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DIV.01FORMULA SAE · ELECTRIC

FSAE Electric

Four seasons on UMSAE Formula Electric, the University of Manitoba's entry in Formula SAE (the international competition where students design, build, and race formula-style cars). From embedded firmware and accumulator work to leading the push to make the car driverless by 2028. This is the build log.

ADomains

Three subsystems, one car

01 · FW

Firmware

Embedded C on the vehicle control units: CAN networking, sensor drivers, and the battery-management stack.

Embedded CRTOSCAN busBMSSensor drivers
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02 · MFG

Manufacturing

Building and validating the HV accumulator: cell tab testing, segment assembly, and the wire harnessing and safety discipline that a 400V pack demands.

AccumulatorHV safetyTab testingHarnessingBMS integration
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03 · AV

Autonomy

The driverless program, in active development: system architecture, C++/ROS 2 on Jetson Orin, and ruleset compliance, targeting autonomous events by 2028.

ROS 2C++Jetson OrinPerceptionArchitecture
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BTrajectory

How I got here

  1. 2022

    Joined the team on firmware

    · FW

    Programmed STM32 microcontrollers on the custom PCBs that run the car, learned to troubleshoot electrical systems through their schematics, and wrote a Python tool that logs high-current tab-test measurements through an ADC.

  2. 2024

    Software System Lead

    · FW · MFG

    Led 10+ software members across 5+ vehicle codebases: CI/CD test pipelines with GitHub Actions, and CAN 2.0 communication between the custom PCBs, the battery-management system, and the 3-phase motor controller.

  3. 2026

    Autonomous Systems Lead (DSO)

    · AV

    Leading 10+ members standing up the driverless program: a C++/ROS 2 monorepo targeting the NVIDIA Jetson Orin, $30k in sponsored LiDARs and cameras, and system architecture built around the FS driverless ruleset. Target: driverless by 2028.

CBuild log

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