Experience

Tesla

Low-Voltage Controllers Intern

Tesla was the pioneer of the modern electric vehicle industry. They make market-leading electric vehicles

As an intern with the low-voltage controllers team, I was responsible for the design and validation of validation of various controllers. This included PCB schematic and layout design and bench validation.

What I did with Tesla:

  • Debugged pre-charge issue, identified cause and re-work solution, and designed permanent solution into new board revision.
  • Designed interface board to connect controller to automated hardware tester.
  • Conducted schematic and layout review of complex circuits for vehicle controllers.
  • Conducted hardware validation for various controllers

Solace Power

In-Band Communications Intern

Solace Power is a leader in wireless power technology. They provide customized wireless power solutions for a wide variety of applications, including the telecommunications, automotive, and defense sectors.

As an in-band communications intern, I was responsible for improving the company’s in-band communication system. This involved researching and implementing more efficient encoding schemes and modulation circuits.

What I did with Solace Power:

  • Implemented new encoding schemes into Solace’s in-band
    communication system, reducing power consumption by over 60%.
  • Simulated, implemented, and tested a new in-band modulation circuit
    for Solace’s in-band communication system, reducing power
    consumption by 95% and increasing the data rate by up to 4500%.
  • Developed state machine software for one of Solace’s customers.
  • Developed a software library to manage in-band communications.
  • Implemented Hamming Code error correction to the in-band communications library.

Eastern Edge Robotics

Electrical Design Lead

Eastern Edge Robotics is a student team at Memorial University that designs remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) to compete in the annual international MATE ROV competition. In 2022, Eastern Edge won 3rd place overall and won 1st place for its engineering presentation.

I have been the electrical design lead for Eastern Edge since August 2022. As the electrical design lead, I am responsible for overseeing the design of the ROV’s electrical system. This includes planning, budgeting, component sourcing, design review, and mentoring new members. I have also had the opportunity to design several PCBs.

What I have done with Eastern Edge:

  • Had a leadership role in the design of the 2023 ROV’s electrical architecture.
  • Designed an adapter PCB for Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ that provides the compute module with a USB hub, USB to Ethernet converter, SPI to CAN converter, CAN transceiver, and UART multiplexer.
  • Designed a motherboard PCB to interface the compute module adapter boards to the other parts of the ROV’s electrical system.
  • Designed an adapter PCB to connect ROV camera cables of different types.
  • Designed the electronics for a vertical profiler that moves up and down in the water using a buoyancy engine.
  • Designed a power distribution board to distribute power to the ROV’s motor controllers.

GlobeTracker

Quality Assurance Intern

GlobeTracker provides advanced tracking devices for refrigerated shipping containers. GlobeTracker’s devices are able to record container location, temperature, humidity, and more, and are able to report this data to a web interface.

As a quality assurance intern I have been responsible for finding bugs in the device firmware and determining the conditions required to re-create those bugs. I have also been involved with finding the source of some bugs by analyzing the firmware’s code.

What I have done with GlobeTracker:

  • Tested devices after new firmware releases to ensure the accuracy of GPS and sensor data, task scheduling, and data reporting.
  • Searched for and found the source of known bugs in the firmware.
  • Developed automatic testing software using Python and Selenium to automate the testing required after each firmware release.

Memorial Racing, Formula SAE Electric

Electrical Designer

Memorial Racing, Formula SAE Electric (MR-FSAEE) is a student design team with Memorial University that was founded in 2022. The team’s goal is to build an electric racecar to compete in the 2024 Formula SAE competition.

As an electrical designer I was responsible for the design of the vehicle’s electrical systems. My main focus is on the high-voltage system.

What I did with MR-FSAEE:

  • Researched the design of pre-charge and discharge circuits.
  • Compared several available electric motors and selected the one that best fit the team’s needs.

NL Eats

Data Analyst Co-op Student

NL Eats is a community outreach organization in the St. John’s area. During the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, NL Eats provided a remote foodbank that delivered food to people’s homes.

As a data analyst I was responsible for analyzing user data and user profiles. I was also responsible for networking and securing funding for the organization.

What I did with NL Eats:

  • Developed machine learning models with Python and scikit-learn to predict user demand.
  • Secured more than $25,000 in funding for food bank operations.