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You Should Know

Before Applying, You Should Know

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It costs nothing to try and Its worth taking the chance!

Our members have succesful careers (Ex: SpaceX, Tesla, and many startups).

We grind for sponsorships, raise $150,000, market a real product, and network in BC.

We build globally competing cars from scratch.

Team socials, music, food runs, and competition at Solar creates friends for life

Mentorship significantly accelerates your student growth, offsetting the time commitment.

Team socials, music, food runs, and competition at Solar creates friends for life

Socials, music, food runs, and competition creates friends for life

Zero prior experience is required to join.

Our members have succesful careers (Ex: SpaceX, Tesla, and many startups).

We grind for sponsorships, raise $150,000, market a real product, and network in BC.

Electrical Roles

Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems is looking for passionate, hardworking, and dedicated students going into 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year to join our team. On Embedded, students will get to write the software that makes up the ‘brain’ of our car. This software includes safety critical firmware that enables drive control, custom C drivers that draw our driver display, and high level application software that enables real time race data collection. If you are interested in writing low level software, working with PCBs and microcontrollers, and working in an interdisciplinary team of 80 engineers to create a solar powered race car, you should apply!

Embedded Systems is looking for passionate, hardworking, and dedicated students going into 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year to join our team. On Embedded, students will get to write the software that makes up the ‘brain’ of our car. This software includes safety critical firmware that enables drive control, custom C drivers that draw our driver display, and high level application software that enables real time race data collection. If you are interested in writing low level software, working with PCBs and microcontrollers, and working in an interdisciplinary team of 80 engineers to create a solar powered race car, you should apply!

Simulation and Strategy is seeking curious and analytical students to help develop our physics simulations, data pipelines and race strategy optimization. We leverage data-driven models to maximize the distance driven at the FSGP and ASC competitions.


  • 🏎️ Decide how and when to drive at competition

  • 🔗 Work with many different systems and subteams (e.g. aerodynamics modeling, battery modeling, solar array optimization)

  • 🖥️ Use physics, math and coding to solve open-ended problems


  • 🏎️ Decide how and when to drive at competition

  • 🔗 Work with many different systems and subteams (e.g. aerodynamics modeling, battery modeling, solar array optimization)

  • 🖥️ Use physics, math and coding to solve open-ended problems

Work you will do:

  • Use physics models, data analysis, and analytical and numerical optimization to determine optimal driving patterns

  • Analyze vehicle data to develop and augment analytical models of our battery, arrays, aero, and vehicle dynamics.

  • Build data systems to provide real-time analytics and feedback to the driver and race team at competition using telemetry data streamed from the car.


  • Use physics models, data analysis, and analytical and numerical optimization to determine optimal driving patterns

  • Analyze vehicle data to develop and augment analytical models of our battery, arrays, aero, and vehicle dynamics.

  • Build data systems to provide real-time analytics and feedback to the driver and race team at competition using telemetry data streamed from the car.

Members on simulation come from a diverse range of disciplines, including Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, and Math. Check out our Github repositories to see what we do! [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Members on simulation come from a diverse range of disciplines, including Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, and Math. Check out our Github repositories to see what we do! [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Simulation & Strategy

Power & Signals

In Power and Signals for UBC Solar, we are looking for students going into 1st, 2nd and 3rd year that are passionate and excited to build the next generation of our solar racecar! Power and Signals is responsible for designing the electrical system of the car including custom PCBs, the solar array configuration, and creating the wire harness that integrates the system together. If you are interested in electronics design, excited to gain hands-on experience and work with other driven members, make sure to apply! 

In Power and Signals for UBC Solar, we are looking for students going into 1st, 2nd and 3rd year that are passionate and excited to build the next generation of our solar racecar! Power and Signals is responsible for designing the electrical system of the car including custom PCBs, the solar array configuration, and creating the wire harness that integrates the system together. If you are interested in electronics design, excited to gain hands-on experience and work with other driven members, make sure to apply! 

Battery Management Systems

We are seeking motivated students entering 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year to join our Battery Management Systems (BMS) team this summer.  We are just starting to manufacture our V4 battery pack. You will write firmware all over the pack, execute unit tests for your code, and conduct integration testing with the rest of the BMS, the motor and all electrical teams to integrate the system into the new car. You will learn PCB design, write safety-critical firmware, and gain hands-on skills and experience for everything that goes into assembling a full battery pack!


  • Use physics models, data analysis, and analytical and numerical optimization to determine optimal driving patterns

  • Analyze vehicle data to develop and augment analytical models of our battery, arrays, aero, and vehicle dynamics.

