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Do you want to join Nordlys and take part in the development of Norways first Solar Racing Car and drive the world towards a sustainable future? We accept both normal students, and students who want to write their thesis on the project. See our suggested project subjects under, or suggest your own thesis.
NB! You have to apply for your bachelor's or master's thesis through NTNU as well, but by applying here, you may reserve a subject.
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Electrical
The electrical group is responsible for all the electrical systems on board the car. This includes both the high and low voltage systems.
Battery Mechanical EngineerAs a Battery Mechanical Engineer, you will focus on designing and ensuring the structural integrity of the battery pack. You will work closely with the battery electrical engineers to create a safe and efficient battery system. Working with CAD, composite materials and the internal layout of the battery pack will be some of your main tasks.
Areas of responsibility
What do you get out of being a Battery Mechanical Engineer in Nordlys NTNU?
Areas of responsibility
Structural design of battery systems. Internal and external
Material selection, thermal management and mechanical stress analysis
Ensuring compliance with safety requirements and regulations.
Material selection, thermal management and mechanical stress analysis
Ensuring compliance with safety requirements and regulations.
What do you get out of being a Battery Mechanical Engineer in Nordlys NTNU?
Experience with advanced materials and complex electromechanical systems
Collaboration with other engineering disciplines
Hands-on experience with battery technology and composite materials
Collaboration with other engineering disciplines
Hands-on experience with battery technology and composite materials
Battery Electrical EngineerAs a Battery Electrical Engineer, you will focus on the design, development, and optimization of the electrical systems within the battery pack, in a team of both electrical and mechanical engineers. You will work closely with the battery mechanical engineers to ensure a safe and efficient battery system, focusing on the electrical busbar, precharge and safety systmes. Integrating the battery with the car's electrical HV and LV systems, ensuring electrical safety and testing the electrical components and battery cells will be some of your main tasks.
Areas of responsibility
What do you get out of being a Battery Electrical Engineer in Nordlys NTNU?
Areas of responsibility
Design and development of battery electrical systems
Integration of battery systems with the car's electrical HV and LV systems
Testing and validation of battery electrical components including busbars, fuses, precharge resistors, contactors and battery cells.
Integration of battery systems with the car's electrical HV and LV systems
Testing and validation of battery electrical components including busbars, fuses, precharge resistors, contactors and battery cells.
What do you get out of being a Battery Electrical Engineer in Nordlys NTNU?
Hands-on experience with advanced battery technologies
Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team
Challenge your engineering skills in a real-world application
Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team
Challenge your engineering skills in a real-world application
MPPT EngineerAs an MPPT Engineer, you will work on designing our own Maximum Power Point Tracking system to ensure the solar panels operate at their peak efficiency. You will be a part of a small team combinging enbedded systems and power electronics to create a reliable and efficient MPPT solution.
Areas of responsibility
What do you get out of being an MPPT Engineer in Nordlys NTNU?
Areas of responsibility
Design and develop our first in-house MPPT system. Software and hardware
Testing and validation of solar panel efficiency, and MPPT performance
Integration with the car's electrical systems with CAN-bus communication.
Testing and validation of solar panel efficiency, and MPPT performance
Integration with the car's electrical systems with CAN-bus communication.
What do you get out of being an MPPT Engineer in Nordlys NTNU?
Hands-on experience with solar energy systems
Collaboration with other engineering disciplines
Challenge your engineering skills in a real-world application
Collaboration with other engineering disciplines
Challenge your engineering skills in a real-world application
Embedded EngineerAs an Embedded Engineer, you will develop and maintain the embedded systems that control various functionalities of the car, ensuring reliability and easy debugging when it matters the most. You will work closely with other electrical engineers to integrate sensors, actuators, and communication protocols into the car's systems. Writing CAN-bus oriented software, improving our PCB designs and making new hardware solutions will be some of your main tasks.
Areas of responsibility
What do you get out of being an Embedded Engineer in Nordlys NTNU?
Areas of responsibility
Development of embedded software and hardware.
Integration of hardware and software systems into our distributed system in the car using CAN-bus.
Testing and debugging of embedded systems
Integration of hardware and software systems into our distributed system in the car using CAN-bus.
Testing and debugging of embedded systems
What do you get out of being an Embedded Engineer in Nordlys NTNU?
Hands-on experience with embedded systems
Opportunity to innovate new solutions for real-world applications
Developing components and making them work together in a complex system
Opportunity to innovate new solutions for real-world applications
Developing components and making them work together in a complex system
Mechanical
The mechanical group designs and builds all the dynamic mechanical systems of the solar car. Systems include braking, suspension and steering.
Chassis
The chassis group designs and builds the structural components of the solar car. Systems include the roll cage and the outer shell of the car.
Software
The winning team needs a winning driving strategy. The software group develops software analysis tools to calculate the solar cars optimal speed.
Brand
The Brand group is responsible for the development of the overall Brand of Nordlys. Given the young age of the organization, this is an important group that does not require a lot of previous experience.
Logistics
This group is responsible for the planning and logistics of competitions, testing and other activities. Nordlys is going to participate in competitions abroad and needs you to help us plan everything from travel, accomodations and food
Do you want to come in contact with us? The easiest way is to fill in the form!