Jakob Madgar

Multidisciplinary Engineer

Columbus, Ohio

jakobmadgar@gmail.com

330-780-9103

Skills

Systems Engineering

Vehicle Dynamics

Data and Mechatronics App Development

Rapid Prototpying

Test Automation and Simulation Software Development

My Toolbox

Personal Projects Track on github

Voron V0.1 + V2.4 Build and 3D Printing

Learing Rust for applications in Automated Trading and Control

Personal Website

Work Experience

Contracted to work with Waymo on Test Engineering, Test Automation, and Platform Development

Successfully organized and led 10+ major campaigns in various domains of autonomous vehicle test engineering and development towards major milestones and process improvement projects.
Completed hundreds of non-automated and automated analysis/assessments of vehicle dynamics, actuator level, and integration test cases in major campaigns and investigative efforts.
Developlend Trained, onboarded, and organized testing efforts and daily assignments of 10+ test engineers contributing to a variety of autonomous vehicle testing campaigns.
Other major work involves interpreting systems engineering requirements to effectively support design and execution of verifications on multiple different testing platforms; In-Vehicle, HIL, SIL.
Motion control trajectory design and scripting for vehicle and controller testing.
Safety focused test plan design, negotiation, and coordination on multiple testing facilities and surfaces.
Interpreting a variety of programming languages C++/python for debugging of autonomous systems.
Python/SQL based tool development for data analysis and campaign status tracking.
Hands-on electric vehicle testing and base vehicle ECU integrations.
Hands-on diagnostic and validation of autonomous systems at a component level.
Jira, Typescript, Python, Linux, Google SDK, Canalyzer

Design, Built, and Raced 4 Formula Style Vehicles.

Coordianted and managed end to end vehicle architecture/attribute design and testing
Design and Simulated full vehicle and suspension systems in Carsim and matlab/simulink
Developed tools in matlab for tire analysis, later converted tools to python
Design and made parts for additive, composite, and billet manufacturing
Coordinated vehicle testing at TRC and analyzed data to then be used for proceeding vehicles
Managed 50+ person team for 3+ years, before and through the pandemic with top 5 results in FSAE Design Comp

Shock absorber labratory and on-vehicle testing

Independent projects involved the implantation of laser displacement sensors on to vehicles along with comparing them to current technology for stroke sensing.
Installed a suspension oriented sensing package on a OEM side-by-side for ride characterization and analysis
Electrical, Mechanical, and Data Engineering principles were applied consistently to solve problems.
All work needed to be properly documented and effectively presented to management.

Supported process engineers in the design and implementation of various lean manufacturing solutions

Helped with the expansion of a large-scale manufacturing plant of friction materials for the aviation and automotive industry.
Gained experience in lean manufacturing principles along with the design of jigs and various parts used consistently by operators.