Experience

ONWARD

• Netherlands
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Embedded Systems Engineer

  • May 2019 - Present

  As an embedded systems engineer at ONWARD, I am heavily involved in the development of our breakthrough platform designed to support people with spinal cord injury. I am working on the development of a TCP/IP-like communication stack, which is to be deployed on our implantable pulse generator (IPG) and wearable main controller (MC). This stack is also designed to enable communication with our custom applications running on a user-facing smart watch and tablet. This entails designing a communication system capable of coordinating the flow of data across a wide array of wired and wireless protocols, such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), near-field magnetic induction (NFMI), Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), and more. I am also developing an application framework that is being used to manage the execution of multiple real-time operating system (RTOS) processes running on our embedded devices. This framework is designed to support and coordinate our system's charging, stimulation, diagnostics, and error handling activities. Prior to my contributions to the product development efforts at ONWARD, I worked closely with researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and Lausanne Universtiy Hospital (CHUV) to prepare an investigative clinical software tool for submission as an IEC 62304 Class B medical device. This work involved developing system architecture, defining unit and integration testing protocols, and establishing a software maintenance toolchain.



EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Computer Vision Researcher at the EPFL Biorobotics Lab

  • Feb 2019 - May 2019

  I worked on implementing event-based cameras for underwater autonomous robots. In this capacity I was responsible for developing computer vision algorithms for capturing and processing data generated by dynamic vision sensors. I also designed the circuitry and hardware of a test setup meant to evaluate the potential benefits of such sensors in comparison to conventional image capture. I worked on implementing event-based cameras for underwater autonomous robots. In this capacity I was responsible for developing computer vision algorithms for capturing and processing data generated by dynamic vision sensors. I also designed the circuitry and hardware of a test setup meant to evaluate the potential benefits of such sensors in comparison to conventional image capture.

• Embedded Communications Engineer

  • Jul 2017 - Jan 2018

  Over the course of my six-month internship at ONWARD, I was responsible for designing Bluetooth Low Energy evaluation tests for a time-critical biomedical device. My experience at ONWARD included making hardware selections based on system requirements, developing code for embedded systems, participating in weekly SCRUM meetings, and carrying out fi eld tests around the city of Eindhoven. Over the course of my six-month internship at ONWARD, I was responsible for designing Bluetooth Low Energy evaluation tests for a time-critical biomedical device. My experience at ONWARD included making hardware selections based on system requirements, developing code for embedded systems, participating in weekly SCRUM meetings, and carrying out fi eld tests around the city of Eindhoven.



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Control Engineer at the Energy, Controls, and Applications Lab

  • May 2015 - Sep 2015

  During my time at the Energy, Controls, and Applications Laboratory (eCAL) at UC Berkeley, I was responsible for developing controllers and state estimators for battery management systems. I also led a web development project for sharing battery test data generated by eCAL. During my time at the Energy, Controls, and Applications Laboratory (eCAL) at UC Berkeley, I was responsible for developing controllers and state estimators for battery management systems. I also led a web development project for sharing battery test data generated by eCAL.