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nishalangovender/README.md

Nishalan Govender

Robotics software engineer. I solve problems — starting at the whiteboard, not the keyboard.

Mechatronics graduate from Stellenbosch University, working across robotics, embedded systems, and full-stack web. I walk the floor, understand the process, then design modular systems that scale — deploying a proof of concept as fast as possible, then iterating. The tech stack changes; the approach doesn't.

Currently freelancing and open to full-time roles — remote, on-site, or relocation.

Selected work

  • nishalangovender.com — engineering portfolio with interactive project demos. Next.js 16, React 19, Tailwind v4, MDX blog, Framer Motion.
  • NishOS — personal life-management system on Supabase + Next.js. Replaces a Notion-based LifeOS with a typed schema, full-text search, and a knowledge-graph wiki layer. Repo is private; the architecture is documented at nishalangovender.com.
  • park_bot — autonomous parking of a 4WS vehicle in ROS2 + Ignition Gazebo. My Mechatronics Project 488 thesis (Stellenbosch, Cum Laude 2022), recently re-polished to a senior-engineer standard: CI, unit tests against a documented kinematic reference, headless Docker, and a live TypeScript demo on the site.

Skills

Robotics

ROS2 NAV2 SMACC2 Control Systems Sensor Fusion SLAM Kinematics Open--RMF

Software

Python C++ TypeScript Next.js React Docker PostgreSQL Linux

Embedded & Electronics

STM32 ESP32 RP2040 KiCAD CANOpen I²C / SPI / UART Firmware Embedded Linux

Mechanical & Simulation

URDF Gazebo RViz MATLAB / Simulink Fusion 360 Digital Twins

Contact

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  1. nishalangovender.com nishalangovender.com Public

    Personal site and engineering portfolio. Robotics, embedded systems, full-stack web.

    TypeScript

  2. park_bot park_bot Public

    Autonomous parking of a 4WS vehicle in ROS2 + Ignition Gazebo. Senior-polish refit of my Mechatronics Project 488 thesis (Stellenbosch, 2022).

    Python 1