Spencer Perkins Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, Us

• Designed, modeled, and developed cutting-edge power electronic control firmware for the world’s largest utility-scale battery storage projects, with a cumulative deployed capacity over 5 GWh and expanding• Developed a real-time ECU data streaming tool with >70 kHz data capture rates, widely adopted by Tesla’s control firmware teams for debugging high-speed control loops and inverter behavior (30+ daily users)• Worked in an embedded C RTOS environment (TI C2000) with various peripherals (ADC, PWM, CAN, SPI, I2C, etc.)• Developed hardware in the loop (HiL), and software in the loop (SiL) automated component regression testing, and system self tests for manufacturing and commissioning

Austin, Texas, Us

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

• Implementing CAN BUS communication system into new electric vehicle• Redesigned the steering wheel for the UrbanConcept vehicle including electrical, software and hardware. The wheel has a screen to display information from the vehicles CAN bus

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

• Redesigned vehicle drive train to move from a chain drive to belt drive• Redesigned vehicle fuel system to be simple, compact, functional and reliable• Designed and built chain guards using carbon fiber and Kevlar

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

APSC 160 - Introduction to Computation in Engineering Design (in C)

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

• Designed robotics hardware including mechanical, power, safety, sensor and control systems• Developed a custom breakout PCB for Nvidia's robotics platform to support I2C, SPI, CAN, and RS-485 communication• Developed a custom voltage monitoring and safety cutoff PCB for use in Nvidia's robotics platform• Wrote drivers in C++ and Python to add new sensor support into Nvidia's robotics platform

Austin, Texas, Us

• Implemented foreign object detection in the production line with computer vision on Raspberry Pi’s saving $3.1M/year• Implemented a fault log datatype with Python, SQL and Tableau to scan the state of the production line when a fault occurs to allow root causing faults leading to increased availability• Created Kubeless function and dockerized Python REST API’s within Kubernetes for production line automation

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

• Developed an in house substation load forecast with Tableau, SQL and batch scripts saving BC Hydro tens of thousands of dollars• Developed a power factor calculation tool that is over 100 times faster than the previous methods• Performed duct bank thermal analysis to determine maximum allowable currents

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

• Worked on interactive touch wall, creating the user interface using Swift for macOS, iOS and tvOS• Created caching servers to hold content that was being displayed on the interactive wall. This was developed in JavaScript, with node.js, and posgreSQL• Worked with Rasberry Pi’s in Python to send touch data from the touch screen, to the computer running the main installation• Created custom touch gesture for macOS with the touch data from the RaspberryPi • Team member of developers, using Github and Jira

• Provided full landscaping and lawn care services• Directed capital and employee allocations• Grew gross seasonal revenue to $45 000• Sold company in August 2016