SUBTEAMS
Subteam Roles
Each subteam has its own set of roles. Hover over a role card to view details.
Business & Marketing
The Business and Marketing Team works with everything not directly related to the car- ranging from events and finances to securing and maintaining sponsor relationships. We work behind the scenes to support the team's daily operations and help create the best possible environment for everyone to succeed. Our roles include event planning, public relations, photo and video production, corporate outreach, finance and human resources. Whether it’s organizing events, managing social media, creating content, handling the budget, or building partnerships, we work tirelessly across disciplines to keep the team thriving.
As PR Lead, you will be in charge of organising and planning the work of the Public Relations members, and making sure that the graphic profile is cohered to. You will help coordinate social media posts with what's going on in the team, and be on the lookout for when PR can support the team with graphic material. You will also coordinate with Corporate Relations regarding showing off our partners in our social media channels. Meriting: Experience in graphic content creation, photography and/or photo and video editing. Experience in organising projects and creating a cohesive social media presence.
As PR - Photo and Video, you will be responsible for capturing Lund Formula Student through videos and photographs. This includes attendance at a variety of events, workshops, and during manufacturing, to capture the small moments that make up the LFS year. Additionally, you will be responsible for photo and video editing. Meriting: Experience taking photos and video, including a portfolio. Good knowledge in Adobe programs such as Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
As Corporate Relations, you are responsible for maintaining the relations with our current partners, as well as finding and building relationships with new partners . You will also support the company representatives during Nordic Test Event and assist them in planning activities for the attendees.
Your main task as event planner will consist of planning and operating events for the team. This will include sponsored events, involving direct contact with different companies, as well as unveiling events with the public, Lund University, the press and sponsors invited. You will also plan for exciting events exclusively with the team. You will be arranging details, communicating with venues, companies, organizations and look forward to hosting great events!
As member of the Economics & Logistics subsystem, your main tasks include handling bookkeeping and accounting, the budget for the project, and continuously following up to ensure spending stays on track. In addition to financial responsibilities, you will be a part of planning and organising the logistics for the team's summer competition trip and look at different options to optimize logistical solutions.
In this role, you will act as the bridge between the team's business and marketing functions, ensuring a consistent and strategic external presence. You will coordinate how the team communicates with sponsors, partners, and the public, aligning marketing initiatives with broader business goals. Your responsibilities include managing sponsor relations, supporting partnership development, and ensuring that sponsor commitments are fulfilled through effective visibility and engagement. You will also collaborate with the marketing team to shape content, campaigns, and branding that accurately reflect the team's identity and achievements.
Monocoque
The Monocoque team designs the carbon fiber structure which functions as the central chassis on which the car is based. Every part of the car is mounted to it. This team therefore needs to pay special attention to how every subsystem is integrated to make the most effective car possible. While working with 3d design, simulation and validation testing, we also find ways to fulfill safety regulations and ergonomic requirements.
In this role, you work with industry-standard digital tools such as Catia and Ansys, helping the team create more advanced and stiffer geometries. Your workflow will be closely tied to our designers, where your work will help the team create more informed decisions, enabling us to save weight and increase performance.
Every year, the car has to meet strict requirements in terms of strength, and for performance, it also needs to be as lightweight as possible. To achieve this you will in this role be working hands-on with carbon fibre , developing, testing and documenting new solutions for the car together with the designers. You will also be using digital tools such as Excel, which is used by all FS teams to prove to the judges that their designs are structurally sound.
To ensure driver safety and comfort, you will in this role be designing, manufacturing, and testing the cockpit of the car. This includes working with fire-retardant composite materials, creating mock-ups of the seating position and dashboard for driver ergonomics, as well as creating a mold for the driver seat. Good team-work skills are of high importance for this role, where continuous communication with different subteams will be key.
As a monocoque designer you will specialize in one of three designated areas of the car, and you will directly communicate with other subteams to update your designs. Later in the development process, you will then transition into designing the mold in which the monocoque is created. To successfully do this, you will have to have to be creative, constantly looking for smart design solutions.
Aerodynamics
As a member of the Aerodynamics subteam, you'll work alongside your teammates to develop and refine the car's aero package. Our subteam is not only exploring various aerodynamic design features, but also delving deeper into CFD software and theory, investigating cooling solutions, developing structural designs with carbon fiber, validating concepts, and much more. Join a subteam that pushes the car's performance to new heights and helps us achieve faster lap times!
The Carbon Fiber Manufacturing role includes working with 3D printing as well as CAD/CAM software and CNC in order to create molds for composite structures. You will also learn to and work with composite materials such as glass fiber, aramid fiber and carbon fiber. In working with these materials you will be part of a team responsible for manufacturing everything from small aerodynamic devices to the full carbon fiber monocoque chassis of the car.
Your task is to design the aerodynamic devices which include the front and rear wing, sidewings and underbody. The task involves creating designs, calculating and evaluating the forces acting on the vehicle and the aerodynamic balance. Your main development tools will be computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in the software Star CCM+ and modelling in Solidworks. The mounts of the components and the manufacturing of the final design will also be your responsibility.
