Ishan Sharma

Year 2 Engineering Student (Top 7%) at University of Cambridge

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About

I am a second-year engineering student at the University of Cambridge, interested in embedded systems and software development to drive innovations in the aerospace industry 🚀

Experience

  • Cambridge University Spaceflight (1 yr 2 mos)
    • Electrical and Software Engineer
      Oct 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    • On-site
      Present

      Designed Printed Circuit Boards and programmed flight software using C for Arduino, ESP32 and Raspberry Pi Microcontrollers for various projects.

    • Payload Lead - Mach 26
      Dec 2025 - Jul 2026 · 8 mos

      - Achieved 2nd Position and Most Resourceful Team award - High-powered rocketry competition involving the launch of a rocket carrying a CanSat - Designed and manufactured a CanSat - Designed PCB and Raspberry Pi flight software interfacing with IMU, barometer, pollutant sensor, GPS, LoRa modules - Developed ESP32-based ground station for payload tracking - Designed 3D-printed mounts for payload integration

  • Intern at Wireless Excellence
    Jul 2026 - Sep 2026 · 3 mos

  • Intern at NuSpace Pte Ltd
    Dec 2024 - Jun 2025 · 7 mos

    Designed EduCube, a 1U balloon nanosatellite - 3D modelled and printed satellite and Ground Station (GS) frames to house the On-board Computer (OBC), sensors, battery, radio antenna, camera, and other components - Programmed OBC, a custom ESP32 microcontroller, to control peripherals and the GS to send/receive messages to/from satellite Designed a custom bootloader for an STM32 microcontroller - Developed a custom Over-The-Air (OTA) protocol to flash into the internal memory of the microcontroller accurately - Wrote custom functions to reprogram flash memory

  • Internet of Things Intern at ConcreteAI
    Jun 2024 · 1 mo

    - Assembled electronic tank systems responsible for precise concrete curing - Coded algorithms to automate lengthy tasks to expedite data procurement and analysis

  • Student Researcher at A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (A*STAR IMRE)
    Apr 2023 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr

    - Investigated effectiveness of Carbon Nanotube Composites as electrical storage and structural support for Electrical Aerial Vehicles - Presented project at the Singapore Science and Engineering Fair Finals 2024 - Mentored by Dr Derrick Fam Wen Hui