Experience
2025 - now
Rijks I-Trainee
Rijks I-Traineeship, full-time
The coming two years I will be doing three assignments at organizations within the Rijksoverheid as a Rijks I-Trainee in the ICT track. For my first assignment I'm working at the Ministry of Justice and Security.
2021 - 2025
Participatory councils
University of Twente, part-time
In 2021 and 2022, I was elected as a student member of the faculty council of EEMCS, initially with an independent party and later on behalf of UReka. In 2023 I have joined the program committee of EE/EmSys.
2024 - 2024
Student intern
QBayLogic, full-time
Internship as part of my Master’s degree in Embedded Systems at the University of Twente. I worked on expanding ethernet PHY support in the functional hardware description language Clash.
2018 - 2024
Student assistant
University of Twente, part-time
Student assistant in multiple courses including Circuit Analysis (2018-2019), Programming 2 (2019-2021), Embedded Control System Implementation (2022-2023) and Advanced Software Development for Robotics (2023-2024).
2019 - 2021
Open days coordinator
University of Twente, part-time
Responsible for the program (in collaboration with staff), preparation, and managing a team of 15+ students for the open days of B-EE. During the pandemic I was tasked with implementing the switch to online open days, and I have continued to help with technical support into 2022.
Education
2022 - 2025
University of Twente
Master's degree, Embedded Systems
Thesis: “Exploring power trace capture setups for side-channel analysis using the test-vector leakage assessment on a RISC-V target” at the CAES research chair.
2017 - 2022
University of Twente
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
Thesis: “Designing an embedded software platform for a mobile education robot with real-time control and FPGA-based I/O” at the RaM research chair.
Volunteering
2025 - now
Advisory board
DWARS, GroenLinkse Jongeren
Secretary of the advisory board (raad van advies) of DWARS, elected at the summer congress in 2025. My portfolios are participation and democracy, articles of association and bylaws, and I’m the contact person for the secretary of the board. Besides the regular work of the advisory board, this year has a specific focus on the upcoming merger with the Jonge Socialisten.
2022 - 2024
Committee chair
SPOCK7, Age of Technology
I was one of the 19 participants of Scintilla's study tour project, SPOCK7, which has traveled to South Korea in October 2023, and the chair of the financial committee where I was in charge of the finances of the study tour including budgeting, subsidies and administration.
2020 - 2021
Board treasurer
E.T.S.V. Scintilla
Treasurer of the 91st board of E.T.S.V. Scintilla. My daily tasks included handling invoices and working with several committees as the board contact person. Besides this, I was responsible for keeping the financial books in order and drafting a budget.