Austin Beinder

Address – 552 Red Bridge Court, Ballwin MO, 63021 – Phone – (636)-395-8270
Email - abeinder@iastate.edu – LinkedIn – linkedin.com/in/austinbeinder/ 
Education
Iowa State University Expected Graduation: Fall 2022
Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science Minor (Junior) GPA: 3.78
Skills
❖ Hardware Skills: PCB design and debugging, Altium Schematic, Autodesk Eagle,
Quartus Prime, Spice software, Wiring Harness design, EasyEDA
❖ Software Skills: Verilog, Java, SQL, Python, Shell scripting, Matlab, C, Vuforia
Industry Experience
Avionics Manufacturing Electrical Engineering Co-op, Collins Aerospace May 2020-December 2020 
❖ Analyzed statistical data to improve test yields and reliability.
❖ Performed electronic test failure analysis, troubleshooting, and diagnosis of avionics units
through the understanding of schematic capture, PCB design, and test equipment.
❖ Utilized skills in Python to develop a testing tool to automatically record electronic test
equipment data.
Software Engineering Intern, National Information Solutions Cooperative May 2019-August 2019 
❖ Researched, analyzed, and resolved software maintenance on 20+ individual Change Requests.
❖ Assisted in the enhancement and maintenance of application programs within RDQ,
specifically of Consumer Information Systems in the Utility industry.
❖ Created and executed quality testing as it relates to both unit and system integration
dependent on the tasks assigned, including verification of stakeholder needs being met.
❖ Present my code to a team of engineers at the end of every project to ensure quality.
Professional Activities
PrISUm Solar Car Team – Strategy Director June 2020-Present 
❖ Leading a multi-disciplinary team in the research and development of a Race Strategy simulation
and optimization program.
❖ Communicated with team members to create documentation for wiring harnesses between 40+ PCBs.
PrISUm Solar Car Team – Member September 2018-June 2020 
❖ Designed a new Vicor "test board" using schematic capture and PCB layout tools within Altium.
❖ Coordinated with the team in design and implementation of Iron Horse for Electrical System
testing prior to putting Boards into the car.
❖ During the Iron Horse Project, I was primarily responsible for the design and fabrication
❖ of the wiring harnesses.
❖ Coordinate with team to design the Powerboard system to step down and distribute power
to car utilizing design skills in both schematic capture and PCB layout in Altium Designer.
Other Experience
Motor Controller Personal Project March 2020-Present 
❖ Designed and fabricated a two-phase AC induction motor from scratch in order to gain  
a better understanding of the physics and engineering involved.  
❖ Designing a motor controller PCB from scratch capable of rotor frequency control  
and position tracking utilizing Hall Effect sensors and digital circuit design. 
❖ Designed utilizing simulation software Falstad, as well as Autodesk Eagle.
Frequency Visualization Sculpture Personal Project August 2020-Present 
❖ Designing and prototyping a circuit, utilizing an Arduino to process audio signals and control
the positions of 16 servo motors such that they are graphing the Fast Fourier Transform of
audio input from a microphone.
EE 186 Design Project January 2019-May 2019 
❖ Designed and fabricated a circuit that functioned as an “audio ducker” that prioritized  
one audio signal over another to an output speaker. 
❖ Prototyped circuit originally for a perf board, and then transitioned to a PCB design in EasyEDA. 
FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Team Captain (High School) August 2014-May 2018 
❖ Competed at World Championship consecutive years, as Captain of team second year.
❖ Gained hands-on, programming experience and understanding of IR sensors, Color  
Sensors, Ultrasonic distance sensors, image tracking and recognition software Vuforia,
and motor encoders.  
Achievements

❖ Eagle Scout ❖ Eta Kappa Nu IEEE Honor Society

❖ Numerous FIRST Tech Challenge Awards ❖ Dean’s List Fall 2018, All of 2019, Spring 2020