1 Sept 2021
until
31 Jan 2022

- BOSCH EBIKE - is located in Kusterdingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and is a leading supplier of e-bike components. Companies such as TREK and SPECIALIZED use Bosch's e-bike batteries, drive units, remotes, dispays and recently, even their ABS units. My 5-month experience of being part of the development team responsible for their ABS software gave me excellent insight into the world of agile software engineering.

The ebike components communicate using CAN-FD and the system only works if all the components are connected. Their integrated testing framework (ITF) uses custom Python tooling to allow single components to be tested individually by having it's CAN-FD communication lines connected to a pc while the pc simulates the other components. One of my responsibilities was to write new test cases for the ITF to aid in finding (and fixing) bugs sooner when new ABS software versions were released.

I also gained some more experience using Matlab and Simulink with their Drive Unit team. Simulink models are compiled into C++ code using the MathWorks Coders extention before then being compiled with other C++ source code into the final software deliverables for the Drive Unit.

25 Jan 2021
until
19 Feb 2021

- Slideluvre - is a startup IoT company situated in Stellenbosch. They are a small team of professionals, often employing student interns and who focus primarily on their one prototype project. The team is working on an intelligent product that incorporates solar panals into a louvre system. The louvre slats can rotate to find a balance between three things depending on the client's need: tracking the sun for better efficiency, providing glare control and providing sound insulation.

In my four weeks at Slideluvre, I was firstly given the task of finding the best sensor to be used in a particular application. Additionally, I helped with the setup of a Raspberry Pi to be used with Amazon's Greengrass service. Finally, I was tasked with building a replacement prototype circuit board using the ESP32 to control a stepper motor driver and programming it (Arduino IDE) to communicate through AWS IoT Core.

9 - 13 DEC 2019
&
6 - 10 JAN 2020

- Yellowtail - is a software developing company based in Cape Town, but also part of the larger international Yellowtail group. They specialise in business analysis, technology consulting, custom software development and complex integration while their focus lies with FinTech, Blockchain and retail solutions.

I started my student work here not knowing much about dev ops, but wanted to learn by doing. By the end of the two weeks, I had built most of a Kubernetes Cluster by using a Virtual Machine on one of their laptops' disc (Commonly known as bare metal).

STONE THREE

14 - 25 JAN 2019
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25 - 29 MARCH 2019

- Stone Three - is an IOT company in Somerset West. They provide solutions using technology to improve digital productivity, wokplace safety and healthcare.

I was exposed to a project using AI in workplace safety and a lot of what I did was trivial sorting of data, but a big part also included moving data with Python and SQL.

mid 2019

- Laanhof - is a luxurious guest house located in the heart of Stellenbosch. It is really more of a complex containing one large house and a few seperate apartments that are all listed on booking.com and lekkeslaap.co.za.

I have been working there every once in a while as a stand-in manager when the owners were away. This includes taking bookings online, receiving guests, facilitating the necessary payments and other admin-related things.

SEPT 2017

- Wild Clover Breweries - is a beer brewery just outside Stellenbosch. They make their own wit, pilsner, ale and porter.

I was a waiter at their brewery for two months around September 2017 in my Matric year, working weekends I had off.