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Available Positions

Vehicle Dynamics Engineer

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Mechanical Engineering

Get hands on and work on the design and development of the fundamental parts of what makes Sunswift a car such as the brakes, steering, and suspension. 

 

Skills

  • Mechanical design 

  • FEA 

  • Hands on mechanical or vehicle experience 

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Sunswift Racing is recruiting RIGHT NOW!

If you want to apply your learning to a project with a team of likeminded students, academics and industry partners, apply through the Sunswift VIP project website.

Alternative Energy Engineer 

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Sunswift Racing is recruiting RIGHT NOW!

Chemical Engineering

Work with partners and researchers on developing the key technologies needed to power Australia’s first hydrogen-powered car. This role focuses on important research into the methodology and structure of a hydrogen fuel stack. 

 

Skills

  • 3rd Year Student (preferred)   

  • Strong understanding of foundational Chemical Engineering concepts  

  • Sound understanding of key Chemical Engineering practices (Block Flow Diagrams, Process Flow Diagrams, etc.) 

Energy Systems Engineer

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Sunswift Racing is recruiting RIGHT NOW!

If you want to apply your learning to a project with a team of likeminded students, academics and industry partners, apply through the Sunswift VIP project website.

Design and implement solar and battery systems and all relevant controllers that distribute power throughout the car. 

 

Electrical Engineering 

Skills

  • Power Equipment 

  • Electronics knowledge 

  • Electrical Design and Construction 

 

Renewables Engineering 

Skills

  • Photovoltaics 

  • MPPTs 

  • Electrical Design 

Powertrain Engineer

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Mechanical Engineering 

Developing the mechanical drivetrain for high powered performance motors. 

 

Skills

  • 3rd Year student (preferred) 

  • Experience with drivetrain systems (internship or project preferred) 

  • CAD and simulation software experience 

  • Personal project experience 

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Sunswift Racing is recruiting RIGHT NOW!

If you want to apply your learning to a project with a team of likeminded students, academics and industry partners, apply through the Sunswift VIP project website.

Interior Engineer

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Sunswift Racing is recruiting RIGHT NOW!

If you want to apply your learning to a project with a team of likeminded students, academics and industry partners, apply through the Sunswift VIP project website.

Design and develop the interior elements of Australia’s first hydrogren powered vehicle! The interior department focuses on developing the vehicles interaction with the chassis and occupant cell, with key focuses on ergonomics and comfort for passengers. Design bespoke elements from scratch including custom seats, central display, and steering wheel. 

 

Mechanical Engineering 

Skills

  • 3D Modelling 

  • Surface modelling (preferred) 

  • FEA Analysis 

 

Industrial Design 

Skills

  • 3D Surface modelling 

  • CAD experience 

 

Computer Science 

Skills

  • Frontend programming 

  • Application development 

Systems Engineer

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Sunswift Racing is recruiting RIGHT NOW!

If you want to apply your learning to a project with a team of likeminded students, academics and industry partners, apply through the Sunswift VIP project website.

Mechanical or Electrical Engineering 

Systems Engineering is a unique team within UNSW that provides exposure to one of the most critical fields of engineering. Only learnable at UNSW through Sunswift, systems engineers are exposed to a wide variety of engineering disciplines and work across departments to optimise design processes. Tasks include interfacing between various aspects of a solar electric vehicle, managing the development of 110+ projects through the design lifecycle, and ensuring compliance with Australian road regulations. 

 

Skills

  • Design Thinking  

  • Project management 

  • Critical Analysis of Decisions

AWS Infrastructure Engineer

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Sunswift Racing is recruiting RIGHT NOW!

If you want to apply your learning to a project with a team of likeminded students, academics and industry partners, apply through the Sunswift VIP project website.

Software Engineering or Computer Science

Get hands-on experience in cloud architecture by working with an external team of AWS solution architects to manage and optimise our current AWS infrastructure. This involves managing active services such as EC2 instances and developing the car’s Grafana dashboard (queries from RDS), while also preserving the overall system architecture by configuring CloudWatch alarms and metrics.  

 

Skills

  • Must have SQL / database experience  

  • Some AWS experience (Grafana, IOT Core, Greengrass, EC2, Lambda, RDS, CloudWatch) or willing to learn 

  • Relevant project experience is a bonus 

Performance Optimisation Engineer

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Sunswift Racing is recruiting RIGHT NOW!

If you want to apply your learning to a project with a team of likeminded students, academics and industry partners, apply through the Sunswift VIP project website.

Software Engineering or Computer Science or Mathematics 

Apply data analytics and machine learning strategies used to provide support and strategic decisions for the team. On Sunswift 7, this involves the development and maintenance of statistical and machine learning models used for energy consumption, solar prediction, and velocity recommendation for the 2025 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. On Sunswift 8, perform analysis of track performance to provide recommendations on areas of improvement, while also developing advanced AI / ML models to improve vehicle performance. 

 

Skills 

  • AL/ML experience  

  • Python / Python libraries (PyTorch, Sklearn, pandas) 

  • AWS Sagemaker / Docker 

  • Matlab / Matplotlib experience for mathematical modelling 

  • General mathematics interest / proficiency 

  • Relevant project experience is a bonus 

Telecommunications System Engineer (Embedded Systems) 

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Sunswift Racing is recruiting RIGHT NOW!

If you want to apply your learning to a project with a team of likeminded students, academics and industry partners, apply through the Sunswift VIP project website.

Telecommunications, Electrical or Quantum Engineering 

Autonomous vehicles require extensive connectivity with the world around them, including other vehicles, infrastructure, pedestrians and more. This role will allow you to innovate in vehicular wireless communications and be at the cutting edge of V2X technology. 

 

Skills

  • Knowledge of modulation schemes, error detection and correction, analogue to digital conversion (TELE3113) 

  • Understanding of existing wireless communications technology, including cellular, satellite (TELE4652) and/or WiFi (COMP4336) 

  • Experience working with wireless hardware such as 5G chips, ESP32 WiFi, Raspberry Pi in personal projects or internships 

  • Experience with software defined radios is a bonus 

Materials Engineer

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Sunswift Racing is recruiting RIGHT NOW!

If you want to apply your learning to a project with a team of likeminded students, academics and industry partners, apply through the Sunswift VIP project website.

Materials Science and Engineering

Work with your fellow engineers to support the materials selection, testing, and manufacturing processes! An all-rounder role that allows you to explore the work and sustainability of all Sunswift Racing departments and help where needed. Providing the amazing opportunity to learn about how each engineering discipline contributes to the creation of the new SR8 vehicle. 

 

Skills

  • Understanding of common heat treatments 

  • General knowledge of deformation and failure processes 

  • Basic knowledge of forming processes 

... and more! 

Sunswift Racing will always be keen to hear from engineers across the full range of disciplines that we include in the team, so apply any time if you fall in any of the categories below: 

  • Mechanical Engineering 

  • Renewable Energy Engineering 

  • Computer Science 

  • Systems Engineering 

  • Material Science 

  • Industrial Design 

  • Electrical Engineering 

  • Chemical Engineering 

  • Mechatronics Engineering 

  • Aerospace Engineering 

 

Team requirements and priorities will also shift on a term-by-term basis, with recruitment occurring at the end of each academic term, so keep an eye out for new roles that open. 

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