David
Bleeke

I'm an electronics and PCB design & manufacturing engineer with hands-on experience taking hardware from concept and schematic through PCB design, prototyping, assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and production.

I designed the RZR ECU tuner board — then ran its production myself on pick-and-place equipment, several thousand units.

My background spans both design and manufacturing. I designed the control boards used in Modbar espresso equipment and the PCB for the SuperATV/Polaris RZR (REV1) handheld ECU tuner, then ran production on the RZR board myself. I've also designed multiple electronic badges for the DEF CON Car Hacking Village, set up and ran an assembly line, and reworked an existing GSM/GPS asset-tracking design — built around a PIC microcontroller — to meet updated customer requirements. On the manufacturing side I've worked directly with SMT assembly, reflow soldering, stencil printing, pick-and-place, production testing, component sourcing, and inventory, including the practical problems that come up when parts go unavailable mid-production. My PCB design tools have progressed from DipTrace to Altium.

I'm now building on that foundation by expanding into software and engineering automation, working with AI assistance (I direct the projects and test the hardware; the code is AI-written) — tools that reduce repetitive engineering work, automate hardware testing, and make electronics workflows more efficient. I'm looking to apply that combination — real manufacturing-floor hardware experience plus growing software and automation skill — to challenging engineering problems, whether in hardware, embedded systems, or test automation roles.