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About

Solar systems, from grid to factory.

I became a chef to help people, then chose engineering to pursue net zero and Australia's energy dominance through solar.

Nine members of the Tindo Solar team standing together on the factory floor
Me (far right) with some of the team at Tindo Solar.

Approach

Start with constraints.

Define the requirement, expose the assumptions, build the smallest useful test, then explain what the result means.

  1. Aug 2022 to Aug 2025

    Kitchen supervisor, Plus 82 Pocha

    When I was appointed kitchen supervisor, I learnt how to coordinate a team of five, train staff, manage stock, and make calm decisions under pressure.

  2. Nov 2025 to Aug 2026

    Production worker, Tindo Solar

    Moving from comfortable hospitality work onto a solar-panel production line was deliberate, as it keeps me closer to engineering practice. The floor gave me direct exposure to 5S, Kaizen, flash testing, quality checks, and fault-finding culture, and shadowing the engineers showed me how RCA and 8D problem-solving connect engineering decisions with process reliability and operator reality.

  3. Aug 2026 to now

    Electrical engineering intern, Tindo Solar

    I assist with BOM documentation, component selection, and circuit design under engineering direction, and I write the standard operating procedures, work instructions, and quality records that keep production consistent.

  4. Now, final year

    Associate Degree in Electronics Engineering, TAFE SA

    I have worked through standards-informed electrical design: cable sizing, protection, grid-connection reasoning, single-line diagrams, wiring schedules, and compliance matrices.

  5. Expected 2028

    Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Adelaide University

    My current path articulates from TAFE SA into the degree.

Outside work and study, I keep building at the bench: small systems where limitations stay visible and useful.

Tools and standards

VerifiedAssociatedPending

Power design

Maximum demand, cable selection and de-rating, voltage drop, fault current, earth-fault-loop impedance, single-line diagrams, and wiring schedules. Design tools: AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Fusion 360, and KiCad.

Verified public evidenceCommercial LV Cabling Design →
AssociatedThe single-line diagram is open to read in the LV cabling case study.

Standards
AS/NZS 3000 · AS/NZS 3008.1.1 · AS 1100 technical drawing

Grid connection

Connection-voltage assessment, protection and power-quality compliance, and hosting-capacity reasoning.

Verified public evidence1 MW Solar Grid-Connection Assessment →

Standards
AS/NZS 4777.1 and 4777.2 · AS/NZS 5033 · SA Power Networks TS132/TS133/TS134

Embedded systems

Python, MATLAB, C, ROS 2, ESP and AVR microcontrollers, and MAVLink telemetry. Multimeter, oscilloscope, function generator, LTspice, and Logisim support bench work and simulation.

Public evidence pendingGPS-Denied Autonomous UAV →Systems design is under way; staged test results come next.

Manufacturing and quality

5S, Kaizen, root cause analysis, 8D problem-solving, inspection, soldering, and production fault-finding.

Public evidence pendingCurrent work at Tindo Solar. A sanitised DFMA write-up is still in review.