Hi! I'm Hadi Ahmed.

Milwaukee Tool (Milwaukee, WI)

Firmware Engineering Intern (June 2022 - August 2022)

• Enhanced battery charger debugging hardware using firmware written in C++, a proprietary serial communication protocol, and internal task scheduling queues
• Wrote battery and charger firmware for next generation chargers utilizing the IAR C++ toolchain, Google Test unit test framework, and Sphinx documentation generator
• Integrated a new process to extract failure logs from existing firmware, then parse and upload all log entries to a REST API for storage and display to internal employees
• Performed physical testing with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers to verify backwards compatibility between next generation chargers and current generation batteries

Navistar Inc

Electrical and Electronics Validation Intern (May 2021 - August 2021)

• Conducted vehicle-level testing of all electrical subsystems while analyzing CAN bus data
• Diagnosed and repaired hardware and software errors using Vector CANalyzer and NI LabVIEW
• Wrote and reviewed test procedures covering normal and failure conditions
• Designed a test harness for testing handling of corrupt data by capturing and intentionally modifying data from on-board camera and lidar sensors

Purdue Aerial Robotics Team

Electrial Systems Lead (October 2020 - Present)

• Collaborated with teammates to create an autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for competition in the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International student competition
• Managed sub-teams spanning 20 members implementing flight control, image transmission, autonomous flight, and telemetry capture systems
• Programed autonomous flight software utilizing RRT* pathfinding with Dubins Curves optimizations
• Fabricated power distribution boards with voltage regulators and long-range antenna tracker firmware

Image Transmission Project Lead (September 2019 - October 2020)

• Implement the Mission Planner ground station software for use on the aircraft
• Design an image transmission system using a Raspberry Pi and Ubiquiti Bullet to send images from a camera aboard the aircraft to the ground station

Purdue University

Software Saturdays Lead (June 2020 - May 2022)

• Oversaw presentation material for weekly learning sessions, write course curriculum for VueJS 2 and React, and program example code for learning sessions
• Distributed marketing material to hire teaching mentors and recruit participants
• Coordinated with Purdue administration to request funding, hire mentors, and record sessions
• Assigned mentors to tasks for weekly sessions, including designing presentation slides, demonstration programs, and informational flyers
• Increased program participation by 119% while reducing overall spending by 50%
• Improved program completion percentage for 4 consecutive semesters

Software Saturdays Mentor (September 2019 - May 2020)

• Guided participants through Android app development using Android Studio and Java
• Assisted in developing the course curriculum and created demonstration programs
• Tutored participants in an individual setting during weekly open review hours