Tim Hadwen
I'm an electrical and computer engineer in Brisbane, Australia. I design electronics, write the firmware that runs on them and set up the manufacturing to build them. I write software too, the occasional web app and mobile app, and I do a lot of 3D printing.
Designing electronics at IntelliDesign, a Brisbane electronic product design and manufacturing company.
Started in 2023 as Micromelon's engineering arm, it became HFS Design in 2025, with a new Brisbane HQ and an in-house SMT production line. I did the business development and the engineering, from winning the work to shipping it. Since moving to IntelliDesign I've scaled it back, and these days it takes on the odd interesting hardware project outside my day job.
Led RoboRAVE Australia, a robotics education competition for school students. The 2023 event at UniSC Stadium drew around 1,100 competitors across 500 teams, locals alongside international teams. In 2024 I brought the RoboRAVE World Championship to the Sunshine Coast and ran it as event director: 3,000+ students over two days, with the logistics handled with the help of volunteers and the Micromelon team.
Co-founded Micromelon Robotics to help students make the jump from block-based to text-based coding. Our Rover now teaches in 150+ Australian schools and won a Good Design Gold Award in 2024.
Built low-power GPS trackers over LoRaWAN, and first-authored a paper on an energy-efficient LoRa GPS tracker at EMBC 2017.
Hardware and firmware for a smart tracking shoe insole with GPS, 3G, and Bluetooth Low Energy.
BE (Electrical & Computer Engineering) and BInfTech. Tutored embedded systems and software engineering, and spent two years as president of the UQ Robotics Club.