Nhut Phung | Hardware Engineer

About Me

I'm an Electrical Engineering student at the University of Texas at Arlington (GPA 3.49), expected to graduate in December 2027. My passion lies in hardware design, digital logic, and embedded systems.

Currently working as a Manufacturing Intern at Siemens, I've gained extensive experience in wire harnessing, lean manufacturing, and managing complex engineering workflows. Previously, I worked as an Avionics Intern at Bell Flight, where I developed electrical load analysis tools and created system designs for aircraft electrical systems.

I love building things from the ground up, whether it's designing PCBs, developing FPGA logic, or creating embedded systems. I'm always excited to take on new challenges and learn cutting-edge technologies in the hardware space.

Programming

SystemVerilog, Verilog, Python, C++, C, MATLAB, VBA

Developer Tools

Git, GitHub, BitBucket, Jira, SysML, Capital Harness Systems, Linux

Modeling Tools

KiCad 8.0, Altium Designer, Fusion 360, NI Multisim, Arduino IDE

Specializations

FPGA, PCBA, Digital Logic, Embedded Systems, Wire Harnessing

Work Experience

Manufacturing Intern

Siemens • Fort Worth, TX

Jan 2026 – Present

Spearheaded improvement projects within the Wiring Assembly department to identify and eliminate non-value-add activities, resulting in streamlined production workflows for electrical switchboards
Served as primary technical bridge between Siemens and outsourcing vendors, managing the accuracy of engineering drawings, wire lists, and Bills of Materials (BOM)
Analyzed complex wiring contents for current and future customer contracts to define scopes of work and supported pilot programs for new product introductions using Zuken software

Avionics Intern

Bell Flight • Hurst, TX

Feb 2025 – Dec 2025

Improved aircraft electrical performance analysis by developing Electrical Load Analysis (ELA) tools in VBA, calculating load distribution for 600+ components across 3 flight phases
Enhanced system design accuracy by creating electrical schematics and wiring diagrams in Capital Harness Systems for major subsystems
Increased requirement modeling efficiency by 30% through SysML MBSE workflows in Cameo, improving traceability between system-level requirements and verification elements

Treasurer

Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)

May 2024 – Dec 2025

Co-lead a team of 17 fellow officers in producing events and managing all finances
Successfully budgeted over $40,000 for all events over the span of two years

Projects

Nand2Tetris Digital Logic PCB Visualizer

Altium Designer • KiCad 8.0 • HDL • Git

Built a 16-Bit Computer from scratch using hardware description language and abstraction principles.

Designed and simulated 20+ logic gates/chips including ALUs, registers, RAM, and CPU control
Created PCB schematics for NAND, OR, AND, and NOR chips to create physical visualizations
Designed Hack ALU using pre-existing abstractions of 16-Bit Adders and Multiplexers

Plant AI Study Buddy

FastAPI • PyTorch • Arduino • I2C • Python

AI-powered plant study assistant integrating real-time environmental monitoring with natural language processing.

Integrated I2C protocol on ESP32-S3 to obtain real-time sensor data from 3 environmental parameters
Transmitted information to cloud via RESTful API for data ingestion and chat functionality
Integrated GPT-OSS-20B model to generate contextual plant responses across 4 mood states

Jobright.ai Job Bot Tracker

Python • Discord.py • Raspberry Pi • REST APIs

Automated job tracking system deployed on Raspberry Pi for 24/7 operation.

Built Discord bot that fetches, parses, and posts 50+ new job listings daily
Implemented JSON-based cache system that eliminated duplicate job posts across sessions
Deployed with secure API key management and continuous uptime monitoring

Smart Air Purifier with Microgrid Power Management

Arduino • C++ • PSPICE • Fusion 360 • I²C/UART/SPI

Team lead for smart air purifier with integrated power management system.

Led team of 4 through complete product development lifecycle
Developed real-time embedded logic in C++ for motor control and sensor integration
Engineered three PCB revisions integrating power management and sensory feedback

Hi, I'm Nhut Phung

Hardware Engineer | FPGA & PCBA Specialist