Hamza Ilyas

Computer Engineer with 3+ years across industrial commissioning (TOMRA), software integration (Whirlpool), and embedded firmware (Tenneco). Deployed sensor-based systems across Italy, Germany, and Romania; owns the full cycle from cold commissioning to customer escalation closure. Multilingual, field-tested, and immediately deployable for customer-facing technical roles in EMEA

Field Service Engineer - TOMRA - Parma

(2025-03 - 2026-01)

• Commissioned and calibrated 27 sensor-based sorting systems (AS5, AS Flake) across 13 customer sites in Italy, Germany, and Romania.
• Resolved 8 post-startup escalations, maintaining production uptime with almost zero unplanned line stoppages.
• Served as field technical point of contact under RetuRO Romania (national deposit-return program), delivering commissioning and post-go-live stabilization in a high-visibility national rollout.

Project Manager - Deepscale Technologies LTD

(2023-12 - 2025-01)

• Managed end-to-end maintenance operations for ~15 Viasat infrastructure sites across North and Northwest Italy: planned interventions, coordinated field engineers, and executed urgent on-site rollouts when escalations arose.
• Trained and mentored support engineers on-site; served as primary technical point of contact for the client, ensuring continuity during incidents and smooth handover after each deployment.

Software Integrator - Whirlpool Corporation - Biandronno, Italy

(2023-06 - 2023-11)

• Integrated firmware and software modules across three engineering streams, resolving interface conflicts before release checkpoints.
• Developed Python/Bash automation for test execution, log parsing, and firmware flashing to standardize integration workflows.
• Worked across Bash, Python, C#, and lower-level tooling in collaborative product workflows.

Firmware & Software Engineer - Tenneco - Carpi, Italy

(2022-09 - 2023-05)

• Developed firmware logic and supporting software tools for embedded systems in an automotive R&D environment.
• Implemented diagnostics-focused firmware and companion tooling for controlled fault reproduction and bench validation.

MSc - Embedded Systems - Computer Engineering - Polytechnic University of Turin (2023-09)

Extra-UE Erasmus - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (2024-08 - 2025-01)

BE - Computer Engineering - Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (2023)

Erasmus - University of Exeter (2021-08 - 2022-01)