• Designed and developed modular Python automation frameworks, streamlining validation and - production testing across multiple hardware projects.

• Built user-friendly Python GUI applications to simplify production workflows, including device configuration, bootloading, operator tracking, and automated reporting.

• Developed automated test suites and reporting tools to validate hardware and firmware under tight deadlines, ensuring reliable and on-time product delivery.

• Performed hands-on hardware validation, including adding test points, soldering, and signal probing to support firmware debugging and automated testing.

• Integrated communication interfaces (EtherCAT, UART) to expand system capabilities and improve test coverage.

• Contributed to embedded firmware development in C (STM32, PIC32, TI Sitara), implementing communication protocols, safety features, and peripheral drivers.

• Mentored and trained engineers in automation frameworks, lab setup, and driver development, improving team efficiency and onboarding.

• Wrote Python automation scripts to control lab instruments and collect calibration data for power supply testing.

• Created a Python driver for APC PDUs that automated per-bench AC power control, making lab operations more efficient.

• Built equipment drivers and an automation framework to integrate diverse instruments into test workflows, with support for both modern LAN connections and legacy RS232/GPIB.

• Produced documentation and UML diagrams that standardized Python library usage and made it easier for other engineers to adopt the tools.

• Maintain contact with participants through regular on-campus meetings, email, texting, and phone calls

• Model and assist students in navigating college, including time management and prioritizing

• Notify participants of upcoming deadlines and opportunities, such as financial aid, enrollment deadlines, and extracurricular activities

• Refer participants to campus services such as counseling and financial aid advising

• Required to complete monthly online training sessions and weekly check-ins with the STEM Project Specialist to provide us with tools and resources such as information on how to refer students to appropriate campus services such as counseling and financial aid advising or how to create SMART goals

• Consistent interaction with 3 to 6 students per semester

• Meet with mentees for a minimum of three times a week

• Assist and guide students' who have been put in probation

• Attend and actively participate in All mentor training

• Be responsive to all work-related communication in a timely manner (within 48 business hours)

• Provide skills that will support students in and out of the classroom: such as navigating the Cabrillo College website, extracurricular activities, time management, goal setting