Automation Engineer
08/2025 — PresentWellness 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 — 08/2025Xcel 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 — 05/2025North 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 — 01/2023University 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 — 04/2022University 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 — 08/2018General 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.