John Hatfield

Electronics Design Engineer

Munich, Germany

Hardware that performs when it matters.

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RobCo robotics work

Experience

Electronics Design Engineer

RobCo GmbH

Munich, Germany

August 2024 — Present

  • Electronics design (Altium), DFM/DFA, industrial interfaces, ethernet, etc.
  • Electromechanical design and integration - tightly coupled systems
  • Wiring harness design, prototyping, and assembly
  • Project planning - managing mid/long term planning and feature rollout
  • Purchasing - long term PCBA procurement

Travel & Research Project

May 2024 — July 2024

Travel throughout Scotland, Scandinavia, Germany, and Australia. Contributed to a research project.

Digitalisation

BMW Group

Regensburg, Germany

August 2023 — April 2024

Software and data analysis projects supporting quality and production systems.

Electrical Team Lead

QUT Motorsport

Brisbane, Australia

October 2020 — June 2023

  • Led electrical team for Formula SAE electric vehicle
  • Designed 600V tractive system, vehicle control units, battery management systems
  • Oversaw design of QEV-4 including power electronics, wiring harnesses, battery pack

Support System Technologist

Boeing Defence Australia

Brisbane, Australia

April 2019 — June 2023

  • Data analysis, modelling and simulation for sustainment programs
  • Led development of Fleet Planning simulation/optimisation web tool
  • Integration testing on Project Currawong deployable communications hardware

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics) (Honours) & Bachelor of IT (Computer Science)

Queensland University of Technology

2018 — 2023

GPA: 6.725/7.0 — First Class Honours

Projects

RobCo

Building Robots @ RobCo

2024 - Present

Electronics and electrical design for industrial robotics.

Electronics Design - Altium DFM/DFA Ethernet RS485 EtherCAT Power Harness Design
Strain Gauge Data Logger

Strain Gauge Data Logger

2024

Logs strain gauge data to flash memory with a CAN FD interface.

CAN FD Altium Flash
SiC Inverter

SiC Inverter

2023

A 600V silicon carbide motor drive developed for my honours thesis in collaboration with QUT Motorsport.

600V Altium C
View Details → Vehicle Control Unit

Vehicle Control Unit

2022

A modular VCU - multiple units placed near sensors and loads, connected by a chained CANbus/power network.

CAN Altium 4 Layer
View Details → Battery Management Unit

Battery Management Unit

2022

Controls monitoring units via IsoSPI with contactor control and safety detection circuits.

IsoSPI Altium 4 Layer
View Details → Cell Monitoring Unit

Cell Monitoring Unit

2022

A 14-cell monitoring unit featuring integrated balancing, designed for modular carrier board mounting.

IsoSPI Altium Pick & Place
View Details → Tractive System Active Light

Tractive System Active Light

2022

LED drivers to output a flashing red or solid green depending on measured DC bus voltage.

600V Altium Analog
View Details → Battery PCB Fitout

Battery PCB Fitout

2022

High power battery assembly and PCB integration.

High Power Altium
View Details → CoffeeMate Ecosystem

CoffeeMate Ecosystem

2022

Collaborative project for intelligent coffee system integration.

ESP32 Bluetooth Battery
View Details →
QEV-3 Harness Upgrade

QEV-3 Harness Upgrade

2021

Deutsch and Molex connectors. Harness design.

Deutsch Molex Rapid Harness
Motor Dyno Testing

Motor Dyno Testing

2021

Dyno testing of QEV-3 motors with new inverters to characterise control and build a model of thermal limitations.

Dyno Thermal
Line Following Robot

Line Following Robot

2021

Line following robot for a uni assignment based on an STM32.

Altium STM32
Autonomous (RC) Go Kart

Autonomous (RC) Go Kart

2020

Because remote control cars were too small

Two Stroke

Contact

Interested in working together? Get in touch.

gday@johnhatfield.me