Sam O'Neill

Experience

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  Jacobs

  Oct 2014 - Nov 2014

  Work Experience

  I was introduced to Computer Aided Design (CAD) which prompted a interest to learn more about the program and how an engineering design offices operates.

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  Éirloop

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  Senior Embedded System Engineer in the first Irish team ever to represent Ireland at the 2018 SpaceX Hyperloop Student Pod competition. The final of this competition had us compete and race against 19 other teams in California.During my work as a Senior Embedded System Engineer I worked with the Electronic team to design and build a control system for a pod capable of reaching speeds over 500km/h. Alongside this I worked with the Software team to design a communication network capable of receiving data and giving commands directly to the pod, efficiently without fail even at its highest speeds.Our final System has the means to calculate, make critical decisions, and receive orders at any point or speed during a run. In my personal work I programmed built and tested various subsystems within the pod to calculate the well-being of our power, braking and control systems. Such systems are responsible for checking the temperature and voltage of individual batteries in our power systems. This system is designed to verify if one battery is running hotter or giving more power when compared to each other cell in the system.The braking sub system is responsible for the calculated actuation of our brakes at any point in a run or as soon as a command is sent to do so. This System was designed to continuously check the pressure of the Hydraulic brakes and make efficient decisions based off of data received from the total well-being of the pod.Éirloop was one of 5 teams to have a pod run at the 2018 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod competition. We overcame huge challenges with limited resources and funding in an intense timeline to build a pod that set the fastest ever external subtrack record. To celebrate our efforts, design and professional attitudes during the competition we were recognized with the innovation award. Show less

  • Software Lead

    Sept 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Senior Embedded System Engineer

    Oct 2017 - Sept 2018

  • Co-Administrator for social media/Electronics and Computer Systems at Éirloop

    Jan 2018 - Jun 2018
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  Study.ie

  Feb 2019 - Feb 2021

  Co-Founder, Tech Lead

  In February of 2019, I joined the Study team with the purpose of increasing the amount of learning resources finished every year from 7% to 100%.I spent the first three months working with the team to design our value proposition and business model.This led us to the LaunchBox accelerator program where as Tech Lead my software team and I prototyped and developed our MVP. I am currently overseeing the continued development of our product as we test it with our initial user base. Show less

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  LaunchBox, Tangent's Student Accelerator @ Trinity College Dublin

  May 2019 - Sept 2019

  Participant

  I gained invaluable experience through the LaunchBox Student Accelerator. Being exposed to so many great mentors and talks has completely changed how I think of the startup industry. The support it provided us at Study.ie has given us the to ability grow and experiment with our business from the beginning.

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  Maynooth University

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  Summer camp Demonstrator
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  Maynooth University

  Sept 2019 - Jun 2023

  Laboratory Demonstrator

  Assisted Higher diploma and Master students with their lab assignments and invigilated lab exams.

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  SAP

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

  SAP CoE HANA Development intern

  During my time as a SAP iXp intern I worked with the HANA Development team on various customer facing services and projects. Throughout my internship I had the chance to further improve my communication and presentation skills in a new environment. Within the first few weeks I was exposed to 2 new technologies (HANA and ABAP). I spent a lot of time upskilling in these areas to prepare me for work on a customer engagement.Alongside my work with the HANA team I had the opportunity to work as a developer on large internal projects which will be utilized by every employee in the SAP Center of Expertise. I also worked as a development lead on an intern project leading a small development team to complete an application. It was designed to improve efficiency in organizing onsite delivery in a post COVID-19 world.I am grateful for the experience I have gained and the to be given the opportunity to work in an office environment as well as a Work From Home alternative. Show less

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  Ericsson

  Jul 2023 - now

  Engineer