Abe Nelson

Education

Tufts University

B.S. in Computer Engineering, Minor in Computer Science

Graduating in Spring 2026

Skills

Experience

Embedded Software Engineering Intern

Powin Energy - Summer 2024

  • Improved existing test workflows through additions to internal test tools
  • Tested new production firmware features
  • Wrote Python scripts to automate BitBucket pipelines
  • Researched and documented plans for a new internal firmware upgrade tool
  • Explored existing C codebases to understand functionality of different devices in the BMS stack
  • Planned and Developed a CAN-based emulator to be used in testing protocols between devices

Teaching Assistant

Tufts University - September 2024 - Present

  • TA for Intro To Digital Electronics, Professor: Steven Bell
  • Lead a lab section, instruct students on VHDL, FPGA concepts, and circuit building
  • Provide detailed feedback on lab reports and homework assignments
  • Develop a new lab assignment focused around reading and writing to an SD card using an FPGA