CES, January 2019
Experience
PK Sound
Embedded Systems Engineer
November 2022 - May 2024 | Calgary, AB
- Debug, redesign, and document legacy speaker electronics
- Redesign 12V power module to pass conducted EMI and safety certification
- Electrical design of audio and control signal distribution unit including 1Gbit ethernet
- Design of cable tester for custom audio cable from concept to production
- Present my team's progress at all-hands staff meetings
mcThings Inc.
Hardware Developer
March 2021 - November 2022 | Cochrane, AB
- Design embedded hardware for low power IoT sensors and gateways
- PCB design of 6 layer HDI M.2 RF modules and associated shield can
- Supercapacitor power backup system design
- Developed the hardware file release system from scratch
- De-risk the IC shortage. Designed a PCB with replacement IC that soldered to testpoints.
- Design test jigs for firmware development and mass production
- Mechanical design and 3D modelling/assembly of products
- Create 2D mechanical drawings of custom parts (membranes, sheetmetal, enclosure cutouts)
- Designed and built an IPx7 test chamber
Eleven Engineering Inc.
Design Engineer
July 2016 - August 2020 | Edmonton, AB
- Design and bring up of embedded system electronics for wireless audio customers
- Full hardware design cycle ownership of a consumer product that went to MP (90,000 units)
- Full ownership of a suite of interchangeable motherboards, power boards, and UI boards
- Altium: schematic design, layout entry, and library management
- Apply DFT, DFM, EMC, ESD techniques
- Negotiate board size and component placement with ID
- Build up of prototypes and customer samples
- Technical contact to international customers
- Support external and in house validation testing
- Create specification, test instructions, test reports, datasheets, and product documentation
- Support purchasing in selection of alternative components
- Represent Eleven at CES
HERR Window and Door
Apprentice Carpenter
June 2015 - June 2016 | Edmonton, AB
DRDC Suffield Research Center
Research Assistant
January - August 2012, May - August 2014 | Medicine Hat, AB
Worked closely with a scientist pursuing diverse research interests. Activities included instrumentation,
data analysis via Matlab, light spectroscopy, and pyrometery.
- Calibrated and operated a light spectroscope and streak camera system worth $250,000
- Recorded and analyzed high speed video of electromagnetic velocimeter impacts
- Worked extensively with Matlab on image processing, data manipulation, curve fitting
- Assembled and recorded data from a wide variety of instrumentation (thermocouple, fiber optic, shock pin, magnum gauge, pyrometer, twisted pair)
- Researched resin mixing and hardening techniques to minimize temperature increase
- Assisted with the precision mixing of explosives
Corrpro Canada Inc.
AC Mitigation Engineering Co-op Student
May - December 2013 | Edmonton, AB
- Modeled pipeline-power inductive coupling using SES Software (RoW, RESAP, SESCAD)
- Measured soil resistivity data up to 50 meters below ground via the Wenner method
- Developed a discrete algebraic analysis and LTspice simulation of the voltage induced along a pipeline due to power line parallelism
- Invoiced 20 clients
New Beginning Oilfield Services
Laborer, Graphic Designer
Summer 2011 | Fairview, AB
Camp Sagitawa
Photographer
Summer 2009 | Moberly Lake, BC
Education
University of Alberta
BSc Electrical Engineering (Co-op)
Graduated April 2015
Capstone GPA: 4.0/4.0
Special Student in Engineering
Fall 2015
Online
UTAustinX | UT.6.10x: Microcontroller Input/Output | Winter 2020
Fedevel | Advanced Digital Hardware Design | 2023
Memberships
APEGA
E.I.T. | since 2015
Passed NPPE January 2023
P.Eng. application pending
Protospace
Member | Fall 2022 - Present
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Courses:
- Woodworking I and II
- Laser Cutter I
- Metal Lathe
Breathe Parkour
Member, Level 4 | Nov 2023 - Present
Edmonton Clippers Quidditch Club
Beater | 2015 - 2016
Facebook Page
UofA NanoRobotics Club
President | 2013 - 2014
- Built a ferrofluid based micro-manipulator for competition at ICRA 2014
- Wrote a group constitution
- Secured $26,000 of funding and lab space
- Coordinated club activities with university staff and external sponsors
- Recruited and managed volunteers
- Assigned tasks and negotiated deadlines
- VP NanoRobotics for the Nanotechnology Club
Controls Group Leader | 2013 - 2014
- Greatly simplified the previous control system
- Trained and mentored two first year students with no previous background
- Sourced all parts and equipment necessary for projects
UofA Electrical Engineering Club
Various Positions | 2010 - 2015
VP Social | Winter 2014
- Organized social events (mainly food sales)
UofA Juggling Club
Treasurer | 2013 - 2014
UofA Student’s Union
Engineering Councilor | 2011 - 2012
Taoist Tai Chi Society of Canada
Member | Feb - May 2009
Software
CAD
Altium
- 2 - 6 layer, HDI, mixed signal, RF, audio
- 60+ Gerber releases
FreeCad, QCAD, DraftSight, KiCad
Simulation
LTspice
Keysight Genesys
- antenna simulation
Programming
Git, Matlab, Assembly, C
Graphic Design
Microsoft Office, iWork, LaTeX, InDesign, Photoshop, Inkscape
Activities
Alberta Nanotech Symposium
Moderator | 2014
Let's Talk Nanoscience
Presenter | 2014
Presented a 10 minute talk to 8 different grade twelve classes
The Canadian Prairies Group of Chartered Engineers Scholarship
Recipient | 2013
Red Cross Refugee Displacement Activity
Insurgent, Border Guard | ~2011
Premier’s Citizenship Award
Recipient | 2009
UofA Engineering Art Show
Entrant | 4 years
UofA Orientation
Photographer | 2010, 2011
Solsnitch Fantasy Quidditch Tournament
Player | 4 years
Skills Canada Regionals - Graphic Design
Gold Medal | 2008
Silver Medal | 2009
D&D
Player | since 2017
DM | since 2018
- Forge of Fury: 2018, 2020
- White Plume Mountain: 2019
- The Delian Tomb: 2020
- Tal'Dorei Hex Map: 2020
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