// Electronics Engineer in Training — Langley, BC

ARBAB
AHMED

I design hardware that works in the real world, from PCB schematic and layout through to firmware and product architecture.

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4+
Years Experience
3
PCBs Designed — Full Ownership
4–8L
Layer Stack-Up Ownership
HW→FW
Full Stack Coverage
// 01 — About

Systems Thinker.
Hardware Builder.

I'm a PCB design and embedded systems engineer. When I look at a design, I'm thinking about the whole picture: where it might fail, how it gets built, and what happens when the requirements shift.

That kind of thinking shows up the same way whether I'm laying out a board, writing firmware, or planning system architecture.

My strongest work is at the hardware/software boundary: where silicon constraints, peripheral behaviour, power budgets, and software all have to work together.

Hardware & PCB
PCB Design Schematic Capture Altium Designer Power Electronics BMS Design 3D CAD / Enclosures
Firmware & Embedded
ARM MCUs NXP S32 Embedded C Peripheral Config CAN / UART / SPI / I2C
Infrastructure
Proxmox Network Design PoE Systems Self-Hosted Services Home Automation
// 02 — Projects

Selected Work

// FEATURED · PROFESSIONAL
Unmanned Surface Vehicle:
Next-Gen Prototype PCB
I was the sole PCB designer on the next-generation prototype for an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle. Full schematic and layout from scratch, with system architecture worked out alongside the senior engineer. The board brought navigation, communications, and power management together on a single platform built for field deployment.
Altium Designer Schematic PCB Layout Systems Architecture Prototype → Production
PCB Render: Coming Soon
// 01 · PROFESSIONAL
Battery Management System PCB Redesign
Full redesign of the BMS PCB for the USV platform. I handled the schematic, layout, and validation, and integrated it into the broader power architecture.
BMS Power Electronics PCB Redesign Altium
// 02 · PROFESSIONAL
Communications Management PCB Redesign
Redesigned the communications management board for the same vehicle platform. Full schematic and layout, integrated with the multi-board system.
RF / Comms PCB Layout Altium Systems Integration
// 03 · ACADEMIC
PC Power Supply Unit — Capstone Project
Built a PC power supply from the ground up as my engineering capstone. Schematic, PCB layout, physical build, and testing all done along side my team.
Power Electronics Schematic Design PCB Layout Build & Test
// 04 · PERSONAL
Motorized TV Mounting System
A TV mount that moves the display into position automatically. Custom brackets and parts designed and 3D-printed by me with smart home integration.
3D Printing CAD Embedded Home Automation
// 05 · PERSONAL
Homelab Infrastructure
Self-built server and network rack running Proxmox virtualization, reverse proxies, NAS storage, and PoE camera infrastructure. Designed for reliability, future expansion, and local-first control.
Proxmox Network Design NAS PoE Self-Hosted
// 03 — Experience

Where I've Worked

Jan 2024 — Sep 2025
Hedgehog Technologies
Electronics Engineer · Burnaby, BC
  • Reviewed schematics and PCB layouts for high-voltage BLDC motor controller boards, with a focus on manufacturability, reliability, and testability
  • Supported hardware bring-up and validation; flagged layout and system-level issues found during physical testing
  • Gave routing guidance on high-current paths, power and ground strategies, and gate-driver switching behaviour
  • Redlined schematics, layouts, and BOMs for component shortages; wrote ECOs and test reports to track all changes
Feb 2022 — Sep 2023
Open Ocean Robotics
Electronics Engineer · Victoria, BC
  • Sole PCB designer on the next-generation prototype for an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle; full schematic and layout from concept through production handoff
  • Owned layout and stack-up definition (4 to 8 layers) in Altium for mixed-signal boards supporting embedded and comms-heavy systems
  • Redesigned the battery management and communications management PCBs; handled schematic, layout, validation, and integration
  • Built and maintained the Altium component library, which cut rework during production handoff
  • Worked directly with contract manufacturers to review layouts, address DFM feedback, and sort out assembly issues during prototyping
  • Designed mixed-signal boards with UART, I2C, SPI, RS-232/485, USB, PCIe, and CAN
May 2019 — Aug 2019
BCIT — SMART Microgrid
Research Assistant · Burnaby, BC
  • Built and tested wiring harnesses and fixtures for AC grid-tied power electronics systems
  • Ran hardware test procedures on off-the-shelf power electronics and wrote formal test reports for verification
  • Proposed a microgrid UI/UX upgrade to replace the existing OEM HMI and cut deployment costs
// 04 — Education

Academic Background

Sep 2017 — May 2021
BCIT
B.Eng. Electrical Engineering · Burnaby, BC
  • Capstone: built a PC power supply from scratch, schematic through physical build and testing
  • Graduated as Engineer in Training (EIT)
// 05 — Contact

Let's Build
Something.

Open to PCB design, embedded systems, and hardware/firmware roles. I'm looking for teams where technical rigor matters.

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