$ whoami
Frank Walsh
Electrical Engineer · Systems EE @ Apple · aspiring founder
EE who ships hardware and software — from production boards to hackathon weekends.
$ cat about.txt
Systems EE at Apple, ex-Tesla (Low Voltage Controllers). I design production electronics, ship side-project software, and spend my weekends at hackathons, makeathons, and hardware meetups. Currently finishing an M.Eng in Industrial Engineering at Oregon State.
frank@walsh:~$ ls
software/
TNsupportletter.com
real revenue · sunsetAI tool that generates TN-visa support letters under USMCA.
End-to-end SaaS that drafts a compliant TN support letter from an applicant's details — Stripe payments, MongoDB, and OpenAI. It generated real revenue, but I wound it down once customer-acquisition cost climbed higher than the unit economics could support.
Next.jsStripeMongoDBOpenAI
frank@walsh:~$ grep -i "1st" hackathons.log
hackathon_wins
WIN2026
Tesla LV-Org Hackathon
1st place — Tesla's 2026 Low Voltage Org hackathon ("Supreme Debuggery").
1ST2018
SF Hacks 2018
First place (+ Best Use of DJI & IBM Watson) — my first hackathon win.
frank@walsh:~$ cd /hardware; ls
hardware/
Tesla Front Controller
in productionVCFRONT Gen 3 — the brains of the Model Y front end.
Front-controller redesign for the Model Y 2024 refresh (VCFRONT Gen 3). Moved from discrete analog eFuses to integrated digital VNF1048F smart-fuse ICs; replaced state-machine trapezoidal BLDC drivers for the pumps and radiator fans with microcontroller-based pre-drivers; plus numerous cost and GSM improvements.
VCFRONTSmart eFuseBLDCSTM32DFM
// highlights — the hands-on stuff
PWR2023
Ray Ridley Power Seminar
5-day in-person power electronics seminar (magnetics, DC/DC, control).
TOP2022
IEEE Senior Capstone
Top IEEE capstone award — autonomous underwater vehicle.
2.6%2019
SpaceX Hyperloop
Electrical lead — top 2.6% worldwide, 3rd in North America.
frank@walsh:~$ cd /experience; ls
experience/
Apple
2026 – present · CaliforniaSystems Integration EE — Apple Watch
- ▸EE on the Systems Integration team for Apple Watch.
- ▸Designing flexible printed circuit boards (flex PCBs).
- ▸Partnering closely with the in-region team to build functional test plans.
Apple WatchFlex PCBFunctional TestSystems Integration
$ cat education.txt
education
EE fundamentals at Memorial — now sharpening the systems & industrial-engineering side at Oregon State.
OSU
Oregon State University
M.Eng, Industrial Engineering
4.0 / 4.0 GPA2024 – Mar 2027 (expected)
Still in flight — graduating March 2027. Leveling up systems & industrial engineering: optimization, manufacturing, and operations.
MUN
Memorial University
B.Eng, Electrical Engineering
3.64 / 4.0 GPA2016 – 2022
A co-op degree — 7 internships across North America, from electric utilities to wireless power, networking, and automotive. Where the EE foundation got built: power electronics, embedded, RF, and a lot of hands-on PCB work.