Managing Director

The Managing Director (MD) is responsible for establishing and maintaining a positive team culture, setting and managing the overarching goals of the team and liaising with sponsors, the university and the public.

Acting Administrative Director

The Administrative Director (AD) is responsible for keeping and maintaining all administrative records of UQ Space, managing correspondence and ensuring effective communication both within and outside the team.

Financial Director

The Financial Director (FD) is responsible for managing the team’s finances to maintain legal compliance, manage budgets, process invoices, generate financial reports and maintain financial records.

Technical Director

The Technical Director (TD) is responsible for the management and oversight of all projects and programs within the team. They coordinate with Project Leads, Team Leads and Board to ensure all projects are completed successfully.

Lead Aerostructures Engineer

The Aerostructures team is responsible for the structural components of our rockets and rovers, such as the airframe, bulkheads, chassis and suspension.

Lead Avionics Engineer

The Avionics team is responsible for the electronics in our rockets and rovers, such as the flight computers, batteries, sensors and computers.

Lead Payload Engineer
The Payload team designs scientific experiments and instruments for our rockets and rovers, including CubeSats, CanSats, soil sampling systems and spectroscopy instruments.

Lead Propulsion Engineer

The Propulsion team is responsible for the flight dynamics of our rockets, including motor selection, design of our Hybrid Motor, trajectory simulations and computational fluid dynamics.

Lead Recovery Engineer

The Recovery team is responsible for the design and manufacturing of the recovery systems for our rockets, such as parachutes, separation systems and simulations.

Lead Systems Engineer

The Systems team is responsible for the overarching system design and management of our projects, including systems integration, requirement definition and systems testing.

Project Theseus III and Theseus IV

Our entry into the Australian Rover Challenge

30k ft Rocket Project

Developing a 30k ft rocket for competition

Airbrakes Project

Developing airbrakes for our competition rockets