Education

Engineering Mathematics PhD — University of Bristol, 2023–present
- Distributed Decision-Making and Adaptive Heterogeneity in Sparse Robot Swarms
Electrical & Electronic Engineering PhD — University of Manchester, 2018–2022 (Withdrew)
- Distributed Containment of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
Electrical & Electronic Engineering, MEng — University of Manchester, 2014–2018
- 1st Class Honours

Professional History

Manchester Robotics — Electronics & Firmware Engineer, 2018–2022, Manchester
- Designed, populated and tested various PCBs for sale to teaching institutions
- Built multi-PCB stackable design for different modules
- Designed and assembled prototypes for new product offerings
- Integrated PCBs to computing platforms (NVIDIA, Raspberry Pi)
- Wrote C firmware for PCBs
- R&D for initial products and upcoming models for AUVs, UAVs and BLDC motors
- Developed validation rig for manufactured PCBs
- Managed logistics for PCBs, kitting of parts, liaising with manufacturers
- Oversaw production of 1000+ units sold to universities & academic institutions
MBDA — Electronics Test Engineer, 2017 (4 months), Stevenage
- Designed test electronics for simulating physical supply
- Interpreted project requirements and reviewed design choices with customers
- Collaboratively developed test hardware
- Developed test schema for project to match project requirements

Volunteer Work

Reparium Repair Cafe — Lead Volunteer & Repairer, 2023–Present
- Run a community repair cafe in Bristol, focusing on electronics and general repairs
- Diagnose and fix a wide range of items, from consumer electronics to unusual one-offs
- Reverse engineer schematics, source documentation and find replacement parts online
- Teach members of the public how things work and how to repair them
- Manage finances, organisation, and compliance (PAT testing, chemical safety)
- Coordinate and run repair sessions on open Sundays

Projects

UoBSAT Team — Electronics Engineer, 2023-Now
- Upgraded existing design to comply with requirements
- Designed multiple PCB revisions to get working prototype
- Suggested design improvements for system
- Designed, manufactured, populated, tested PCB for required application
- Moved to SoM design away from Single board computer design
- Gave design reviews for students work
- Guided interdisciplinary undergraduates through design decisions and choices
MANSEDS Rover Team — Lead Electronics Engineer, 2019–2021
- Designed power & CANBUS management system for high power BLDC motors
- Managed and worked with team of 8 undergraduate students
- Conducted design review meetings for design of sensor systems PCB
- Collaboratively wrote firmware for interface to high level controllers
MANSEDS Balloonian Team — Lead Electronics Engineer, 2017–2019
- Designed electronics for high altitude weather balloon payload
- Worked with multi-disciplinary team to decide on requirements
- Conducted atmospheric testing of electronics for high altitude operation
- Ran workshops with undergraduates for teaching electronics

Technical Skills

Electrical & Electronic: Schematic & layout design, miniaturisation & ruggedisation, design verification & simulation, analogue & digital design, multi-board design, embedded firmware, serial communication
Software & Robotics: Control system implementation, multi-system design, embedded realtime control, actuators/sensors/drives, OpenCV & ROS/ROS2 expertise, computer vision algorithms, underwater sensors
Practical: Laser cutting, 3D printing & prototyping, precision PCB assembly, SMD rework & refurbishment, lathe & mill, PCB spinup & verification, electronics logistics
Software: Altium, Autodesk, KiCad, MATLAB, ROS, ROS2, Docker, OpenCV, PyTorch
Programming: C, C++, Python, Julia, Bash, Linux administration

Publications

Heterogeneity in Multi-Robot Environmental Monitoring for Resolving Time-Conflicting Tasks

TBD

Co-movement and trust development in human-robot teams

Webb, N., Milivojevic, S., Sobhani, M., Madin, Z. R., Ward, J. C., Yusuf, S., ... & Hunt, E. R. (2024, October). Co-movement and trust development in human-robot teams. In International Conference on Social Robotics (pp. 107-120). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.

Swift Trust in Mobile Ad Hoc Human-Robot Teams

Sanja Milivojevic, Mehdi Sobhani, Nicola Webb, Zachary Madin, James Ward, Sagir Yusuf, Chris Baber, and Edmund R Hunt. 2024. Swift Trust in Mobile Ad Hoc Human-Robot Teams. In Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 16, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1145/3686038.3686057

Talks

Repair cafés: Fighting Against Planned Obsolescence and the Hall of Fame/Infamy

March 10, 2026

Science communication at Watershed, Bristol, UK

Collective Anomaly Perception During Multi-Robot Patrol: Constrained Interactions Can Promote Accurate Consensus

April 09, 2024

Conference proceedings talk at The 39th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing, Avila, Spain

Teaching

Digital Circuit Fundamentals — University of Bristol (2024-2025)
Analysis and Design of Electrical & Electronic Systems — University of Bristol (2023-2026)
Applied Control — University of Manchester (2019-2021)
High Speed Digital & Mixed Signal Design — University of Manchester (2020-2021)
Digital Control — University of Manchester (2019-2021)
Embedded Systems Project — University of Manchester (2020-2021)
Control Systems I & II — University of Manchester (2019-2022)
Nonlinear and Adaptive Control Systems — University of Manchester (2018-2021)

Extracurricular Interests

Olympic Weightlifting I’ve been doing weightlifting for a number of years now and semi-regularly compete in competitions!
Repair Café Volunteer : Regular volunteer and electronics repairer at Sparks Repair Café in Bristol. I diagnose and fix consumer electronics brought in by members of the public, from amplifiers and turntables to e-bikes and game consoles; keeping devices out of landfill and sharpening practical fault-finding skills in the process.