Nirav Surajlal

Experience

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  University of Cape Town

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2019

  Assisted with work on a novel, cheap force plate. Designed SolidWorks models and coded a STM32F4 in C. Assissted the lecturers during practical and tutorial sessions where I would help the students with their problems. I was also asked to help with admin like marking of tests. I was a tutor for the following courses: Control Engineering, Mechatronics Design, Analogue Electronics. Selected by the EBE students each year to be the Electronics department's representative. Duties included being an intermediary between the faculty and the students and guiding progressive change to the department. This was achieved by effective stakeholder management, reviewing policies and implementing balanced change for the mutual benefit of the staekholders.

  • Mechatronics Intern

    Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

  • Engineering Tutor

    Jul 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Class Representative

    Jan 2015 - Dec 2018
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  Denel Land Systems

  Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  Engineering Intern

  Worked on the G6 howitzer, assessing the mechanical structures and fault finding (2016) and building test circuitry (2017).

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  TecEx

  Apr 2022 - Oct 2022

  Algorithm Engineer

  In this role I managed the internal testing infrastructure and managed international teams performing further testing. I also built tooling and developed additional testing suites as the company processes developed. I worked mainly with Python, LambdaTest and AWS.

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  ASML

  Oct 2022 - now

  Prototype Engineer

  As a prototype engineer, I facilitate the testing and integration of new features on ASML's lithography machines. I regularly work with various stakeholders, each requiring valuable integration time, managing operations and ensuring the timely completion of work, while reporting on relevant issues faced. As a generalist, I understand the machine technically and support modular integration teams.