Calgary, Alberta Open to May 2027 internships

Electrical engineer building power converters, embedded hardware, and UAV systems.

I design and validate custom PCBs, power-electronic converters, embedded devices, and avionics systems from simulation through hardware testing.

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Altium 3D render of Bryce Ilcan's 725 W phase-shifted full-bridge converter PCB — Featured hardware / 01725 W phase-shifted full-bridge converter · Four-layer PCB · Active research

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Engineering case studies

Power electronics, component-level embedded hardware, and autonomous aircraft systems developed from architecture through implementation.

Power Electronics · Active research

725 W Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge Converter

A 324 V-to-12 V phase-shifted full-bridge converter with synchronous rectification, multilevel secondary architecture, and custom planar magnetics.

My contribution

Converter architecture and component-level design; PLECS switching and open-loop simulations; Open-loop modulation development.

725 W: Power target
324 → 12 V: Conversion
4-layer: Custom PCB

Technologies: PLECS · Ansys Maxwell · FEMM · Planar Magnetics · 4-Layer PCB

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Embedded Systems · In development

Custom nRF52840 Bike Computer

A component-level cycling computer with custom nRF52840 hardware, GNSS, motion and pressure sensing, display, storage, charging, and battery monitoring.

My contribution

System architecture; Component selection; Schematic capture.

nRF52840: Bare SoC
GNSS + BLE: Connectivity
USB-C / LiPo: Power system

Technologies: nRF52840 · Altium · GNSS · BQ24074 · Embedded C

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Custom autonomous quadcopter configured for outdoor flight testing — UAV & Avionics · Completed

UAV & Avionics · Completed

SUAV Avionics and Ground-Control System

An ArduCopter aircraft with waypoint navigation, a custom web GCS for command and telemetry, live video, and purpose-built 6S1P Li-ion packs.

My contribution

Configured ArduCopter; Implemented waypoint missions; Built the web ground control station.

6S1P: Custom pack
4200 mAh: Capacity
MAVLink: Telemetry

Technologies: ArduCopter · pymavlink · React · FastAPI · WebSockets

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Core practice

Taking systems from simulation to testable hardware.

Power conversion

PSFB topologies, synchronous rectification, open-loop control, and planar magnetics.

PCB development

Component selection, schematic capture, layout, assembly, bring-up, and validation.

Embedded systems

nRF52840 hardware, digital interfaces, power management, Zephyr, and embedded C.

Autonomous aircraft

Avionics integration, telemetry, mission planning, custom batteries, and flight testing.

May 2027

Looking for a hands-on hardware internship.

I'm seeking a 12–16 month role in hardware, power electronics, PCB design, embedded systems, or avionics.

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