Oscar Giacalone

Aspiring Aerospace Engineer

Work

Profile

Motivated A-level student aspiring to a career in Aerospace Engineering. Foundations in STEM subjects, with experience of design, prototyping, and manufacturing techniques, through personal and collaborative engineering projects. Conscientious, practical and hard-working, willing to roll up my sleeves to do a job, and effective at working as a part of a team.

Education

Stroud High Sixth Form
Sixth Form, 2025-2027

  • Studying A-Level: Maths, Further Maths, Physics, and Computer Science.

Marling School, Stroud
Secondary School, 2020-2025

  • Studied GCSE: Maths (9), Physics (9), Computer Science (9), Biology (8), Chemistry (8), French (8), German (7) English Language (6), English Literature (6). FSMQ: Additional Mathematics (A).

Experience

Student Mentor – Computer Science
Stroud High School, 2026

  • Supporting a year 10 student to improve their programming skills.

SHSF UKROC – Team Lead
United Kingdom Rocketry Challenge, 2026

  • A team engineering challenge to design, build and, manage the construction of a set of rockets to specifications given in the rules.
  • Gathered sponsorship from companies.
  • Organised the creation of the team.

Model Rocketry
Hobby, 2022 – present

  • Constructed and flown several kit and scratch built model rockets with a range of impulses (2.5 – 40 Ns).
  • Learnt how to iterate on designs (OpenRocket).
  • Regularly attend meetings at Fins Over Gwent Rocketry Club.

Renishaw Work Experience Week
Renishaw PLC (Precision Automation Machinery Manufacturing), 2024

  • A week-long summer work experience placement.
  • Placed in a team with the task to design a prosthetic.
  • Designed and prototyped a rudimentary mechanical hand, suing Onshape and 3D printing.
  • At the end of the week, presented the design to members of the business, and other teams.

Air Cadets – Corporal
RAF Air Cadets, 2023-2025

  • First aid training.
  • Achieved rank of Corporal, requiring leadership training, organisation skills, and team skills.
  • Methods of Instruction qualification: how to teach and effectively communicate to others.

Project Skylark
The Flying Start Challenge entry, 2022

  • An engineering challenge in which I participated with a team to, design, build, and fly a model glider which could glide as far as possible.
  • My team reached the competition final and overall, we achieved 7th out of 50 teams.

Awards

Arkwright Engineering Scholar
Scholarship, 2025-2027

  • Went through a multi-stage application process, against over 1000 other students, including an engineering project, aptitude test, and interview.
  • My application project was a rocket altimeter; designed (KiCAD, FreeCAD), built (SMD Components), and programmed (C++) with several iterations, using a barometer, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, and video stream over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

Skills

  • Computer Aided Design: FreeCAD, OnShape, KiCAD, OpenRocket.
  • 3D Design, Printing, and Prototyping
  • Printed Circuit Board design and manufacture (SMD and Through-hole)
  • Embedded programming in C++
  • Presentation Skills
  • Self-starter
  • Teamwork skills

Contact

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PDF

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