Résumé


Experience

Automation Engineer

08/2025 — Present

Wellness 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 — 08/2025

Xcel 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 — 05/2025

North 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 — 01/2023

University 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 — 04/2022

University 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 — 08/2018

General 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.

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Issue: 06/2024

Exp: 06/2027

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Issue: 09/2024

Exp: 09/2027

AWS Data Engineer – Associate

Issue: scheduled

Exp: TBD

Associate Data Scientist (88 Hrs)

Issue: 05/2020


Education

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MS, Computer Science

NDSU, USA

GPA : 3.85 | May, 2025

Courses:
  • AI
  • Algorithms
  • Data Engineering
  • Database Systems
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MS, Electrical Engineering

Uni Rostock, Germany

GPA : 3.77 | Apr, 2021

Courses:
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Warehouses and BI
  • Embedded Systems & VLSI
  • Natural Language Processing
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BS, Electrical Engineering

Jimma University, Ethiopia

GPA 3.37 | Jul, 2015

Courses:
  • Power Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Electronics
  • Digital Systems