As a CFD Analyst, you will own the aerodynamic simulation workflow from geometry preparation to validated results. You will set up high-quality meshes, define boundary conditions, run steady and transient cases, and interpret flow structures such as separation, vortices, and pressure recovery. The role includes comparing concepts objectively, building performance maps, and turning simulation output into concrete design recommendations for the aero package.
In this role, you will ensure that aerodynamic components are both light and structurally robust. You will perform FEM analyses on wings, mounts, and composite structures, evaluate stiffness and strength under realistic loads, and guide laminate or geometry decisions based on results. You will work closely with manufacturing to design parts that are not only strong on paper, but also practical to produce and assemble.
As a CFD Heat Transfer engineer, you will focus on thermal management through simulation-driven design. You will analyze airflow and heat exchange around critical systems such as battery, inverter, and motor cooling paths, and develop ducting or packaging concepts that improve thermal performance with minimal drag penalty. The role combines fluid mechanics and heat transfer to help keep components in their optimal operating window during dynamic events.
Mechanical Systems
The Mechanical Systems subteam is responsible for all moving parts of the car. Within this subteam you can work on vehicle dynamics, suspension, steering, brakes, uprights and drivetrain. The subteam incorporates both structural design, data analyses and simulations, all with vehicle performance and team goals in mind, which lay the foundation for the rest of the team.
The driverless hardware integration is crucial for making the car able to run driverless. The system creates the connection between the software and the rest of the car through servos and pneumatics, allowing full control of the car. This includes both Steering and braking, as well as the lidar mounting. Therefore, collaboration will mainly be with steering, brakes & pedals and driverless. The design job includes component design, FEA and component evaluation.
The uprights connect the suspension and steering to the wheels of the car, making it the first structural link between the ground and the moving car. The uprights will also house most of the drivetrain and cooling system in a compact package. Because of this, the uprights need to be designed to allow for maximum suspension performance, minimal compliance and integration of the steering and drivetrain systems. The uprights have many structural connections and effects on car dynamics which necessitates much collaboration with suspension, steering, drivetrain, brakes & pedals, cooling and vehicle dynamics. The design job includes component design, extensive FEA and topology optimization.
The steering system is a crucial system for driver input and handling. The design will therefore have to be both structurally sound with sharp feedback, but also according to driver preferences, all while packaged tightly within the car. The steering system kinematics is also highly linked to the car dynamics so you will collaborate a lot with vehicle dynamics, but also with uprights, suspension and monocoque due to packaging. The design job includes FEA, calculations and designing many interacting and moving components.
The suspension connects the unsprung mass to the chassis and controls the tires contact with the ground through springs and dampers, making it highly related to car performance. The suspension is also responsible for transferring the forces from cornering, accelerating and braking into the chassis and thus needs to be stiff to keep the correct kinematics at all times. Therefore, close collaboration with vehicle dynamics is necessary, but also uprights, steering and monocoque. The design job includes FEA, motion studies and design of many interacting components.
The pedals make up an important part of the drivers control over the car and consequently has to be structurally sound and perform according to driver preference. The car can brake at up to 2 g and therefore needs a robust braking system. The brake system stretches throughout the entire car, from the pedal box, through the brake lines to the calipers and brake discs. Cooperation with the monocoque team will therefore be necessary, but also with uprights for the outboard parts. The design job includes component design, FEA, component evaluation and potentially thermal and fluid analysis.
The drivetrain system transfers torque from the motor to the wheels. The drivetrain will be situated in the upright and consists of the motor, planetary gearbox and the hub, which the wheel connects to. The drivetrain needs to incorporate high efficiency and reliability, but also compact packaging. Close collaboration with uprights and suspension is necessary for packaging, and also with powertrain for power supply and cooling. The design job includes component design, FEA, extensive life time analysis and thermal analysis.
Powertrain
The Powertrain team stands at the heart of our vehicle's performance, meticulously engineering the systems that enable the car to propel forward. Our responsibilities include the batteries, motor control systems and high-voltage electronics that power the motor and drivetrain. We also develop containers and cooling solutions to ensure these components operate at peak efficiency under all conditions. With a steady commitment to safety, our mission is to create a powertrain that is lightweight, powerful, and exceptionally reliable. Ultimately, the choices made by our team define whether we are building a Fiat or a Ferrari.
The car's battery is composed of segments that house both the cells and the monitoring PCBs. In this role, you will design these segments, ensuring their structural integrity through hand calculations and FEA. In addition, you will work closely with other team members to guarantee full compliance with formula student rules.
Your main responsibility is to design the car's battery container, ensuring every design decision strictly complies with Formula Student rules. You must also guarantee that the design is manufacturable - an impressive CAD model holds no value if it can't be built. In addition, this role requires good communication with both the powertrain team and other subteams to identify and resolve any potential interferences.
For this role, you will be responsible for choosing all the electric components and connectors for the accumulator, wiring them together and designing their mounts. You will be working closely with the accumulator designers, tractive system and low voltage wire harness.
