Logesh Mahendran

Mechatronics Engineering Student

About

I'm a Mechatronics Engineering student at the University of Waterloo, interested in building practical projects that integrate both hardware and software.

My software experience is based on games, web applications or embedded systems. The other side of the coin, hardware, comes from circuitry, PCB design, or CAD. Now, I look to extend my skills by integrating AI into my workflow. When it comes to robotics, I'm exploring it all.

Education

Mechatronics Engineering, Honours

University of WaterlooWaterloo, ON

Expected graduation: June 2031

Experience

Electrical Team Member

September 2026–Present

University of Waterloo Automotive Future Team

Design TeamWaterloo, ON
  • Gaining PCB Design and component selection experience with Altium Designer.
  • Pending tasks for electrical systems within the vehicle.

Electrical Team Member

September 2026–Present

University of Waterloo Formula Electric

Design TeamWaterloo, ON
  • Gaining PCB Design and component selection experience with Altium Designer.
  • Pending tasks for electrical systems within the vehicle.

Research Scientist Co-op Student

February–June 2025

TechInsights Inc.

Co-opOttawa, ON
  • Developed a LoRaWAN-based AWS IoT system to track temperature, humidity, and air tank pressure.
  • Built an AWS REST API with AWS Lambda to manage IoT resources.
  • Resolved digital logic issues in LoRaWAN communication.
  • Documented the work in Confluence and presented results to colleagues.

Projects

Battery Management System PCB

UW Automotive Future Team

September–October 2026

Designed a two-layer PCB to switch car battery flow based on battery health metrics.

Altium Designer

Design Challenge Project

UW IDEAs Clinic

August 2026

Created a web application paired with a USB-powered node to help a university student score a study environment. The team received runner-up recognition at the UWaterloo IDEAs Clinic.

SolidWorksArduinoNode.js

Quadcopter Drone

May–June 2026

Built a custom quadcopter using a Kakute H7 flight controller, with RC flight, GPS flight planning, and safety systems.

ArduPilotFusion 360

Inventory Web Application for High School Teachers

March–June 2026

Built a full-stack web application to help a teacher track students' equipment borrowing, with an Express.js REST API handling auth and access to a local MySQL database. Collaborated with two other developers using Scrum and wrote documentation for the frontend developers and client.

Node.jsExpressMySQLBatch

Birdwatching Camera

June–September 2025

Built a motion-triggered Pi Camera that uploads photos of birds using Python, Boto3, S3, and CloudFront.

Raspberry PiAWS S3AWS CloudFront

Technical Skills

Languages
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • C++
  • Lua
  • SQL
  • HTML/CSS
Developer Tools & Frameworks
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • Git
  • VS Code
  • Postman
  • MySQL
  • AWS CodePipeline
Hardware
  • Arduino
  • ATTiny
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Flight controllers
  • Soldering
  • Bluetooth
  • Serial
CAD & Design Tools
  • AutoCAD
  • Fusion 360
  • SolidWorks
  • Altium Designer
  • KiCad
  • Figma
AWS Services
  • IoT
  • S3
  • DynamoDB
  • Timestream
  • IAM
  • WAF