Résumé


Experience

Automation Engineer

08/2025 — Present

Wellness USA — Minneapolis, MN

  • Develop Software and user interface for Sauna and Pod; Implement status control, monitoring, and scheduling features.
  • Developing and improving software Graphical User Interface (GUI) using React/JavaScript and ideation using Canva.
  • Mobile App Software functional testing and quality control, requirement specification based on user feedback.
  • Software version tracking and technical documentation ; visualize system architecture using block diagrams.
  • Write Bash and Python scripts for automated data collection, cleansing, modeling and visualization.
  • Configure networking and secure remote access over Cloud, enabling access and control over the internet.

Engineering Intern

05/2025 — 08/2025

Xcel Energy — Minneapolis, MN

  • Developed automated energy dashboard in Grafana, ingesting smart energy meter data via MQTT.
  • Built near real-time automated data processing ETL workflow using Python into time series database for analytics.
  • Analized and visualized energy consumption patterns, identifying opportunities for efficiency improvements and cost savings.
  • Developed tool that assisted in quick testing of multiple smart energy meters, reducing test time by up to 100%.
  • Containerized using Docker and streamlined setup with Makefile for reproducibility across OS systems.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

01/2023 — 05/2025

North Dakota State University — Fargo, ND

  • Served as TA and grader for CSCI 312 (Programming Languages), CSCI 336 (Theoretical CS), CSCI 366 (Databases) ; Instructed CSCI 114 (Computer Applications), covering computer Netwroks, operating systems, databases, etc. ; Assisted professors course materials and student consultations.

Data Engineer

05/2022 — 01/2023

University of Regensburg — Germany

  • Automated data collection from diverse sources including API, Web Scraping, flat files into storage.
  • Integrated automated data validation logic within ETL processes to ensure data accuracy and compliance.
  • Data modeling capturing business logic and relationships, enabling efficient querying and analysis.

Graduate Engineering Researcher

09/2020 — 04/2022

University of Rostock — Germany

  • Participated in NLP graduate research including text preprocessing, validation, sentiment analysis, and classification.
  • Analyzed materials and technologies for high-temperature laser diode applications ; Worked on particle velocity measurement using laser + high speed camera ; 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

North Dakota State University, 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