Amjad Rehawi
Open to Summer 2027 internships and full-time roles for 2027

Hardware engineer for things that move themselves.

Senior honors double major in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University. I build the hardware spine of machines that move on their own: high-voltage battery systems, motor control, embedded firmware, and autonomous aircraft.

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B.S. Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (Honors) · Santa Clara University · GPA 3.7 · Class of 2027

Raven · tilt-rotor eVTOL · Stage 1 of 8
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Place, CrossFit Maker Challenge

02 / The thesis

The same stack that ships a 400-volt race car flies an autonomous aircraft.

Cells, busbars, BMS, motor drives, CAN, sensor chains, vehicle control. The work I do on FSAE tractive systems and traction inverters at STMicroelectronics is the same engineering that powers eVTOL propulsion, swarm coordination, and aerospace-grade power electronics. Raven is the proof: an 8-stage roadmap from a single tilt-rotor airframe to a 4-drone autonomous swarm.

A

Power electronics

420 V / 504 V packs, BMS, charging, precharge, IMD

B

Motor control

Inverter debug, PWM, space-vector modulation

C

Embedded firmware

STM32, CAN, Lauterbach JTAG, full analog signal chains

D

Systems craft

PCB safety review, thermal, mechanical integration

03 / Projects

Selected work

All projects →
Stage 1 of 8: electronics integrationeVTOL · Autonomy · Power

Raven

Fixed-wing in cruise, three-motor VTOL in hover. Designed, analyzed, and printed in carbon-fiber composite, on an 8-stage roadmap that ends in a fully autonomous 4-drone swarm with wireless charging at home base.

eVTOLtilt-rotorautonomycarbon fiberFEA/CFDswarmfirmware
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04 / About

One stack, two domains: electric vehicles and autonomous aircraft.

I'm a senior honors student at Santa Clara University, graduating in 2027 with a double major in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and a 3.7 GPA. I learn by building the full stack, schematic to PCB to firmware to mechanical to control, and shipping the result to a hard deadline.

Since 2023 I've owned the high-voltage electrical stack on SCU's Formula SAE electric cars: programming the Orion BMS 2 on a ~420 V accumulator, designing and reviewing shutdown, precharge, and IMD safety circuits, architecting the vehicle CAN network, and soldering a 140+ thermistor harness whose placement strategy improved measurement accuracy by roughly 50 percent. At STMicroelectronics I debugged a customer's traction motor inverter with Lauterbach JTAG hardware, diagnosed and fixed DC bus instability, and built an STM32 proximity-sensing system end to end.

Raven is where it converges. It's a tilt-rotor eVTOL I designed and printed in carbon-fiber composite, the first airframe of a planned 4-drone autonomous swarm, and the flagship hardware of the stealth AI hardware startup I founded. FAA Part 107 certification is in progress.

Discipline
EE + ME, Honors
Focus
Power, firmware, autonomy
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Availability
Summer 2027 / FT 2027

05 / Skills

What I work with

High-voltage power electronics & batteries

Deep
Li-ion pack architectureOrion BMS 2 + custom modulesPrecharge / discharge / IMD circuitsProgrammable charging systemsDC bus stabilizationThermal managementSpace-vector modulation & PWM

Embedded firmware & signal chains

Deep
STM32 (L476, Cortex-M)C / ARM AssemblyADC, timers, interrupts, DMASPI / UART / I2C / PWM / DACEnd-to-end analog chains: sensor to ADC to IRQ to PWM/DAC to filter to ampLauterbach JTAG

CAN bus & diagnostics

Deep
Vehicle CAN architectureCustom STM32 CAN firmwarePython diagnostic GUIsOscilloscope & logic analyzer validation

PCB design & safety review

Deep
Schematic ownershipLayout reviewFSAE EV rules complianceProtection-logic verification before fabPrecision soldering

Mechanical CAD, FEA & CFD

Strong
SolidWorks (CSWP certified)SolidWorks SimulationAnsys FEA / CFDFusion 360Kinematics & linkages

Materials & manufacturing

Strong
PA612-CF15 carbon-fiber compositeTensile & torsion coupon testingFDM/FFF print optimization3D printability designComposite structures

Tooling & software

Familiar
PythonMATLAB / Simulink / SimscapeVerilog / VivadoLTSpiceSTM32CubeMX / KeilGitNext.js / TypeScript

06 / Experience

Where I have worked

  1. High-Voltage Engineer (BR2, 2027 car)

    Jul 2026 - present

    Bronco Racing / SCU Formula SAE · Santa Clara, CA

    • Own the EV electrical architecture for the 2027 car: BMS, thermal management, charging system, data acquisition, driver display, and all low-voltage electronics.
    • Building the charging cart from scratch: rebuilding the shutdown-circuit PCB, wiring, system architecture, CAD and 3D printing, and full documentation.
    • Powertrain electronics for an Emrax 228 motor with DTI motor controller on a ~120s4p Molicel P50B pack (~432 V nominal, 504 V max, ~8.6 kWh).
    • Exploring in-cell thermal-runaway sensing (DEP BRT) as an FSAE innovation concept; vendor validation cites roughly 12 minutes of pre-vent warning.

