Join the team
All standings.
All majors. All welcome.
You don't need to have built a drone before — you need to want to. This quarter we are recruiting for Business only. Technical subteams are not taking new members until a later cycle.
How the team is organized
Six subteams. This quarter, only Business is open for applications.
Build the airframe
Testbed and structures design, propulsion integration, and hardware system integration.
Design the electronics
Flight-controller, power-supply, and ESC PCB design, plus electrical systems integration.
Run the controllers
Peripherals, flight-control integration, the ground station, comms, and parameter tuning.
Decide where to go
Flight and user trajectory planning, multi-agent coordination, and flight-computer software.
Give it eyes
Camera integration, visual detection, SLAM, and mapping.
Keep the RSO running
Onboarding, outreach, grants and sponsorships, budgeting, and membership policy.
How it works
Apply
Fill out the Business application on this page. Technical roles are closed this quarter and will reopen in a later cycle.
Join Business
Onboarding, outreach, grants and sponsorships, budgeting, and membership policy — the work that keeps the RSO running.
Keep it flying
Support IARC from the operations side: events, sponsors, and the systems that let the technical subteams build.
Questions? Reach us at washingtonaerialrobotics@gmail.com.
Application
Business application
Washington Aerial Robotics was founded in Spring 2025 to give students a place to build autonomous drones and develop real design skills — with IARC as the goal. Use your UW email.
This quarter we are recruiting for Business only: onboarding, outreach, grants and sponsorships, budgeting, and membership policy. Mechanical, Avionics, Firmware, Autonomy, and Perception are not taking new members this cycle.
Expect a 1-hour all-team meeting every other week, a 1-hour subteam meeting each week, ownership of your tasks, and proactive communication.