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Application Cycle 2023/24

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About the Team

Project Hex is the elite student-led Drone Project at the University of Sheffield that specialises in advanced multi-rotor autonomous UAVs where we Design, Build and Fly from scratch to compete at world-class competitions.

Why Join?

Not only will you be surrounded by like-minded students who are passionate about UAVs you will also:

Gain hands on experience in a diverse, interdisciplinary team
Develop teamwork skills on a large, real world Engineering Project
Learn about of UAV design and building
Gain invaluable experience for your CV
Enhance your HEAR report
Have mentoring opportunities
Have the opportunity to to take a leadership role
Be a part of one of the only teams at the University of Sheffield on Gradcracker’s Society Hub’s

What we are looking for

We welcome all students to apply. At Project Hex, we work with a lot of niche software and complicated designs, but you are not expected to know everything the moment you join. All we ask is that you have the enthusiasm to take the initiative and learn on the job. When picking any new member, we will consider the following attributes:

Strong interest in UAVs, aircraft, robotics, autonomous systems, machine learning, manufacturing, electronics, or related fields
Willing to commit 6 hours each week to the project
Willingness to learn on the job
Great communication skills
Ability to work independently
Able to work as part of a team
Experience with any project/team
Competitive attitude

Oscar Chaudoir
Chief Engineer 20/21
Leonardo UK

Introduction to Project Hex

“Project Hex is fundamentally a group of people that love to make drones, and see them fly. While there are plenty of reasons to join a student-led engineering project, the main reason that I have stuck with the team for 3 years, and plan to stick with them for 2 more, is that I find it incredibly rewarding to know that I am working on something so ambitious and complicated that I could not possibly do it by myself.

Seeing any one of our fleet take to the skies and land safely on the ground, knowing that even some tiny part of it was my idea, is something you just can’t get anywhere else. And even when it doesn’t go right, like at the 2019 IMechE UAS Challenge, when our hexacopter fell from the sky after losing connection to the ground station, the mad rush to finish it, including 3am fight tests, cleaning iron filings out of the motors, and last minute programming on the way to to flight line, is an experience like no other.

At Project Hex you will have the opportunity to take a leadership role, no matter your experience level, if you are committed and excited enough to learn the skills you need make an impact on the project, you will quickly find yourself organising build sessions, leading design reviews, purchasing parts and equipment, and gaining new skills you couldn’t anywhere else.

We believe that no design is ever perfect the first time, so you will be spending loads of time in the workshop, building, testing, and redesigning parts, or out at our field with one of our test aircraft to gather vital data to perfect your algorithm.

I hope to see all of our new recruits soon, and I’m sure you’ll find it just as interesting and rewarding as I have.”