Durham, North Carolina, United States
• Led 8 engineers through the design, integration, and testing of a car’s electrical and communication systems
• Redesigned CAN configurations, reducing CAN bus load from 80% to 40%
• Pioneered a digital steering wheel, utilizing an embedded system and custom PCB to encode 17 driver inputs efficiently over CAN
• Implemented a drag reduction system (DRS), decreasing lap times by 1.3%
• Designed a shift control strategy, decreasing average shift time from 1100ms to 120ms
• Diagnosed electrical faults during testing sessions and competition