In this role, you will be responsible for the physical integration of the tractive system, including housings, mountings, and structural support for high-current components. You will design and optimize how the tractive system is packaged within the car, ensuring safe, robust, and serviceable solutions. Working closely with the accumulator, electronics, and monocoque teams, you will ensure that all components are securely integrated and compliant with regulations. A key part of the role is translating system-level requirements into practical mechanical designs that protect and support the tractive system under real operating conditions.
In this role, you will focus on the high-current electronics and power distribution within the tractive system. With a strong understanding of the electrical path between the batteries and motors, you will be responsible for designing and optimizing how power is controlled, routed, and managed throughout the car. You will collaborate closely with the accumulator and electronic circuits teams to ensure efficient, reliable, and regulation-compliant operation. This role involves making informed decisions about component selection, system architecture, and integration to achieve a safe and high-performing tractive system.
Your role involves selecting and evaluating the materials for the car's battery container. While this responsibility might seem understated, it is crucial for ensuring the container's structural integrity and its ability to withstand extreme conditions, such as fires. By testing various materials through real-world tests and FEA, and by working closely with the one responsible for the design, you will ensure that our material choices are well informed decisions.
Several components on the car, such as the motors, inverters, and accumulator require cooling. We are seeking three enthusiastic students to design an integrated cooling system for these critical parts from the ground up. With a solid grasp of thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer, you will play an important role in ensuring the drivetrain operates at its peak.
Electronics
The Electronics subteam is responsible for the design and implementation of electronic systems in the car, including control and logging, safety systems, wiring, and control unit hardware. These systems serve as a link between the driver (human or computer), the high voltage system, and the rest of the car.
All low-voltage electronics in the Formula Student car need to be securely housed and strategically placed for optimal performance and accessibility. You will design and develop enclosures for the electronics. You will also collaborate with the electrical and mechanical teams to ensure efficient integration and proper mounting throughout the car.
A formula student car is a dangerous machine, both because of the high voltage used in the tractive system, but also simply because it is a large moving object. The responsibility of the Safety Systems position includes hardwired logic to both indicate to people around the car what the state of the high voltage system is as well as detecting faults and shutting the car off in certain cases. This also includes integrating the battery management system with the other safety functions.
The control units are the bridge between the car's hardware and the software running on them. On our car there are a few different control units for example the ones controlling the dashboard, sensor inputs and for control of actuators around the vehicle. In this role you will be responsible for the embedded electronics design for the cards, from schematic to finished circuit board.
The wire harness is all the cables routed throughout the car as well as all the connectors connecting the components. In this position you will need to have a strong and recurring communication with lots of other subsystems that your harness connects to. As well as keeping track of the connections themselves, you will also be involved in placing the different components around the car, as one main concern is keeping wires short. You are expected to design and plan the harness and packaging as the chassis and other system's designs evolve.
Software Systems
The Software team develops all software for the PCBs used in the car, websites, and implementing control algorithms. This includes firmware for embedded systems, data analytics, telemetry solutions, and driver interface software.
As an Embedded Software Developer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the software running on our custom-made PCBs. You will work closely with the electronics and driverless team to ensure seamless integration between hardware and software, enabling real-time data acquisition, control, and communication across various PCB units and the cars driverless computer.
As a Full Stack Web Developer you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the web-based systems that support our team’s operations, data visualization, and telemetry. Your work will ensure that critical information is accessible in real-time, helping engineers and drivers make informed decisions.
Driverless
Handles the autonomous systems of the car by desining the control system and algorithms used for finding the track. This involves many fields of computer science and control theyory such as perception, state estimation, path planning and controller design.
As a member of the Driverless team, you are responsible for pushing and expanding the driving capabilities of the LFS Driverless system. You will need to be creative and resourceful about how to optimise the available resources and sensors. You will expand on previous year's work by using the following areas, using ROS: Process data from sensors, e.g. LiDAR, to find cones on the track, Build a map of your surroundings and localise yourself within this map (SLAM), Calculate a suitable racing line around the track (Path planning).
As a member of the Driverless team, you are responsible for pushing and expanding the driving capabilities of the LFS Driverless system. You will be responsible for making the control systems that turns a planned path into motor control and steering though a control system. This will involve both the development(coding) and improving the control system.
Vehicle Dynamic and Controls
Vehicle dynamics makes sure that the overall concept of the car is evaluated through lap time simulations, analytical reasoning, practical testing and data analysis. In adddition to this they also build the control systems for optimizing motor control and regenerative breaking. You will also handle the suspension kinematics design, evaluate tyre compounds and help teammates with vehicle dynamic related simulations.
Vehicle dynamics makes sure that the overall concept of the car is evaluated through lap time simulations, analytical reasoning, practical testing and data analysis. You will also handle the suspension kinematics design, evaluate tyre compounds and help teammates with vehicle dynamic related simulations. Vehicle dynamics therefore collaborates with many other subsystems.
As a Control Theory & Simulation Engineer you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and validating control algorithms that optimize vehicle performance. You will work closely with the driverless, powertrain, and embedded software engineers to ensure that the car behaves as expected under various driving conditions.
