Contacts

Cade Kenyon
cjkenyon01@gmail.com
https://github.com/cjkenyon

Education

B.S. Computer Engineering and Computer Science

2020-2024
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Relevant Courses: Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Software Engineering, Embedded Microprocessor System Design, Algorithm Design, Programming Languages & Compilers, Artificial Intelligence

Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Python, Zig, C, Verilog
Tools: Git, Kubernetes, Docker, Gitlab, SQL Databases, Elasticsearch

Professional Experience

Extreme Engineering Solutions

https://www.xes-inc.com/

May 2023 - Present, Software Engineer

  • Designed, implemented, and maintained a log server for posting and analyzing engineering test results.
  • Designed, implemented, and maintained a job scheduling system for arbitrating testing hardware across all of our software teams allowing them to configure automated nightly/release testing pipelines.
  • Automated software team workflows via CI/CD pipelines during time critical releases.
  • Maintained applications running on a Kubernetes cluster.
  • Founded and facilitate a cross-team test infrastructure working group, bringing together 4 engineering teams to identify test infrastructure issues and drive improvements.

May 2022 - May 2023, Manufacturing Test Engineer

  • Maintained and developed test software within multiple testing frameworks
  • Wrote detailed test procedure documents to ensure tests were run correctly
  • Wrote Python unit tests for an existing team project
  • Read and traced schematics and PCB layouts of embedded computer hardware
  • Introduced to git in a professional setting

Projects

Bogo - The Fire Fighting Robot

Fall 2023

  • Collaborated with a team of 4 engineers to design a remotely controlled vehicle capable of extinguishing small fires.
  • Designed a GUI front end to enhance the driver’s experience.
  • Front-end control application written in Python communicated to the microprocessor on the vehicle via Bluetooth.
  • Wrote drivers in C for a variety of devices: servo motors, brushed DC motors, proximity sensors, and water pump.
  • Designed schematic and PCB layout for two brushed DC motors, a servo motor, and a stepper motor.

Ion - 5-stage pipelined Processor

Fall 2023

  • Designed a 5-stage pipelined processor for a specified ISA.
  • Simulated and debugged various test programs by examining waveforms.
  • Implemented both an instruction and memory cache to increase performance.

Inventory Management System

Spring 2024

  • Collaborating with a team of 6 CS students to design a web application with a JavaScript frontend, REST API, and an ORM layer to communicate with our relational database.
  • Worked in an Agile environment working as both the Product Owner and Scrum Master.
  • Created the project’s CI/CD, including jobs for testing, code coverage, linting, and building docker images for both our frontend and backend applications.