OreSat Software Internships

Institution
Portland State University
Mentor
Andrew Greenberg
Internship Location
Virtual
Internship Term
Spring 2024
Full time/Part Time
Part-Time
Status
Closed
Academic Majors Sought
Computer science, computer engineering, Physics, or Math


Academic Level Sought
Undergraduate - Any
Introduction

"The Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS) is an open source and extremely interdisciplinary student group and lab in the Portland State University Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science. Our teams use systems engineering best practices to build sophisticated amateur rockets, liquid fuel engines, and nanosatellites. For more information see https://www.pdxaerospace.org/ and https://www.oresat.org/. OreSat is a fully open source 1U - 3U CubeSat system meant to be built, modified, and flown by student teams. OreSat has everything you would expect from a CubeSat system: a 1 - 3U structure, multi-band deployable antenna, solar array, battery pack, on-board computer, radio system, star tracker, reaction wheels, magnetorquers, GPS receiver, and capability for a high speed S band radio system. The first OreSat satellite, OreSat0, is currently operational in low earth orbit. Two other OreSat missions are planned for October 2023 and early 2024."

Position Description

Software development position to work on OreSat software systems, including onboard embedded Linux cards, Raspberry pi-based test equipment, and ground station software.

Position Responsibilities

You will work on OreSat software projects, written mostly in Python and running on Linux. Projects include test equipment, onboard Python-based systems on Oresat, and OreSat server infrastructure.

Required/Preferred Qualifications

Computer science, computer engineering, physics, or math major sophomore or higher, familiarty with Python and open source software development on Linux.

By Meghan Megowan on Jan. 29, 2024