Automation Engineer
08/2025 — PresentWellness USA — Minneapolis, MN
- Programmed IDEC PLC in Structured Text (ST) and Ladder Diagram (LD) controlling LEDs, Vibrator Motors, and Pumps for Pods.
- Developed a CODESYS WebVisu HMI on Raspberry Pi, with redundent comunication (Wi-Fi/Ethernet) using Modbus TCP.
- Deployed outbound accesspoints over cloudflare enabling access of HMI control from anywhere over the internet.
- Resolved networking and connectivity issues; documented root causes and solutions for long-term reference.
Engineering Intern
05/2025 — 08/2025Xcel Energy — Minneapolis, MN
- Developed fully automated energy utilization dashboard in Grafana, ingesting high-resolution smart meter data via MQTT.
- Built automated Python pipelines to collect, clean, and publish smart meter readings (5 Sec) into time-series database for analytics.
- Containerized dashboard setup using Docker, shell scripts, and Makefile for reproducibility across Linux and Mac systems.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
01/2023 — 05/2025North Dakota State University — Fargo, ND
- Served as grader for CSCI 312 (Programming Languages), CSCI 336 (Theoretical CS), CSCI 366 (Database Systems), etc.
- Instructed CSCI 114 (Computer Applications), covering computer Netwroks, operating systems, databases, spreadsheets, etc.
- Supported professors with lectures, course materials, student consultations, and exam review sessions.
Data Engineer
05/2022 — 01/2023University of Regensburg — Germany
- Automated ingestion of datasets from APIs and web sources into PostgreSQL for research workflows.
- Built validation pipelines using web scraping to ensure data accuracy and compliance with GDPR requirements.
Graduate Engineering Researcher
09/2020 — 04/2022University of Rostock — Germany
- Participated in graduate research including text preprocessing, validation, topic modeling, sentiment analysis, and classification BERT LLM.
- Analyzed materials and technologies for high-temperature laser diode applications ; Performed particle velocity measurements using laser-based techniques ; Implemented a VHDL module for audio signal processing on a Xilinx FPGA.
Electrical Engineer
09/2015 — 08/2018General Power PLC — Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Developed control systems for soft starters, HVACs, Water pumps, etc using VRFs, contactors, relays, PLCs, raspberry pi, etc.
- Sourced circuit breakers, pumps, PLCs, Wires, Copper conductors, and motors based on engineering specifications.
- Developed electrical wiring diagrams for HVAC, Firefighting systems, water pumps, etc. using CAD software.