The Da Vinci Satellite team is recruiting! The different positions within the Core team, the Technical team, the Education team, the Business team and the Public Relations team can be found below. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to send us an email.
Website positions
The Website Team is the driving force behind the online platform that brings the Da Vinci Satellite project to life. This platform is where the satellite, users, businesses, and educational content come together, creating a space that’s not only interactive but also sustainable and long-lasting. It’s your chance to shape a digital experience that’s playful, educational, and easy to use, ensuring everyone can connect with the work DVS is doing.
Website Manager (~8 hours per week)
As the Website Manager, you’ll be the go-to person for keeping the platform running smoothly. Your responsibilities include defining goals and deadlines, keeping the team on track, and ensuring the website meets our vision of being user-friendly, educational, and engaging. You’ll communicate regularly with other teams, such as the education and core teams, to make sure everyone is aligned and working toward the same objectives. You’ll also manage and support the website designers, helping them bring their creative ideas to life while ensuring the platform stays functional and on schedule. You're going to work closely with the website developer to ensure a cohesive vision. Your role is all about leadership, coordination, and making sure the platform delivers a seamless experience for users.
Website Designer (~4 hours per week)
We are looking for a webdesign enthusiast who is familiar with Figma. At the moment we are building our website which will be in direct contact with the Da Vinci Satellite (a unique opportunity) and which should be user-friendly, playful, child-friendly and educational. Your job will be to make sure the user journey is enjoyable and effective. You will get lots of support from the educational department and will work in an interdisciplinary team (from PR to tech). You will be part of the website frontend development process with an external website developer, you can see your design come to life!
Technical positions
The technical team is responsible for designing, building and testing the satellite. The team is divided into different subteams, namely, Payload, Systems, Software, Electrical and Ground Station & Operations.
Ground Station & Operations Engineer (~5 hours per week)
As a GS&Ops engineer , you will learn about satellite communications and ground station operations. You will be designing the data packages containing payload or telemetry data that will be transferred between ground station and the satellite, as well as tools to process the data. In later stages, we will move onto learning how to operate the ground station and create a user-friendly interface that fits our mission needs. Lastly, once the satellite is operational, you will be responsible for communicating with a satellite.
Educational positions
The education team is working hard on developing and testing the educational modules for both primary and secondary schools. These modules are direclty linked to the payload in the satellite.
Primary school (~4 hours per week)
You will be working in a team to develop an educational lesson package. These lessons are partly co-developed with the international primary school and focus on unconventional teaching methods with the aims of bringing space closer to Earth, literally.
High school (~4 hours per week)
You will be working in a team to develop masterclasses for high school students! The masterclass subjects range from, for example, Mars to Interplanetary Travel and aim to contain loads of unconventional educational methods. Expect loads of masterclass trial runs and testing sessions!
Business positions
The Business team focus on both finances as well as communications aspects.
The Communications team has a large range of responsibilities and opportunities to help with. Our team's main objectives involve expanding the project's outreach, as well as maintaining the Da Vinci Satellite corporate identity in order to build a following through recognizable and cohesive media and increasing team visibility towards students and the general public.
The Finance team is focused on getting funding for the project and taking care of the launch contract.
Social Media Strategist (~4 hours per week)
As a Social Media Strategist within the Communications team, you will be responsible for Da Vinci Satellite's social media, both planning and posting content. This notably includes keeping our Instagram and LinkedIn up to date, but also providing updates to our partners and writing blog posts for the website, and anything else you may wish to develop. You will have significant freedom in your function, using your own ideas and interpretation to expand the team's outreach, reaching students, professionals, and the general public.
Event Planner (~4 hours per week)
As an Event Planner within the Communications team, you will be responsible for coordinating events tied to the Da Vinci Satellite project. This includes organising external events involving our stakeholders and internal events for project members, as well as planning the team's participation in third-party events. Your will be working on some previously thought-up events by the current team, but also coming up with your own creative ideas for new events, at any scale!
Finance Team Member (~4 hours per week)
As a member of the Finance team of Da Vinci Satellite, it will be your main responsibility to locate and get in touch with companies and initiatives, willing to collaborate with the team, while sharing the same goals and objectives. These companies can range from small local businesses to multinationals and even national or global funds. Maintaining the financial health of the project requires professionalism, dedication and collaboration. You will be applying these principles in finance and business meetings as well as during our weekly work sessions. Contacting businesses, creating proposals and templates, scheduling prospect meetings, and gaining financial and corporate experience, having fun in the process, are all part of this invaluable work experience!