Matthew's Hardware Projects

BEACON

Backscatter Wearable, Senior Capstone

August 2026 - Current

  • Battery-free heart rate wearable. A phone module sends a 2.4 GHz carrier and the tag reflects it as a BLE-compatible single-sideband signal that an unmodified BLE receiver can decode.
  • The tag harvests energy from the same carrier instead of running a radio off a battery.
  • Designing the SSB modulator: an SP4T RF switch with three reflect loads at 0/120/240° plus a harvester throw, targeting 20 dB image rejection.
  • Optimized load networks from vendor S-parameters reach about 30 dB image rejection across the band in simulation.
Link budget tool
GCE Control PCB V1.0, assembled, for the Generate air filter machine

Generate: Product Development

Principal Electrical Engineer

July 2025 - Current

  • Lead 100+ engineers across 8 client projects, owning trade-offs in RF TX, power, and robotic actuators.
  • Lead Chief Engineers across all hardware product development disciplines: Electrical, Firmware, Mechanical, and Industrial Design.
  • Provide Electrical Engineering mentorship, education, and design feedback to an organization of ~40 ECEs.
  • Led a team of 5 engineers designing electrical systems and firmware for an air filter assembly machine, balancing a $2,600 budget across power, control, actuators, sensors, and UI while managing requirements with an international client based in Taiwan.
Filter machine code
GCE power board with 24V input and two regulators PE Micro Cyclone programmer flashing an NXP board
Assembled Tubender Rev 1.0 main board

Generate: Product Development

Hardware Engineer, Tube Bending CNC

September 2024 - December 2024

  • Designed KiCad schematics and PCB layouts for the display and UI of a tube bending CNC.
  • Programmed the display UI state machine and automated sensor interrupts for reliable operation.
Tubender display prototype: RA8875 TFT driver on a breadboard Tubender UI board KiCad 3D render Tubender display and UI schematic Tubender UI screen flow from menu to bend in progress
Forge

Forge Silicon Design

Founder & Director

June 2026 - Current

  • Founded Northeastern's first chip design student organization, blending silicon with entrepreneurship.
Forge

Forge: Product Development

Electrical Engineering Specialist

August 2024 - December 2024

  • Led hour-long workshops on circuits, soldering, and software for 3 product development teams.
  • Gave tailored feedback on designs, circuits, Arduino software, and electromechanical integration.
Northeastern University

Northeastern Makerspace

Electronics Team Lead

May 2025 - May 2026

  • Led a team supporting 200+ students with technical trainings, equipment purchasing, and operations.
  • Managed and maintained soldering and electronics lab equipment.
  • Developed training resources and guides for equipment and electrical components.
  • Improved makerspace accessibility and layout based on user feedback.
Makerspace electronics bench with soldering stations, oscilloscope, and parts bins
Pneumatic gripper prototype: air pump, valves, silicone gripper, and control breadboard

Pneumatic Drone Gripper

Founder, NURobotics Team

NURobotics · Northeastern University

  • Founded a NURobotics team to build a pneumatic soft gripper as a drone attachment.
  • Team modeled and cast the silicone gripper.
  • Designed the motor control hardware and firmware for the air pump and valves.
  • Designed the control PCB.
12V to 5V buck converter PCB 3D render

12V to 5V Buck Converter

Personal PCB

March 2025

  • Designed buck converter circuitry to step down 12V supplied by a single 23A battery.
  • Specced components for 2A maximum current draw and high efficiency.