About
Electro-Technical Officer | Industrial Systems & Software Engineer
I am an Electro-Technical Officer and software engineer with 14+ years of experience in marine electrical engineering, automation, control systems and technical troubleshooting.
I currently serve as sole ETO aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel R/V Falkor (too), responsible for electrical power, propulsion control, automation, instrumentation and bridge/navigation systems.
Alongside my marine engineering career, I design and develop software ranging from real-time communication, navigation and diagnostic systems to simulation tools and production web and mobile applications. My work combines practical engineering experience with software development, industrial communications, networking and root-cause troubleshooting.
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Education
- MSc — Simulator Engineering in Maritime, Transport and Aviation (in progress), Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Varna
- BSc — Ship Electrical Engineering, Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Varna · Sep 2007 – Oct 2012
- Secondary Education — English & Mathematics, High School of Mathematics “Dr Petar Beron”, Varna · Sep 2002 – Jun 2007
Training & certification
- Electro-Technical Officer (Unlimited)
- High Voltage Training
- ABB Azipod Technical Training — Helsinki
- Software Architecture Principles & Practices — Carnegie Mellon University SEI
- STCW
- iOS & Swift Development
- C Programming
Languages
- Bulgarian — Native
- English — Fluent
Beyond Engineering
Sailing is both a major interest and an extension of my engineering work. I race and cruise yachts and use that experience directly when developing Extasy Complete Navigation and related marine software. Outside engineering and software, my interests include fitness and playing guitar.
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