Nikolaus Fischmeister

Computer Engineering student at the University of Toronto

Seeking Summer 2027 internships

About me:

  • interested in embedded systems and operating systems
  • 3x hackathon winner
  • reached 67k+ views on my Arch Linux dotfiles repo
  • outside of school, I’m interested in finance and travelling

Work Experience

  • Rebuilt and redeployed the association's website, reducing recurring costs by 80%.
  • Developed a responsive multi-page website for courses, events, exams, announcements, and organisation information.
  • Designed a reusable component-based architecture to simplify future content updates and maintenance.
  • Developed a Python pipeline to process PV arc-fault measurements, automatically detecting arc ignition and extinction and extracting voltage + current characteristics from data.
  • Built automated analysis and visualisation tools to calculate signal statistics, generate measurement plots, and fit voltage-current characteristic curves.
  • Set up hardware and conducted electrical arc-generator experiments across multiple test configurations.
  • Built a Python wrapper for the PicoScope 4262 and automated harmonic analysis using Fourier methods.
  • Designed a closed-loop harmonic-cancellation algorithm controlling a Siglent SDG2042X to inject compensating signals.
  • Implemented a coarse-to-fine phase search to minimise harmonic amplitude, reducing optimisation time 93% while significantly reducing overtones in measured signals.
  • Used CARLA (autonomous vehicle simulator) to build and test realistic vehicle dynamics.
  • Compiled and ran CARLA Linux simulation environment with Unreal Engine on Ubuntu 20.04.
  • Created custom car model in Blender and integrated it into CARLA.

Technologies

Languages

Python
TypeScript
C

Software

Next.js
React
Linux
Git

Systems

Embedded Systems
Signal Processing
Hardware Prototyping
Arduino
ESP8266
CARLA
Unreal Engine
Blender

Projects

Screenshot of the dotfiles desktop setup running Hyprland on Arch Linux

dotfiles

Personal Arch Linux configuration repo with Hyprland, Waybar, rofi, yazi, wallpapers, and related setup files.

LinuxHyprlandWaybarRofiYazi
Spectrum analysis screenshot showing a 400 kHz harmonic peak and labeled harmonics

Fronius Harmonic Analysis

Built a Python wrapper for the PicoScope 4262 and automated Fourier-based harmonic analysis with closed-loop cancellation testing.

PythonPicoScopePicoSDKSciPyMatplotlib
Photo of the autonomous firefighter robot navigating a maze course

Autonomous Firefighter Robot

Designed the PCB, assembled the robot, and wrote PIC16F887 firmware for maze solving, line tracking, and flame detection.

TraxMakerGCBASICPIC16F887
Photo of the AutoAlt prototype with a breadboard, microcontroller, and wiring on a table

AutoAlt

JamHacks 2025 project combining ESP8266 hardware with C++ and Python components for desktop control experiments, plus MCP integration for the control workflow.

ESP8266C++PythonMCPMQTT
Screenshot of the boat dynamics simulator with wave and wind controls

Boat Dynamics Simulator

Created a real-time Processing simulation with modular physics, configurable wind and wave forces, and save/load support.

ProcessingGUI
Minecraft home security project showing the in-game house entrance with the Arduino breadboard setup pictured in the corner

MC Home Security

Built a Minecraft-based home security system using MCreator Link where in-game tripwires trigger Arduino LEDs and a buzzer, with a Python script sending Twilio SMS alerts on log changes.

MCreator LinkArduinoJavaPythonTwilio