  2. Application Engineer Intern

    Jun 2025 - Dec 2025

    STMicroelectronics · Santa Clara, CA

    • Debugged a customer's custom traction motor inverter using Lauterbach JTAG hardware and StellarStudio, resolving PWM timing faults, gate-driver issues, and current-sensing calibration errors.
    • Independently diagnosed DC bus instability and implemented a parallel-capacitor fix between the inverter and supply.
    • Built an STM32 proximity-sensing system end to end: ADC processing, timed interrupts, PWM/DAC audio output, analog low-pass filter, amplifier, speaker.
    • Authored PWM and space-vector modulation parameterization guides for internal and customer use; delivered competitive teardown analyses to ST marketing.

  3. Electrical Specialist, then High-Voltage & Co-Electrical Lead (BR1, 2026 car)

    Sep 2023 - Jun 2026

    Bronco Racing / SCU Formula SAE · Santa Clara, CA

    • Programmed and configured the Orion BMS 2 for a 100s3p Molicel P45B accumulator (~360 V nominal, ~420 V max): cell monitoring, SoC algorithms, safety interlocks.
    • Programmed and installed a 540 V on-board charger and designed the charging cart with current/voltage control, safety shutdown, and deadman lock; verified FSAE EV compliance.
    • Designed schematic sections and reviewed PCBs for shutdown, charging-shutdown, precharge, discharge, and IMD circuits; caught protection-logic errors before fabrication.
    • Architected the vehicle CAN network, wrote STM32 firmware for sensor interfacing and diagnostics, and built a Python GUI for real-time CAN monitoring.
    • Soldered a 140+ thermistor accumulator harness; placement optimization improved measurement accuracy by roughly 50 percent (bench-validated).
    • Led team training on precision soldering, thermal architecture, and HV safety.

  4. Founding Technical Intern

    Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

    BetterEDU Inc. · Phoenix, AZ (remote)

    • Managed Firebase and Firestore databases for an EdTech platform; debugged the iOS app through systematic testing.
    • Built company website infrastructure and implemented technical documentation.

  5. Peer Educator / TA / Grader

    Sep 2024 - Mar 2025

    SCU Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science · Santa Clara, CA

    • Tutored advanced mathematics and programming and graded coursework as assistant to Dr. Fady El Chidiac.

  6. Cyber Security Intern

    May 2023 - Aug 2023

    Odyssey CyberSecurity · Nicosia, Cyprus

    • Conducted simulated penetration testing and observed real-time monitoring for critical infrastructure; worked in Linux kernel operations and embedded-systems security.

07 / Honors

Recognition

  • 2nd Place, CrossFit Maker Challenge ($1,500)

    Team Megatrons, sponsored by CrossFit LLC; units shipped and displayed at CrossFit Sundown.

    2026

  • 1st Place, Asearis Hackathon

    PalmSync biometric wellness device; team captain of 3 engineers.

    2025

  • Possible Career Accelerator Fellow

    1 of 25 students, faculty-nominated by Dr. Andy Wolfe.

    2025

  • SolidWorks Certified Professional (CSWP)

    Plus MakerLab certification and MATLAB Simulink / Simscape Onramps.

    2025

  • Robotics Team Captain, First Tech Challenge

    Led 8 to 10 students in Nicosia, Cyprus; multiple awards including the Innovator Award.

    2021 - 2023

  • Stanford Inspirit AI Leadership Fellow & Ambassador

    Built an AI model to detect exoplanets in NASA TESS data.

    2021

08 / Education

Where I studied

  • Santa Clara University

    2023 - 2027

    B.S. Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (double major), Honors

    3.7 GPA. Expected 2027. Possible Career Accelerator (1 of 25).

  • University of Cambridge (A-Levels)

    2021 - 2023

    Computer Science A* (92%), Physics A

    Nicosia, Cyprus

Open to Summer 2027 internships and full-time roles for 2027

09 / Contact

Let's build hardware that moves.

Recruiting for battery, power electronics, embedded, or autonomy roles? Curious about Raven? Reach out.

arihawi@scu.eduLinkedInPhone

Santa Clara, CA