Available for 2026 Engineering Roles

Thomas Tran

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Computer & Electrical Engineering student at the University of Michigan, building the bridge between physical hardware and low-level software. Specializing in PCB design, electrical hardware, and bare-metal firmware.

// Skills

Core Capabilities

PCB & Hardware Design

Designing robust, multi-layer mixed-signal Printed Circuit Boards with a focus on power and signal integrity.

Altium Stackup Design

Embedded Firmware

Writing highly-optimized, bare-metal C/C++ drivers and architecting RTOS systems.

C / C++ FreeRTOS STM32

RF & Control Systems

Implementing state estimation (Extended Kalman Filters), automated pathing, RF telemetry.

LoRa Sensor Fusion (EKF)

// Systems in Action

Featured Engineering

Autonomous Parafoil PCB
Featured Hardware

Autonomous Flight Computer

Designed, built, and flight-tested a custom 4-layer PCB Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) system to recover scientific payloads. Features heavy copper power-isolation for mechatronics, a 7-state EKF running on FreeRTOS (STM32H7), and a custom RF bias-tee front-end. Achieved < 5m landing accuracy from a 75m drop.

Altium STM32H7 FreeRTOS EKF
Active

MASA Avionics Telemetry

Leading the development of a 2.4GHz LoRa telemetry system to transmit rocket flight data from 75,000 feet. Wrote bare-metal C drivers for the Semtech SX1280 transceiver and performed link budget analysis to recover a -9.6 dBm deficit via LNA integration.

LoRa / SX1280 RF Design Embedded C
Gantry

Multi-Modal Robotic Gantry

Developed a 2-axis targeting gantry driven by an STM32. Implemented automated target tracking using OpenCV for computer vision, alongside manual multi-modal control interfaces parsed from Wii remotes and PS2 joysticks via SPI/I2C.

OpenCV STM32 C SPI / I2C
ACC

Adaptive Cruise Control (HIL)

Modeled and deployed a multi-mode ACC and lane-keeping PD controller in Simulink. Generated code onto an NXP S32K144 MCU, validating state machines via hardware-in-the-loop testing and CAN Bus communications.

Simulink NXP S32K CAN Bus

IoT Occupancy Monitor

Engineered a 2-layer ESP32-based PCB integrating a Time-of-Flight sensor. Optimized RF keep-out zones and ground pours for reliable Wi-Fi telemetry to accurately track up to 100 individuals dynamically.

Altium ESP32 VL53L1X