Skills & Competencies
The tables below summarise the tools and subject areas I work with. The rating column is a
self-assessment on a five-point scale, where three circles means I can work independently on
a typical task and five means I have applied it substantially in project work.
Control Engineering
| Topic | Level | Applied in |
|---|
| PID design & tuning |
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Motor speed and position loops, anti-windup, derivative filtering |
| Classical analysis |
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Root locus, Bode and Nyquist, gain and phase margin assessment |
| State-space methods |
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Pole placement, controllability and observability, Luenberger observers |
| Digital control |
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Discretisation, sampling and aliasing, fixed-step loop implementation |
| System identification |
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Step and frequency response testing, least-squares model fitting |
| State estimation |
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Complementary and Kalman filtering for inertial sensor fusion |
Electronics & Instrumentation
| Topic | Level | Applied in |
|---|
| Analogue circuit design |
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Op-amp amplifiers, active filters, comparators, references |
| Digital electronics |
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Logic design, level shifting, timing and interfacing |
| Sensor signal conditioning |
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Bridge amplification, anti-alias filtering, calibration and linearisation |
| Motor drives |
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H-bridge and ESC control, PWM drive, encoder feedback, current limiting |
| Power supplies |
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Linear and switching regulation, decoupling, protection circuitry |
| Laboratory practice |
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Oscilloscope, function generator, bench supply, multimeter, soldering |
Embedded & Automation
| Topic | Level | Applied in |
|---|
| Embedded C |
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Bare-metal and HAL firmware, interrupts, timers, DMA |
| STM32 / AVR / ESP32 |
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Peripheral configuration, ADC and PWM, low-level debugging |
| Serial protocols |
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UART, I²C, SPI, CAN; framing and error handling |
| PLC programming |
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Ladder logic and structured text, sequence and interlock design |
| HMI / SCADA concepts |
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Process visualisation, alarm handling, operator workflow |
| ROS |
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Nodes, topics and services, launch files, sensor integration, simulation |
Software & Tools
| Tool | Level | Applied in |
|---|
| MATLAB & Simulink |
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Modelling, controller design, response analysis, plotting |
| C |
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Firmware and general systems programming |
| Python |
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Data analysis, automation scripting, NumPy, OpenCV |
| C++ |
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ROS nodes and performance-sensitive routines |
| LTspice |
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Circuit simulation prior to board bring-up |
| KiCad |
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Schematic capture and simple PCB layout |
| Linux & shell |
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Development environment, build tooling, remote debugging |
| Git, Docker, CI |
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Version control, reproducible environments, automated builds |
Scale: ●○○○○ exposure |
●●○○○ guided use |
●●●○○ independent |
●●●●○ confident |
●●●●● extensive project use
