Electronics · Embedded systems · Signals

Ilko
Baumeyer

Electronics engineering student at HES-SO, trained in an R&D lab. What I enjoy most: starting from an idea — or from something that doesn't work — and ending up with a product that is reliable and genuinely useful.

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Selected projects

Contrinex AG · 2023 · Final apprenticeship project

ITC — Individual Temperature Compensation

Turning an R&D lab prototype into a production-ready device. Part of the machine runs inside a climate chamber from −25 °C up to 75 °C, so everything had to be removable, interchangeable and reliable.

Final grade: A

PCB redesign
Enclosure design
−25 to 75 °C
Industrialisation

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HEIA-FR · 2026 · Semester 4 project

ROB Systems — rope-climbing robot

A team of eight built a suspended robot that travels a rope on its own — climbing, descending and cruising like a self-propelled cable car. I led the electrical team and ran the project's finances, schedule and orders.

1st overall for reliability, build and cost/performance & Final grade: A

Team lead
Raspberry Pi Pico
RF 433 MHz

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Skills

Hands-on skills from two years in the lab, plus what I am learning in the Bachelor programme.

Hardware

Schematic design
PCB layout & redesign
Enclosure design (CAD)
Assembly, soldering & debugging
Commissioning & calibration

Embedded systems

C for industrial applications
Real-time applications
Interrupts, serial communication, ADC acquisition
PWM motor control
Working from datasheets & reference manuals
Python (basics)

Digital design · FPGA

VHDL
Synthesis & lab testing on FPGA
Simulation in Xilinx Vivado
System-on-Chip fundamentals

Signals & control

Continuous & discrete linear systems
Stability analysis
Frequency-domain analysis (Fourier)
Controller selection & sizing (PID)
Control-loop simulation · digital controllers
MATLAB - SimuLink

Test & industry

EMC qualification testing
Design for harsh environments
Testing industrial systems
Repair of lab equipment & instruments
SAP ERP

Project & team

Leading an electrical team
Budget & finances
Scheduling & time tracking
Purchasing & component orders
Troubleshooting with mixed teams
Microsoft 365

Experience

2021 — 2023
R&D Electronics Technician Apprentice
Contrinex AG · Fribourg
- High autonomy in the R&D lab, managing my own projects and tasks
- Electrical schematics and printed circuit board design
- PCB assembly, debugging, calibration and commissioning
- Device assembly and troubleshooting
- Final product qualification testing (EMC)
- Final project: industrialised the ITC production device
- SAP ERP
2019 — 2021
Electronics Apprentice
HEIA-FR · Electronic Construction Service
- Soldering, measurement and lab instruments
- Repair of lab equipment and measuring instruments
- Built a small ultrasonic system that prevents and removes limescale on heating elements and pipes
- Core electronics theory turned into hands-on practice

Education

Since 2024
BSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Embedded electronics & signals
HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland · HEIA-FR, Fribourg
2024
Special Mathematics Course (CMS)
EPFL, Ecublens
2019 — 2023
Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (CFC) in Electronics
EPSIC, Lausanne
2019 — 2023
Technical Vocational Baccalaureate
EPAI, Fribourg

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