Abid Azad
Electrical & Embedded Systems Engineer
Electrical Engineering student at the University of Waterloo. I write bare-metal and RTOS firmware for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers — drivers, communication protocols, real-time task design, on-device storage — all backed by automated testing. I also build AI-assisted automation and full-stack products.
Experience
Software Engineer · Aram LabsStealth
May 2026 – Present- Build agentic-AI products for clients end to end — LLM tool-use workflows, integrations, and delivery.
Operations & Automation · Hauser Industries
Jan 2026 – Apr 2026- Built analytical models and KPI frameworks from noisy ERP, manufacturing, and logistics data to detect anomalies and support profit-optimization decisions.
- Automated data pipelines and decision workflows with Excel and AI-powered tools, cutting latency and manual processing while improving consistency.
Team Member · UWASIC — Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Team
Sep 2025 – Present- Designing low-power analog circuits (DAC/ADC, current sensing) for matrix–vector multiplication to highlight analog energy efficiency.
- Prototyping programmable resistors and TIAs using IEEE circuit models to optimize power and signal accuracy.
Operational Systems Engineer · Toronto Business Development Centre
May 2025 – Aug 2025- Led an AI-driven systems transformation, integrating OpenAI and automation APIs into Airtable and Zoho across 3 departments.
- Managed cross-functional web and mobile development across Supabase, React, and Tailwind; automated CRM processes with custom AI scripts, cutting manual input ~30% on 1,000+ records.
Data & Systems Intern · Toronto Business Development Centre
Sep 2024 – Dec 2024- Built internal automation with Make, AppScript, and AI-assisted workflows, improving data transfer and validation between Airtable and Zoho by 80%.
- Prototyped low-code dashboards and AI-assisted reporting, cutting manual analysis time ~25%.
Electrical Member · UW Baja SAE Design Team
May 2024 – Jul 2024- Calibrated an ADXL345 accelerometer with Arduino/C++ drivers, improving acceleration-data accuracy ~15%.
- Integrated brake lights, pneumatic switches, and differential switches with the vehicle battery for reliability and safety.
Projects
Sentinel — STM32 Sensor Telemetry Hub
FirmwareProduction-style FreeRTOS firmware that acquires data from I²C and SPI sensors, persists it to on-board SPI NOR flash through a crash-tolerant append-only log, streams it as a CRC-framed binary protocol over UART, and exposes an interactive command shell — all as cooperating RTOS tasks with an independent watchdog and ADC+DMA supply monitoring.
Self-Balancing Robot
FirmwareA FreeRTOS control system on STM32F446RE with IMU sensor fusion and encoder feedback: PID motor control at 1 kHz, UART telemetry, and a CAN interface for expansion, on a custom multi-rail power board.
USB-C 5V / 3.3V Power Supply PCB
HardwareA 2-layer USB-C power-distribution board with CC resistors, ESD/TVS, and polyfuse protection. Full fab files (Gerber, BOM, CPL) validated via ERC/DRC, trace-current simulation, and 3D review.
Morse Code Transmitter
FirmwareA bare-metal Morse-code transmitter in RISC-V assembly — driving on-board LEDs via GPIO register writes with 500 ms timing loops, manual stack management, register-based parameter passing, and a 16-bit Morse LUT.
Traffic Light Controller
HardwareA Moore FSM in VHDL for a three-way intersection with timers, synchronizers, and holding registers — verified in ModelSim and deployed to FPGA via Quartus Prime.