make decisions autonomously and dependably. Furthermore, you hold the authority over the technical choices within your team, making this a challenging position that demands not only greater experience but also a higher level of dedication to the project.

• Managing people in your group to develop an entire subsystem
• Ensuring that timelines are kept
• Communicating issues efficiently so that other subteams can continue working efficiently
• Ensuring that your team members contribute to the project and are working in an environment that rewards them for hard work

• Studying in 2nd Bachelor year or higher – Regardless of University
• You work well in a fast paced environment and are a quick learner
• You have a strong sense of responsibility for your system and your tasks
• You have a proactive mindset and are willing to learn from your mistakes
• You have a great team spirit and are committed to participate in weekly team meetings
• You’re motivated, eager to learn and prepared to fail and get back up

Please note that you don’t need to be an expert, but you need to be willing to become one!

• Gain practical project experience in a professional engineering environment.
• Apply what you learned in the classroom by working hands‑on on real world problems.
• Make contacts and grow your network with sponsors from academia and industry.
• Join a large community of space enthusiasts and build long lasting friendships.
• Participate in community events.

Project start:
September 2026
Project end:
November 2027
Workload: ●●●○○ 18-30h/week, varying
Stress Level: ●●●○○ Medium

Please note that this is an unpaid position. As we are a student project, we do not offer any paid employment.

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