Joe Williams

Chief Engineer of Warwick Hyperloop Year 3 Engineering BEng

Kingston Upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

About

A passionate and involved engineer at the University of Warwick, I aim to tailor my degree around engineering design, with the goal of creating a broad foundation to develop through student projects.

Experience

  • Warwick Hyperloop (Part-time · 1 yr 9 mos)
    • Chief Engineer
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      In charge of the engineering of Warwick Hyperloop, a student project of over 50 students. Responsible for design review and approval, coordination with the university, as well as overall project leadership and direction.

    • Mechanical Sub-Team
      Oct 2024 - Jul 2025 · 10 mos

      Awarded the mechanical ‘term 1 MVP’ as a result of my work on the lateral suspension design, alongside my strong team working skills.

  • Warwick Aerospace Society (Warwick, England, United Kingdom)
    • Mach 26 | Rocketry
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      Took charge in structural design, and developed the layup plan of a custom fiberglass composite body tube. Independently learned STAR-CCM++ to simulate the effect of airbrakes, creating a lookup table for the flight computer.

    • Mach 25 | Rocketry
      Nov 2024 - Jul 2025 · 9 mos

      Successfully Designed the recovery subsystem of a two stage K-class rocket, despite unsuccessful separation at launch.

    • NRC 2025 | Rocketry Lead
      Oct 2024 - Jul 2025 · 10 mos

      Led the team responsible for design, manufacture, and testing of the mechanical components of a G-class rocket for the National Rocketry Championship. Placed 13th out of 50+ teams, being the first Warwick rocket launch in over a decade.

  • Project Director at Engineers Without Borders Warwick
    Oct 2024 - Jul 2025 · 10 mos

    Arranged two talks related sustainable engineering, run by industry leaders, conducting the outreach and event coordination.

  • Insight week at StepChange Global
    Jul 2022 - Jul 2022 · 1 mo

    Shadowed the CEO, gaining an understanding of the ‘digital transformation’ of the engineering space, in regard to the upstream oil and gas industry.