Software & Hardware Development Intern

Lytehorse Labs | May 2022 - Aug 2022 | Regina, SK

The company's flagship product was an electric ATV and so they wanted a dynamometer for testing it. They had some prototyped hardware, so my job was to get develop custom software to get it running.

This was a dream project for me - working with software, hardware and electrical elements. Getting to be work with so many pieces of technology was an excellent experience.

Since I was the only developer on the project, a government funded intern, I had had near final-cut control:

• How to structure the code
• How to setup the GUI for user interaction
• How to integrate safety features
• And more....

The machine's construction was a solid metal frame inset with four 12 inch rollers that the vehicle sat on top of. These rollers were what ran the machine and what made this a dyno.

Each roller was connected to an electric motor for drive, brake, and torque/HP testing. The motors connected to Kelly motor controllers, which then connected to an Arduino. This was our way to commuicate.

On the user's end, a python program used our custom UART-based protocol to send and receive communications over serial. We used a Teensy microntroller since it has eight serial ports, and recieved asynchronous communication from both directions.

• Primary task #1 was to develop native software using Python.
• Using serial protocol, Python signalled Arduino. Arduino then signalled electric motor controllers on the machine.
• Tools used included TKinter for GUI; multi-threading and TCP socket APIs for asynchronous communication.
• Primary task #2 was to develop logic for Arduino microcontroller in C language. This handled communication between user and machine using serial.
• Two-way serial communication meant Arduino accepted input from both Python and motor controller systems simultaneously.
• Arduino signal directions: received serial input from Python, received serial input from motor controller, sent out appropriate serial output responses.

Front End Development Intern

54e Dev Studios | Jan 2022 - May 2022 | Regina, SK

• Overall job was to develop new client-side features for company's internal content management system using React and Typescript.
• Primary task was to fulfill supervisor assigned tickets, and to assign new tickets to myself when required. Tasks included:
• Adding/removing elements such as buttons, checkboxes, radios, etc., along with required operating logic.
• Adding new pages to CMS for entirely new functionality, i.e. adding an '/items' page.
• Secondary task was to make the CMS mobile-friendly.
• After noticing that many CMS pages were not responsive, I overhauled as many pages as possible, making them functionally responsive on mobile.
• Many staff were using the CMS under non-responsive conditions, so this improvement benefited staff positively.
• Additional tasks included monitoring build pipeline for errors, and assuring smooth merge of all my pull requests.

Full-Stack Development Intern

Raven Industries | May 2021 - Aug 2021 | Regina, SK

• Overall jobs were to develop new client-side features on ground control driving simulator for autonomous vehicle OMNiDRIVE, as well as to increase back-end systems test coverage.
• Primary task #1 was to create client-side components using React:
• Creating components within the simulator to expand simulator functionality.
• Main React task was to add a new expandable panel UI, along with the connecting logic to make it operational.
• Other smalls task included adding small UI items such as buttons.
• Primary task #2 was to write unit tests for back-end vehicle systems using Python:
• Unit testing for internal systems meant deep-diving into code used for driving an autonomous vehicle.
• I was able to increase the test coverage by 10%.

Front-End Development Intern

Sasktel | July 2020 - Dec 2020 | Regina, SK

• Overall job was to develop and test new client-side features for company website sasktel.ca across multiple environments i.e. Testing, Pre-Prod, Prod.
• Primary task was to fulfil supervisor assigned tickets. Assigned items included:
• Adding small UI features to pages, i.e buttons, using Angular and vanilla JS.
• Test that features worked across multiple environments, i.e. Test, Pre-prod, Prod.
• Secondary tasks included investigating and fixing bugs reported by QA testers.

Front-End Development

Virtual High School | June 2017 - Sept 2018 | BayField, ON

• Overall job was to develop new client-side features for company's internal content management system using Vue and Javascript.
• Primary task was to develop interactive educational tools, such as matching drag-and-drop games, which were used in school's courses.
• These were used to supplement the regular course materials, and were dropped into pages by teachers during course creation.
• Secondary task #1 was to write test coverage for all client-side logic.
• Setup test suite using Mocha, Karma, and Chai.
• Improved test coverage from zero to cover 100% of all client-side logic.
• Secondary task #2 was to act as maintainer for project documentation. Docs were generated using Jsdoc.