Vincent Nguyen

Design of 2 iterations of a high-voltage, high-power radiation-hardened motor controller for lunar environments.

Conception and animation of scientific workshops and robots for children. This is done in the context of the mandatory Civil Service for Swiss citizens. • Development of a project using a coin sorter and IGUS ReBeL robot arm • Development of a 3-wheel omnidirectional robot from scratch using ROS2, with LIDAR, thermal camera and QDD actuators • Development of a chatbot game with Gemini Flash 2.0 API with image analysis

• In charge of the whole electrical architecture of the quadruped robot. • Designed a 6-layer high-power BLDC controller communicating over CAN-FD to be integrated in custom actuators for each joint of the robot. • Supervising credited projects including the robot's power supply

• Designed the main electronics board (4 iterations in under a year) that was used to read sensor data and control different peripherals. • As part of the management and systems engineering team, I have worked on the overall integration of all electrical systems in the rover. • Implemented custom redundant protocol over two CAN-FD buses as well as an entire ROS2 framework for sensor monitoring and calibration, which was successfully used during ERC2023. • Mentoring the current avionics team of the rover, by providing PCB reviews as well as a video playlist documenting the current system.

• Designed PCBs and developed embedded software on STM32

• Design from scratch of a high-power radiation-hardened PMSM/BLDC motor controller intended for operation in harsh lunar environments • Selection of radiation-hardened components, validation with expert consultant • Design of power and safety systems, including multiple regulators, power sequencing, power monitoring, fault condition detections, etc. • Layout according to ECSS-Q-ST-70-12C