Hi, my name is

John.

Electronics Engineer

A passionate electronics engineer with an interest in power electronics and control systems.

Experience

Intern - BMW Group
August 2023 - present
I am currently working as an intern at BMW Group Plant Regensburg, in Regensburg, Germany. I am working on various software, data analysis and machine learning projects to support the quality and production systems.
Electrical Team Lead - QUT Motorsport
October 2020 - June 2023

After joining QUT Motorsport at the end of 2020 I quickly took on the responsibility of Tractive System Lead Engineer, and then Electrical Team Lead.

During my time as Tractive System Lead Engineer, I was responsible for integrating the inverters and motors into QEV-3. QEV-3 has seen many iterations and upgrades of its 72V tractive system and has proven to be a reliable test platform. It is currently being used by the Driverless team as a fully autonomous vehicle.

As the Electrical Team Lead I was responsible for overseeing the design of all vehicle systems of our new vehicle, QEV-4. This included:

  • Design of low voltage control and 600V electronics, including our teams vehicle control unit (VCU). Altium Designer.
  • Design and assembly of control and power wiring assemblies. Rapid Harness. Deutsch. Amphenol. Molex.
  • Design and construction of 600V battery pack
  • Integration of Sevcon HVLP 20 Inverters
Support System Technologist - Intern - Boeing Defence Australia
April 2019 - June 2023

I joined Boeing Defence Australia in April 2019 as an intern in the product support and maintenance capability. I worked on a variety of data analysis, modelling and simulation projects, supporting Boeing’s different sustainment programs.

In January 2021 I took a 6 month stint to work in Project Currawong, performing integration testing and debugging on deployable communications hardware.

In July 2021 I returned to the product support and maintenance capability, where I led the development of a Fleet Planning tool. This web tool involved a simulation and optimiser, enabling fleet planners to simulate different scenarios, comparing performance and maintenance. In late 2022 during the development of this tool, I was promoted to Support System Technologist.

Sales & Bicycle Mechanic & IT - Rival Bikes
March 2016 - March 2019
Bike and product sales Bicycle mechanics IT Platform Management and upgrades. Point of sales systems upgrade. Sales data analysis

Education

2018 - June 2023
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics) (Honours) and Bachelor of Information Technology (Computer Science)
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
GPA: 6.725 out of 7.0 | First Class Honours

Activities and societies:

  • Dean’s Scholars Program
  • QUT Motorsport Electrical team Lead
  • QUT Cycling Club & QUTcc x Ronde Racing Team - 2020 Treasurer, 2021 Secretary
  • QUT Foundry, QUT Starters - QUT Hatch 4.0
  • College of Excellence

Projects

SiC Inverter - Honours Thesis
Electronics Altium LT Spice C High Voltage PCB Design Test Measurement
SiC Inverter - Honours Thesis
A 600V silicon carbide motor drive I developed for my honours thesis in collaboration with QUT Motorsport.
Vehicle Control Unit (VCU)
Electronics Altium 4 Layer CAN SPI USB Pick and Place Assembly
Vehicle Control Unit (VCU)
A modular VCU - multiple units placed near sensors and loads, connected by a chained CANbus/power network. The VCU reads analog sensors, resistive sensors and drives high side loads such as fans and pumps.
Tractive System Active Light (TSAL)
Electronics Altium High Voltage
Tractive System Active Light (TSAL)
LED drivers to output a flashing red or solid green driver line depending on measured DC bus voltage.
Battery Management Unit (BMU)
Electronics Altium Microcontroller 4 Layer
Battery Management Unit (BMU)
Controls cell monitoring units (CMUs) over IsoSPI. Lowside control of DC contactors for high current and precharge. Battery safety system detection circuits - insulation monitoring device, connector interlocks, battery status. SD card for contious battery data logging.
Cell Monitoring Unit (CMU)
Electronics Altium Voltage Clearances 4 Layer Pick and Place Assembly
Cell Monitoring Unit (CMU)
A 14 cell CMU with integrated balancing designed to be mounted to a modular carrier board, or connected to a battery cell interface via flat flex cable.
Battery PCB Fitout
Electronics Altium High Power
Battery PCB Fitout
A PCB based battery fitout, enabling neater and tighter interface to contactors and voltage/current measurement.
CoffeeMate Smart Coffee Ecosystem
Electronics Altium Integrated Battery ESP32 Bluetooth
CoffeeMate Smart Coffee Ecosystem
A joint project with Alistair English and Thomas Fraser for Mechatronics Design 3.
Motor Control Communication Isolation
Electronics Altium 2 Layer
Motor Control Communication Isolation
Isolated CAN interface and hall transceiver board.
QEV-3 Harness Upgrade
Deutsch Rapid Harness
QEV-3 Harness Upgrade
Isolated CAN interface and hall transceiver board.
Motor Dyno Testing
Motor Dyno Testing
Dyno testing of QEV-3 motors with new inverters to characterise control and build a model of thermal limitations.

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