Bekalu Tadesse
Skills and Technologies:
About
I'm a multidisciplinary engineer rooted in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science—specializing in data engineering and analytics. My academic journey across the U.S., Germany, and Ethiopia has shaped a global perspective and strengthened my adaptability.
I'm also skilled with AWS cloud, having two AWS certifications recently.
I'm pragmatic, organized, and an effective communicator who thrives in collaborative environments. I'm driven by curiosity and a passion for building smarter, more efficient systems.
MS, Computer Science
MS, Electrical Engineering
Experience
Automation Engineer
Wellness USA Inc • 09/2025 - present
Automation solutions using CODESYS, IDEC PLCs, and Raspberry Pi for wellness products.
Engineering Intern
Xcel Energy • 05/2025 - 08/2025 • Minneapolis, MN
Automated testing for utility smart energy meters (Itron Gen5 Meters), IEEE 2030.5 protocol, real-time data processing & visualization with Grafana, MQTT, Time-Series Database (InfluxDB), Docker containerization.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
NDSU • 01/2023 - 05/2025 • Fargo, ND
Taught Programming languages, Microsoft office tools (Access, Excel), Database courses, etc. ; Created YouTube tutorials with 25K+ views.
Data Engineer
Universität Regensburg • 04/2021 - 12/2022 • Germany
ETL data integration, query optimization, schema evolution, SQL/NoSQL systems, Python pipelines, polystore databases, Airflow automation.
Data Engineering Researcher (AI/NLP)
Universität Rostock • 01/2019 - 03/2021 • Germany
BERT model fine-tuning, Sci-BERT, Bio-BERT, information retrieval, clustering, topic modeling, scientific text classification.
Electrical Engineer
General Power • 09/2015 - 08/2018 • Ethiopia
HVAC systems, power control systems, building electrical systems, hydro-power plant operations, SCADA control.
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