Kwentcheu Sieyondji Akponome

Automation engineer

About Candidate

Dear Hiring Team,

As a holder of a Masters of Technology in Mechatronics from the university of Buea and with hands-on experience in automation, IoT and embedded systems, I am highly motivated to contribute to your engineering team as an Automation Engineer while deepening my practical engineering capabilities in your activities.

I am eager to apply my practical knowledge of Step7 TIA Portal, ESP8266-Arduino prototyping, and C language programming for industrial microcontrollers. I am also eager to assist your engineering team with PLC troubleshooting, sensor calibration, corrective and preventative maintenance, ensuring high operational efficiency of your ongoing projects. Through my academic training, my ongoing traineeship at XTRATEK Automation, and my freelance engineering experience, I have developed competencies in PLC programming, maintenance in PLC systems and fault diagnosis of electromechanical systems. I am confident these skills can support your production and maintenance engineering teams in optimizing equipment uptime, improving process efficiency and reinforcing your high standards of output quality.

I would welcome the opportunity to discuss more on myself and background. Please review my attached resume for your consideration, I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours Sincerely,

Kwentcheu Sieyondji Akponome

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Education

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Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics 2020-2023
University of Buea

Relevant coursework: Embedded systems, Elementary electronics and basic circuit analysis, Power electronics, RF and Microwave systems, Microprocessors, Mathematical Analysis, Digital and Analog signals, C programming

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Masters of Technology in Mechatronics 2023-2025
University of Buea (College of Technology)

CGPA: 3.65/4 Relevant coursework: Artificial intelligence, Advanced Microprocessors and Microcontrollers, IoT, Mechatronics Design, Advanced control systems, Wireless communication, Robotics Engineering, Computational techniques and programming

Work & Experience

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Electronic Technician intern August 2022 - October 2022
MultiTech Service

▸Diagnosis and corrective maintenance of embedded systems ▸ Use of precise measurement and diagnostic tools ▸ Technical fault finding and adapt to new technologies

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Mechatronics Engineer December 2023 - June 2026
Freelance

▸ Use of diagnostic tool FOXWELL for automobile engine check and interpretation of error codes ▸ Replacement of faulty automobile mechanical parts using mechanical tools ▸ Perform FEA analyses in ANSYS Mechanical to optimize materials and performance of mechanical system models ▸ Design of an AI-based animal identification system (CNN, 85% accuracy) ▸ Use of Machine learning predicting algorithms for data analysis ▸ Development of smart home IoT projects with web control using ESP8266 and C programming ▸ Programming of a Spartan 6 FPGA development board in Xilinx ISE 14.7 ▸ Provide maintenance for electrical and embedded systems with 95% customer satisfaction

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Automation engineer (trainee) June 2026 - August 2026
Xtratek Automation

▸ Hands-on training with industrial automation tools, analog and digital sensors ▸ PLC system programing with Siemens S7 TIA Portal ▸ PLC and process supervision with WinCC ▸ Profinet and Profibus communication protocol

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