Zutari
Electrical engineering
2026–present
Contributing to infrastructure that supports the communities around me.
Selected role and project details to follow.
About
Hi! I'm an electrical engineer at Zutari and the owner of Feron.
I stay in Cape Town and attended Bishops High School and Stellenbosch University. I completed a BEng in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and an MEng in Electronic Engineering, Cum Laude.
I enjoy building useful products, optimizing and automating business processes, tinkering with electronics, and learning how things work.
Outside work, I enjoy gym, football, and hiking.
Projects
Experience
Octoco
Electrical engineering internship
June–September 2023
Decoded how a discontinued electricity meter communicates and built software that let new hardware read it. Diagnosed faults across more than 100 circuit boards for an agricultural system.
Reworked software used to communicate with more than 200 cellular modems, fixing faults and simplifying the code. Traced electrical interference that was corrupting the data they sent.
Lantern Engineering
Radio frequency engineering intern
November 2022–February 2023
Built automated tests for radio software and connected a Raspberry Pi to a network of smart devices. During integration, I found a flaw in the circuit’s protection against electrical interference.
Developed software that let components exchange data over two wired interfaces, despite an older chipset and limited development tools.
Education
- Completed in an accelerated one-year timeframe
- 80% thesis mark, Cum Laude
- 70% all-year GPA, 22nd of 88
- Golden Key, top 15% of the faculty
- 72% fourth-year GPA, Machine Learning focus
- 80% final-year thesis
- 90% aggregate, eight distinctions
- 98% in Economics, provincial top ten
- 91% in Alpha Mathematics, Bishops’ top student
Awards
Leadership
Testimonials
Octoco
Embedded Engineering Internship
Embedded Engineering Internship
Sameer demonstrated technical proficiency, dedication, and adaptability. He showed a strong foundation in hardware and firmware, managed tasks efficiently, met deadlines, and adapted to new tools and technologies.
Lantern Engineering
RF Engineering Internship
RF Engineering Internship
Sameer developed unit tests for core radio software, implemented a Raspberry Pi IoT application, and rewrote communications protocol software for I2C and UART interfaces. He showed teamwork, willingness to learn, and readiness to tackle new tasks.
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Tutor
Tutor
Sameer demonstrated passion, dedication, and professionalism in the work environment. He was enthusiastic, communicated well, and adapted to new challenges when necessary.