  • Build data systems to provide real-time analytics and feedback to the driver and race team at competition using telemetry data streamed from the car.

Mechanical Roles

It costs nothing to try and Its worth taking the chance.

Battery Mechanical

Battery Mech is looking for engaged and enthusiastic students going into 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year to join us this summer! We engineer the battery pack from the ground up, focusing on the structural, electrical, thermal, and mechanical integration of high-voltage lithium-ion cells. Our team works on everything from composite enclosures and pack mounting systems to cooling architecture, vibration isolation, and high-voltage connections, all while designing to strict performance and safety standards. This summer is an especially exciting time to join, as we move into manufacturing the battery pack for our next-generation solar car, Cascadia. If you’re excited by hands-on engineering, learning new skills, and building real hardware that directly powers the car, Battery Mech is an amazing place to grow and make an impact! 🔋⚡

Vehicle Dynamics

Structures

Structures is looking for curious, driven students going into 2nd or 3rd year to join us this summer! Our team is responsible for designing and building the chassis, roll cage, and other critical structural components of the solar car. This is an especially exciting time to get involved as we move into hands-on manufacturing of both our carbon-fibre monocoque chassis and metal tubular chassis. If you’re interested in developing skills in composite manufacturing, 3D printing, machining, CAD modeling and more, this is a great opportunity to learn and grow, and if you already have experience in these areas, you’ll be able to apply and refine your skills on real, high-impact engineering projects. No matter your experience level, we’re looking for students who are motivated, curious, and ready to contribute, and we’d love to see your application.

Vehicle Dynamics is looking for keen first years who love working with moving parts. After all, without Vehicle Dynamics, there is no moving car. Our team is responsible for most of what moves the car: suspension, steering, and braking. If it moves, it probably belongs to us. This summer is the best time to join Vehicle Dynamics as we begin manufacturing the suspension of our next car. If you are interested in vehicle dynamics, 3D modelling with CAD, structural analysis, and manufacturing, be sure to join us!

Aeroshell is responsible for designing and manufacturing the aerodynamic exterior, including the carbon fiber shell, lights, fairings, and more. We use CAD to surface airfoils and design technical components, CFD to optimize our custom airfoils, and conduct fiberglass layups + carbon fiber wet layups to manufacture the aeroshell. So, if you are hardworking, curious, and dedicated, then Aeroshell is a great fit for you! It’s the perfect time to join Aeroshell, since we start manufacturing the 5 meter by 2 meter carbon fiber aeroshell this June. You will gain invaluable experience making fiberglass molds and doing carbon fiber lay-ups, working with CAD parts and assemblies, and/or improve our CFD methods + airfoil optimization process. Ultimately, we are looking for students going into 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year who are super motivated and ready to contribute to our team.

Aeroshell

Business Roles

Marketing

Marketing is looking for creative and driven students going into their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year to stay with us through the 2027 Summer competition. This Summer, we are manufacturing every single part of our car from the battery to the entire chassis, offering an amazing opportunity for working with a real product. If capturing this progress by designing and editing videos and photos for Youtube, Instagram, LinkedIn, expanding our website with many new pages (Ex: sustainability and our competition), creating reels, and telling the story of an 80+ member team interests you, join us! You will also collaborate closely with Finance and the Executive team to host summer events, ranging from World Cup nights to networking forums like our recent startup incubator event with Althra. 

Finance

Finance is seeking dedicated and motivated students going into their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year to join us through the 2027 Summer competition. Our Finance team drives Solar forward by managing our $150,000 budget and funding the entire operation. New members will sync directly with engineers on purchasing, manage financial ledgers, and collaborate with partners like the AMS for events and funding. A major focus this Summer is outreach; you will network with entrepreneurs, organize joint events with Marketing and Execs, like our recent Althra incubator event, and actively pitch sponsors. We secured over $25,000 in sponsorships last year, and our biggest goal will be working with us to secure at least $20,000 more this Summer to fund the car’s manufacturing and purchases to improve efficiency.

Finance is seeking dedicated and motivated students going into their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year to join us through the 2027 Summer competition. Our Finance team drives Solar forward by managing our $150,000 budget and funding the entire operation. New members will sync directly with engineers on purchasing, manage financial ledgers, and collaborate with partners like the AMS for events and funding. A major focus this Summer is outreach; you will network with entrepreneurs, organize joint events with Marketing and Execs, like our recent Althra incubator event, and actively pitch sponsors. We secured over $25,000 in sponsorships last year, and our biggest goal will be working with us to secure at least $20,000 more this Summer to fund the car’s manufacturing and purchases to improve efficiency.

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