The hardware team at Midnight Sun is responsible for all of the electrical systems that drive and control our vehicle. This includes the design, manufacturing and assembly of our Power train, Battery Management System, Solar management and Driver controls PCBs and interconnects.
Important
Upcoming 101 | Saturday |
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Weekly Meetings | Standup on Wednesdays at 9:00pm |
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Term Goals
MVP Electrical Mock-up
Unit testing completed for each Board and Electrical Mock-up Completion
Board Assembly and Testing
Research |
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Schematic Capture |
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Onboarding |
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Term Projects
Electrical Mock-up |
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Board Cycles |
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Onboarding |
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Your Winter 2021 Hardware Leads & Project Managers
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Aashmika Mali - Technical Lead
About Me
Hi! My name is Aashmika and I have been working on the Hardware team for Midnight Sun since September of 2018! I have been one of the Hardware leads for almost two years now, and help make sure that the design and manufacturing of all our electrical systems is thought out and done in time for racing MS14 in the summer of 2022.
On midsun I have helped design a bunch of the boards (like DC-DC and Solar Sense v1) and ensure that our systems level architecture is suitable for the design of MS14. I have also conducted a bunch of the knowledge shares during the S20 term so you may hear my voice a lot LOL. This term I will be leading the development of the electrical mockup that will be used to conduct integration testing on our powertrain, battery management and driver controls systems.
I’ve had hardware internships at Magna, Apple (3 terms) and will be on the Oculus team at Facebook next term. Feel free to reach out to me for looking over resumes and/or any questions about prepping for hardware interviews! I look forward to meeting all of you (virtually) and it should be a fun term.
Talk to Me About
Any questions about systems and board level design, operation, validation, assembly/manufacturing
Any questions about tasks you’re working on
Any Altium or A365 related questions
Any questions about the hardware team’s job
Anything about EE/Hardware coops
Helping out onsite
Send memes and pics of your pets
Volleyball, scuba or any activity ur interested in!
(This is from before university but I haven’t changed much)
Micah Black - Technical Lead
About Me
I’ve been on Midnight Sun since my 1A term in Sept. 2018. I am now in my 3A term of Mechatronics Engineering and have completed 4 coops at Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions, Pegasus Aeronautics, and 2 at Tesla. On the hardware team I’m mostly responsible for the integration of all the boards and wires into the car, electrical architecture, hardware validation, and making sure good documentation exists for the car.
On Midnight Sun, I’m also the Battery Technical Lead, and will be continuing to manufacture MSXIV’s 11kWh battery box this term.
Fun facts
I’ve never actually designed a board for Midnight Sun
I broke one of MSXII’s brake rotors during dynamics testing
Talk to Me About
Batteries - cell chemistry, module construction, testing, anything
Electrical testing and using test equipment - how to prove your design works
Writing good documentation / design decisions / testing plans
Deciphering datasheets
Arranging your own coops (or anything about coop / resume critiques)
Spreadsheets - special formulas / macros / custom functions / VBA (I happen to be pretty good at them and seem to get annoyed when they are not done properly (just a pet peeve of mine) - but I’d love to help you do them better!)
Most other engineering / manufacturing related topics
Cross Country Running, Ultimate Frisbee, Biking, anything else!
My derp ass dog bc you’ll probably hear her a lot
James Lin - Technical Lead James L
About Me
Hey, I joined the team back in Winter 2019 and just recently finished my 3A term in Mechatronics. My main focus and responsibilities on the team are with the motor systems and helping onboard new hardware members.
My work experience has been pretty diverse. I don’t have a ton of experience in getting a hardware position, but if you’re unsure about what you want to do, feel free to ask me about that.
Other non-academic stuff I enjoy includes history, philosophy, Formula 1, hip-hop/rap, and ofc video games : ).
Talk to Me About
Motor systems
New tasks / help with assignments
General questions about the car/team
Resumes and job hunting (although I’m not great either lmao)
If you’re just feeling lonely
Any of the above interests
here is one of my evil birds
Nita E - Technical Lead Nita E
About Me
Hi, I’m Nita and I have been on the hardware team since January of 2019. I am in just finished ECE 3A3B. I somehow became a project lead by sticking around long enough and not breaking too much stuff, so that’s pretty cool.
I have worked on charger interface, power select, and all of the lights boards for MSXIV since joining. This term I will mostly focus on onboarding new members, so feel free to talk to me about anything! Especially if you have a stupid meme or something to show.
I look forward to meeting all of you this term!
Talk to Me About
Kristen Shiozaki - Project Manager Kristen S
About Me
Nice to meet you! I’m in my 3A school term in SYDE, with a background in UI/UX Design and QA. I joined back in Fall 2018 on the Business and Interiors teams. I’m currently the Operations Manager for Midnight sun and am helping lead the Strategy-UXD, Hardware and Business teams.
Just about anything non-technical for hardware (I’m in the same boat and learning like you guys - just joined Hardware in August
). You can ask me about the other subteams I’m a part of and I’m also in the job search realm for UI / UX Design. Also down to chat about sports and my weird music tastes (Cpop, Kpop, Jpop, Instrumental, Classical… yikes)General questions (system overview, manufacturing, tasks etc.)
Charging, charger interface, lighting
Job hunting
ECE stuff/electrical hardware theory
Killer robots
Balkan Brass, Melodic Death Metal, or Synthwave
Skills to Thrive on the Subteam
Eagerness to learn
Willingness to learn/being persistent → hardware is a learning curve but overcoming it is rewarding
Time management - working on a design team and school is always a balancing act
Interest in electrical systems and manufacturing
Additional links
Jira board:
https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/jira/software/projects/MH/boards/14
A365 server:
https://university-of-waterloo-solar-car-team.365.altium.com/