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In addition to the $80M in scholarships from FIRST,
SparX offers many Skill Building Opportunities
The Challenge:
Six weeks to understand the challenge, define a winning strategy, specify the subsystem requirements, prototype alternative design concepts, select the design and CAD all the parts, integrate into the robot, write the software, build, test, debug the robot; while meeting the size, weight, cost and schedule requirements (just like real product delivery!)
The Positions
Mechanical Design- Inventor CAD
Electrical / Pneumatic Design
Software- Java
Fabrication- Mills, Lathe etc. assembly
Strategy- Analytical/Modeling- Excel •Systems Engineering and Integration
Marketing, Promotions, Communications
Field Team- Robot Operation
Scouting- Performance Data to select Alliance Teams
Marketing/Promotions
Social Media / Web Site-
Finance/ budgeting /Purchasing
Donorship / Fundraising
Problem Solving & Teamwork
Gracious Professionalism
Rewarding and Serious fun too!
Gracious Professionalism is the way sparx works
Gracious Professionalism: Respect, Responsibility,Trustworthy, Considerate, Fairness, and Leadership: SparX Pillars graphic