Embedded systems & controls
Sensor and actuator integration, control logic, hardware/software interfaces, C/C++, C#, Python, electrical design, and practical bring-up.
MAKE THE HARDWARE BEHAVE ↗ REED NOWLING / INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING
Hard problems
don't fit
job titles.
Good. Neither should the solution.
My depth is in high-voltage EV systems and hardware controls. My advantage is what happens beyond them: mechanical design, embedded software, robotics, fabrication, manufacturing, and field troubleshooting. I connect the disciplines and take ownership of making the whole system work.
ONE ENGINEER. MULTIDISCIPLINARY RANGE. HANDS-ON EXECUTION.
ENGINEERING / PROVEN IN HARDWARE01 / 04
PROJECTElectric watercraft
PROPULSION230 hp
SYSTEM~400 V
PREVIOUS STARTUP ENGINEERING WORK ↗
ARCHITECTURE / ELECTRONICS / CODE / MECHANICAL / FABRICATION / VALIDATIONSCROLL TO THE WORK
NOT JUST CAPABILITIESThings that actually
got built.
got built.
230 hpElectric PWC propulsion integrated into a working prototype
2.5 kWhHot-swappable battery proof-of-concept developed
0 → 1Automated parking product taken from pitch to working system
01 / WHAT I BRING
Deep where it matters.
Broad where it counts.
The hardest failures happen at the interfaces. I bring real depth in electrical power and hardware controls, plus the mechanical, software, manufacturing, and field fluency to make sound tradeoffs, connect specialists, and move the entire system forward.
Mechanical design & fabrication
Inventor and SolidWorks, manufacturing tradeoffs, CNC milling, laser cutting, extensive 3D printing, electronics assembly, and close machine-shop collaboration.
FROM CAD TO REAL PARTS ↗Robotics & automation
Autonomous vehicle development, competition robotics, electromechanical machinery, sensing, motion, test rigs, and system integration.
BUILD AND OPERATE ↗Failure analysis & commissioning
Signal tracing, thermal modeling, pneumatic and electrical root-cause investigations, controlled testing, troubleshooting, and equipment commissioning support.
FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE ↗Early-stage product execution
Ambiguous requirements, prototype budgets, vendor coordination, manufacturing partners, technical communication, and startup development through MassChallenge.
MOVE WITHOUT PERFECT INPUTS ↗02 / RESULTS, NOT BUZZWORDS
The work speaks.
HyperMotionWorks is new. The engineering experience behind it isn't. These examples come from previous roles, teams, and independent builds, not HyperMotionWorks client engagements.
REAL HARDWARE / REAL INTEGRATION
01 / ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE SYSTEMSeSKI WATERCRAFT
From a propulsion concept to a working electric vehicle.
A 230 hp electric propulsion system is not just a motor and inverter. It's a vehicle-wide architecture where high-voltage power, thermal management, controls, safety, packaging, charging, and manufacturability have to agree.
As eSki's first engineering hire and technical lead, I worked across those interfaces through design, fabrication, integration, testing, and prototype demonstrations.
230 HPIntegrated propulsion
~400 VElectrical architecture
2.5 kWhSeparate hot-swap prototype
Also instrumental in eSki's acceptance to MassChallenge and an active participant in the program.
02 / END-TO-END AUTOMATION VALET PARK OF AMERICA
A business idea, engineered into a machine.
I pitched the automation concept and became its primary engineer, connecting ticketing, cash/payment hardware, barrier controls, C# software, and a SQL backend into a working prototype.
ELECTROMECHANICS / C# / SQL / SYSTEM INTEGRATION
03 / INDUSTRIAL TROUBLESHOOTING CALCEAN
When a machine keeps failing, find the real cause.
At a commercial-scale processing plant, I traced an intermittent shutdown to an internally shorted damper actuator, identified a dust-blocked pneumatic relief path behind sticking valves, and built a thermal model to assess likely undersized gearbox cooling.
FAULT ISOLATION / TESTING / THERMAL ANALYSIS
04 / ROBOTICS & AUTONOMY FRC / LHP / INDEPENDENT BUILDS
I've been building and troubleshooting robots since before I could drive.
From FRC CAD, fabrication and four seasons as a robot driver to an autonomous electric go-kart developed during a summer engineering internship and a quadcopter whose code I wrote without third-party libraries, robotics shaped how I approach every complex system.
AUTONOMY / MOTION / FABRICATION / SOFTWARE
03 / WHERE I CREATE LEVERAGE
Put me where
the problem
gets difficult.
I'm most useful when a team needs more than another handoff. The work can begin at a blank page, a half-built prototype, or a machine that refuses to run consistently.
Have one of those problems?01
The product doesn't exist yet.
I turn requirements and half-formed ideas into architectures, trades, testable concepts, prototypes, and the first working pieces.
02
The pieces exist, but the system doesn't work.
I look across power, controls, mechanics, software, interfaces, wiring, manufacturing, and real operating conditions to close the integration gap.
03
The prototype works once. Now make it repeatable.
I instrument the problem, isolate failure modes, support commissioning, and translate lessons into design changes and clear operating knowledge.
04
You need someone who can do the work.
CAD, wiring, code, test fixtures, fabrication, vendors, and field troubleshooting. I am comfortable moving between the design desk and the hardware.
FIRST ROBOTICS: WHERE THE ENGINEERING MINDSET TOOK SHAPE.04 / THE ENGINEER BEHIND IT
Built on curiosity.
Backed by execution.
I'm Reed Nowling. FIRST Robotics gave me the engineering mindset I still use today: learn what you don't know, take ownership, build with the resources available, and treat the prototype as the beginning of the real work.
That approach carried me through autonomy and embedded development, electrical and mechanical product integration, the first engineering role at a hardware startup, and industrial equipment that needed a systematic investigation more than another guess.
Most engineers can own a box on a system diagram. My best work is making the arrows between those boxes behave.
WHAT HYPERMOTIONWORKS IS TODAY
HyperMotionWorks is the independent engineering venture I am developing for the long term. Today the work is personal: one engineer with deep technical ownership, unusually broad execution skills, and close manufacturing relationships. I am selective about commitments and always interested in a worthwhile challenge.
05 / LET'S TALK
Bring the
hard one.
An unusual role. An unfinished prototype. A stubborn machine. A project that needs someone willing to cross disciplines and take ownership of the integration. Start with the problem.
REACH THE ENGINEER DIRECTLY
reed.nowling@Selective collaborations and technical conversations. No obligation to arrive with a polished scope.