Nadula Gardiyehewa

Race car dashboard & telemetry — live CAN data on a driver display.
InstantReplay — full-stack marketplace in React, Flutter, and PostgreSQL.

Low Voltage Lead

Princeton Racing Electric · Princeton, NJ

previously Embedded Software Lead, 2025–26 · Embedded Systems Software Engineer, 2024–25

• –Write C++ firmware for ESP32 nodes that read pedal, steering, battery, and vehicle-state sensors over ADC, SPI, I²C, and CAN (TWAI).
• –Define the car's CAN messages: IDs, data packing, and which node owns what, including the Jetson Orin Nano that acts as the main vehicle computer and CAN gateway.
• –Build the driver dashboard and telemetry tools in C++ and Python on Raspberry Pi and ESP32, parsing live CAN data for display, logging, and diagnostics.
• –Bring up and validate boards on the bench, then on the car, working with the electrical and mechanical subteams. Break work into pieces for newer members and help them debug.

Automotive R&D Engineering Intern

Kenotom · Thessaloniki, Greece

• –Developed automotive ECU software in C on an AUTOSAR Classic stack (ETAS RTA-CAR, RTA-OS) targeting Infineon AURIX TC387 boards.
• –Configured and generated BSW, RTE, OS, and MCAL components, and worked through integration and build issues across the stack, including CAN and BMS-related communication.
• –Learned to debug by tracing signals from application code through the RTE and basic software down to the hardware, rather than patching symptoms.
• –Worked in a multilingual team in Greece through Princeton's international internship program.

Software Engineering Intern

InstantReplay · Princeton, NJ

• –Built marketplace features in React (web) and Flutter (mobile) for student buyers and brand dashboards.
• –Designed REST APIs in an MVC backend for auth, inventory, orders, and analytics on PostgreSQL.
• –Integrated Stripe checkout and webhooks, Shippo shipping labels and tracking, and PostHog event tracking and push notifications.

Computer Science Teaching Assistant

NCSSM · Morganton, NC

• –Helped 300+ students debug Java and Python and work through programming concepts at the CS help desk.
• –Built and maintained a Flutter app for tracking Fabrication Lab usage and resources.

Software Engineering Intern

Simpliworks · Cary, NC

• –Improved site performance by working through Lighthouse audits and optimizing the frontend.
• –Built reusable CSS/UI components for the site's front-end modernization.

Software Engineering Intern

SAM IT Solutions · Durham, NC

• –Built backend features in Django for an HR management system: database models, REST endpoints, and server-side business logic.
• –Worked on a distributed team using Git and iterative feature development.

C, C++, ESP32, Jetson Orin Nano, Raspberry Pi, ADC, SPI, I²C, UART

Sensor and controller firmware on Princeton Racing Electric

CAN / CAN-FD, TWAI, USB-CAN, Message definition & packing

PRE's low-voltage network; CANbench

AUTOSAR Classic, ETAS RTA-CAR, RTA-OS, Infineon AURIX TC387, TASKING

ECU software internship at Kenotom

ROS, PID control, Path planning (A*), Sensor integration

Autonomous golf cart; Introduction to Robotics (MAE 345)

C, C++, Python, Rust, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Dart, SQL, Bash

Across all of the above

Tauri, React, Svelte, Flutter, PostgreSQL, REST APIs

CANbench; InstantReplay; NCSSM Fab Lab app

English (native), Spanish (professional working), Sinhala (elementary)

Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish

Linux, Git, GitHub Actions, Agile

Daily

Princeton University

B.S.E. in Computer Science, Minor in Robotics

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics — Morganton

Residential public STEM high school. Robotics software lead, Cybersecurity Club president, CS teaching assistant.

Low Voltage Lead / Embedded Software Lead

Princeton Racing Electric

Set the low-voltage architecture, prioritize blockers, review and debug teammates' work, and bring newer members up to speed. I usually explain a subsystem from the top down: sensor → microcontroller → CAN message → vehicle network → consuming node, and only then the code.

Pit Crew Chief

Princeton Racing Electric, 2025–26

Ran the team's garage: tool organization, equipment safety, and EHS compliance, plus maintenance and inventory. At competition, led pit operations, logistics, and trackside repairs.

Electrical Lead, Autonomous Golf Cart

Princeton University Robotics Club

Lead the electrical side of the club's autonomous golf cart subteam: sensors, embedded hardware, and the actuation that lets software steer a full-size vehicle.

• QuestBridge National College Match Scholar
• National Merit Scholarship Finalist
• Engineering and Computer Science Department Award
• Seal of Biliteracy — Spanish

Email is the fastest way to reach me. I'm always up for talking about internships, the race car, or anything embedded.

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