Zack Chen

Electrical Team Lead @ UW Orbital

About

I like hardware and birdsFeel free to connect with me for any reason on my LinkedIn, through my email: zack.chen@uwaterloo.ca or check out my website: zackchen.ca (work in progress)

Country

Canada

City

Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

LTSpice, Quick Service, High-Pressure Environments, Team Leadership, Electrical Testing, Soldering, Project Management, Organizational Effectiveness, Strategic Communications, Community Development, Altium Designer, Electrical Engineering, Guest Service, Arduino IDE, Arduino, Community Service, Teamwork, Volunteering, Customer Support, Stress Management

Experience

Electrical Team Lead

UW Orbital

2026-3 - Present · 7 mos

Waterloo, ON

Designing, assembling, and testing satellite electronics while helping others do the same! -Designed combined load switch, current sense, and GPIO expander breakout board for firmware testing on satellite sub circuitry

Technical Team Member

UW Orbital

2025-9 - 2026-3 · 7 mos

Waterloo, ON

-Experimented on techniques for solar cell soldering to prevent shorting, leading to development of a repeatable and effective technique -Tested and characterized solar cells using multimeter and variable resistance. Capturing open circuit voltage, short circuit current, and plotting I-V in Excel for MPPT. -Ran simulations to configure 5V->28V boost converter IC using LTspice. Used Altium Designer to engineer break out board for said IC to be characterized in real world conditions.

Technical Team Member

Midnight Sun Solar Rayce Car Team

2025-8 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Waterloo, ON

-Worked on custom piezo driver board for car horn -Worked on redesigning layout for the BMS AFE board that interfaces with battery pack and discharges battery cells for pack stability

Electrical Manufacturing Intern

Downhole Battery Inc

2026-1 - 2026-2 · 2 mos

Calgary, AB

-Contributed to battery pack manufacturing process through soldering, welding, and testing battery packs -Details and specifics of work subject to NDA

Concessionist

Calaway Park

2025-4 - 2025-8 · 5 mos

Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area

Snacks Engineering 🍦

Volunteer

Calgary Food Bank

2024-7 - 2025-8 · 1 yr 2 mos

Calgary, AB

Volunteering at the foodbank through taking in orders, constructing food packages, and delivering them to clients.

Executive - Treasurer

St. Francis HS Calgary

2023-9 - 2025-6 · 1 yr 10 mos

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Worked on the finances of the interact club. Dealing with expenditures and incoming donations, reporting both to the Rotary Club of Calgary - Heritage Park. Dealt with sourcing materials, and goods for fundraisers, and also on brainstorming volunteering opportunities for the other 100+ members.