Safety Advisory Board Member
Are you fascinated by space?
Do you wonder what is possible when academic and industry work together?
Would you like to join a team that makes real rocket launches happen?
If the answer is yes, yes and yes, we would love to hear from you!
ARIS is a student initiative based at ETH Zürich (Dübendorf) and inspires students across Switzerland
with opportunities to put into practice that you have been studying in theory by gaining hands-on
space engineering experience and contribute to space engineering challenges through academic and
industry collaborations.
As part of the business team, you will tackle the challenge of enhancing our competition systems,
growing our team and building our network.
From the technical side, this year ARIS goes into the 6th round of challenges. Following project
HELVETIA, ARIS will participate at the European Rocketry Challenge in Portugal with its own hybrid
rocket engine. ARIS also conducts events to support these activities, and has ongoing engagement
with sponsors, the public and professors.
From the business side we have grown a lot over the last year. We have been expanded our ARIS
business team, in areas of marketing, finance and HR, and we are also starting a collaboration with
University St Gallen and their prestigious business unit.
To achieve the ambitious projects and continue our exciting growth, we require a motivated
Safety Advisory Board .
As a SAB member your main responsibility is to represent and present ARIS from its best side. Tasks
may include:
- Organizing and holding internal safety reviews for major events and projects, working together
with our network of experts to facilitate smooth communication - Acquire general knowledge on rocket safety (ex. By reading the NASA guidelines or ISO
standards) and provide this to the teams in a useful format - Ensure safety of dangerous chemical storage and logistics
- Ensure that the safety documentation is up to date, sufficient, and known to the entire
organisation - Express your educated opinion on safety relevant factors clearly and concisely
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Expectations
From each our team members we expect:
- We expect you to spend 1-2 days a week on the project and be able to join team meetings
and workshops at Switzerland Innovation Park in Dübendorf, ZH - Be proactive and able to take responsibility
- Fail, get up and learn from it
- Take responsibilities over your projects and tasks
- Work close with your marketing team but also with the engineering teams
What do you get?
By participating in this unique challenge, you will:
- Get in contact with many sponsors from academia and industry
- Take initiative outside of the classroom and gain hands-on experience
- Establish and grow your network in industry and academia
- Be part of a friendly community, grow as a unit and build life-long friendships
- Kick start your career!
Project start: August/September 2022
Duration: Minimum 1 semester
Working hours: 10-16h/week or per project
Please be informed that your work will be entirely voluntary. As we are a student project, we do not offer
any paid employment.
Any questions? Get in touch.
We look forward to hearing from you! Please submit a complete application, including CV. If you have
any questions, please reach us on Write an email .
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