Hoani Bryson

Experience

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  Tortek Ltd

  Mar 2011 - Jul 2011

  Embedded Software Engineer

  Developed software for a Linux control stationDeveloped power electronics and firmware to drive and control synchronous motors on a pan tilt systemDeveloped a custom bootloader to allow firmware upgrades over serial to reduce the cost of service

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  Dynamic Controls Ltd

  Jul 2011 - Mar 2012

  Embedded Software Engineer

  Worked in a large team using agile principles and software best practicesDeveloped embedded peripheral drivers to interface a low cost high volume ARM microcontroller with Apple productsWorked with Quantum Finite State Machines for highly testable and modular code designs

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  SquireBox

  Apr 2012 - Mar 2013

  Game Developer

  Developed games for Facebook's platform using the Facebook REST APIDeveloped MySQL database structures to store and save user data using PHPPerformed market research into current game development trends and marketing

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  ELMG Electronics Design and Development

  Mar 2013 - Jun 2014

  Junior Electronic Engineer

  Applied software testing principles to the development of VHDL for Xilinx FPGAs resulting in faster delivery of a high-speed communication platform to our clientsApplied a project management course to several electronic projects in all phases of the electronic design processWrote a hardware testing platform in Python using a JTAG tool to automate functional hardware testing on a PCB

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  UC Rocketry

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Embedded Software Consultant

  Embedded firmware for sensing and logging for www.ucrocketry.org

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  Aeroqual Ltd

  May 2016 - Jul 2017

  Embedded Engineer

  Embedded firmware design for sensing and control of instrumentation under the agile scrum frameworkIntroduced TDD design best practice to the embedded design teamUse a combination of system modelling and identification to develop control algorithms resulting in highly reliable instrumentation without any additional manufacturing costDevelopment of electronic sensor hardware

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  University of Canterbury

  May 2017 - Nov 2017

  Research Associate

  Electronics development of rocket research avionics with emphasis on design for manufactureFirmware development of avionic modules using TDD to ensure high quality resultsCoordination of a research rocket launch campaigns

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  Rocket Lab

  Sept 2017 - Oct 2019

  Responsible for several power electronic, embedded and analog avionics products.Ongoing mentoring of junior engineers.Introduced hardware scrum to the avionics department. Scrum master for avionics design team.Introduced and wrote Altium electronic design standards.Rolled out Altium Vault to enable collaborative design. Avionics design across a variety of high tech projects Development of electronic standards to streamline design and release to manufactureDesign for manufacture to improve yield and reduce lead times Operation of hardware in the loop based simulations to support development teamsTest rig and software design for acceptance testing

  • Senior Avionics Engineer

    Nov 2018 - Oct 2019

  • Avionics Engineer

    Feb 2018 - Oct 2018

  • HITL / Software Engineer

    Sept 2017 - Jan 2018
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  Centrality.ai

  Oct 2019 - Jul 2020

  Senior Rust/C++ Developer

  Development of both core (Rust) blockchain technology, and SDK for the CENNZnet and Plug blockchain platforms.

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  Leetware

  Jun 2020 - now

  Owner

  Bleeding edge technology consultant. For more details see leetware.co.nzWorked with a handful of exciting industries from aerospace through to robotics. Providing clients with sound engineering solutions to meet deadlines and incrementally improve their product.