Automation Engineer
08/2025 — PresentWellness USA — Minneapolis, MN
- Developed Automated performance test tool integrating multi-sensor hardware with software for performance analysis.
- Created reusable multi-sensor test environments that automate data acquisition, visualization, logging, and reporting.
- Developed data systems and analytics workflows for connected devices, automated testing, and operational monitoring.
- Implemented data collection, processing, validation, transformation, and visualization using Python, MQTT and databases.
- Built scalable pipelines and reporting tools that help convert raw device and sensor data into engineering metrics.
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 AI/LLM/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.