Steve Nketiah

Hi, I'm Steve A. Nketiah.

Electrical engineering Master's student at Northeastern, focused on power electronics. My thesis with Prof. Mahshid Amirabadi uses machine learning to design transformers for EV DC-DC converters. I design PCBs and write the firmware that runs on them. Outside of engineering, I watch F1 and play soccer.

I'm looking for roles in power electronics starting mid-2027.

Experience

Rivian Engineering Intern – Test, Power Electronics May – Aug 2026 · Torrance, CA
Whoop Electrical Engineering Co-op Jan – Jun 2025 · Boston, MA
Fortify Electrical Engineering Co-op Jan – Jun 2024 · Charlestown, MA

Projects

6DOF robot arm on a workbench

6DOF Robot Arm

2023–now

Custom robot controller, motor controllers and firmware across four revisions.

Force-controlled gripper

Force-Controlled Gripper

2026

Grips a potato chip or a 3D-printed cube. Cascaded PI control on a DC motor, under $40.

FOC motor driver PCB render

FOC Motor Driver

In progress

12–60 V, 50 A BLDC driver on a 50 × 50 mm board for under $30.

Power distribution board render

Power Distribution Board

In progress

60 V / 30 A bus with precharge, current sensing and a brake chopper.

Stepper motor driver PCB

Stepper Motor Drivers

2024–25

CAN FD drivers for the arm's NEMA 17 and NEMA 23 motors.

Ryder bike computer

ECE Capstone: Ryder Bike Computer and ECG Chest Strap

2025

Safety-focused bike computer with GPS, cellular emergency calls and a wireless ECG chest strap.

PCBA test fixture board

PCBA Test Fixture

Co-op · 2024

Bed-of-nails tester at 3D Fortify that cut board testing from 10 minutes to 30 seconds.

DIY reflow oven

Reflow Oven

2024–26

A toaster oven turned reflow oven with an ESP32, a touchscreen GUI and a model-tuned temperature controller.

Tortoise Tipper 3000

Tortoise Tipper 3000

2022

First-year design project: an Arduino-driven paddle that flips a tortoise back over.