OTTAWA, CANADA · 2026

AldoRobledo

Electrical Engineering Technician in the making. Currently building hands-on experience at Giatec Scientific with a long-term goal in product development — and a side hustle pulling espresso shots.

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3+
Years in Service
2026
Electrical Career Start
EE
Future Focus
001 — About

Who I Am

I'm transitioning into electrical engineering after years in customer service and hospitality — and I'm fully committed to it. My goal is to work in product development on the electrical side: designing, testing, and building things that actually work. I bring a background in team leadership and operations.

Electrical Engineering
Main Focus
Product Development
Career Goal
Electro-Mechanical Tech
Co-op 2026
Team Leadership
2 Yrs Supervisor
Coffee & Barista Craft
Side Hustle
Customer Service
Since 2022
002 — Experience

What I Do

Jan –
Aug 2026
Electro-Mechanical Technician Intern
Giatec Scientific · Ottawa

My first real step into the electrical industry. Supporting hands-on technical work at a concrete sensor technology company — building practical skills in electrical systems and product testing that align with my goal of getting into product development.

01
2022 –
Present
Barista
Various · Side Hustle

Three years pulling shots and dialing in espresso. Coffee is a genuine passion and a side hustle — the precision and craft of it scratches the same itch as engineering. I share this side of my life through my content platform.

02
2 Years
Food & Beverage Supervisor
Hospitality Sector

Led service teams in fast-paced hospitality environments across two years in supervisory roles. Developed real skills in communication, team ops, and staying calm under pressure — experience that translates into any professional environment.

03
Since 2022
Customer Service & Retail
Various Roles

A broad foundation in customer-facing work across restaurants and retail since 2022. Built habits around reliability, communication, and showing up — the kind of groundwork you don't get in a classroom.

04
003 — Education

Learning Path

2024 –
Present
Electrical Engineering Technician
Algonquin College · Ottawa, ON

Hands-on technical training in electrical systems, circuit theory, and electro-mechanical applications. Currently on co-op term at Giatec Scientific.

In Progress
2022 –
2024
Hospitality & Tourism Management
Toronto Metropolitan University · Toronto, ON

Two years building a foundation in business operations, management strategy, and service-driven leadership — left the program to pursue electrical engineering full-time.

004 — Craft

The Coffee Side

Coffee is a hobby and a passion project outside of engineering — not the career path, just something I genuinely love. The precision and ritual of dialing in an espresso or matcha scratches a similar itch to building things. Long-term, I'd love to open a café or a Mexican restaurant — I'm proud of my roots, and I think there's real room for more authentic Latin food. For now, I share the coffee side through content and the occasional freelance gig.

Experience
~3 Years as a Barista
Style
Espresso & Matcha
Platform
@arobledo.studio
Passion Project
Café or Mexican Restaurant
01
Specialty Espresso
Craft Coffee
02
Content Creation
Sharing my passion
03
Team Leader
Precision & Coordination
04
Freelancing Mindset
Private Barista Work
006 — Let's Talk

Let's Connect

005 — Projects

Things I've Built

Outside the electrical work, I build full applications on my own — finding a real problem, shipping something that works, then improving it through actual use.

01 / 03

SDS Binder Manager

A tool that tracks lab documentation status for a team at work, built to replace a manual, easy-to-lose-track-of process.

Web App Internal Tool Giatec Scientific
Problem
A growing list of lab products needed their documentation tracked, but the process lived in a manual spreadsheet with no shared visibility and no system built to outlast any one person.
Build
A dashboard built for the actual job: clear status tracking per item, drag-to-reorder to match how the physical records are organized, and a built-in guide so the team could use it without needing me around. Later adapted into a version anyone could set up and run independently.
Outcome
Live and in daily use, built from the start to keep working after my co-op ends.
Key Features
  • Product categorization to keep similar items organized
  • Five-state documentation status — digital, printed, both, pending, or N/A
  • Drag-to-reorder so the digital order matches the physical binder
  • Bulk import for adding records in batches
  • One-click index and CSV export
  • Built-in user guide, so the team doesn't need me around to use it
  • Self-serve setup, so it can be shared and run independently by anyone
02 / 03

NEXUS

A single dashboard for tasks, habits, focus time, and notes — built to replace several disconnected apps with one I actually control.

Web App Personal Productivity AI-Assisted
Problem
Tasks in one app, habits in another, a separate timer, notes somewhere else — none of it talking to each other, none of it built around how I actually work.
Build
One dashboard covering habit tracking with streaks, a focus timer, notes, live weather, and an optional AI-written morning briefing. Went through real rounds of fixes from actual daily use, plus a full visual redesign into a more deliberate, considered look.
Outcome
A daily-use personal dashboard that's been shaped by living in it, not built once and left alone.
Key Features
  • Habit tracker with streaks and a weekly view
  • Built-in Pomodoro focus timer
  • Notes editor with auto-save
  • Live weather plus a daily quote, joke, or fact
  • Optional AI-written morning briefing
03 / 03

Fieldbook

A notes app that bridges a work laptop and a home note-taking setup — write once, and it shows up everywhere automatically.

Web App Automation Cross-Device
Problem
Notes taken across work, school, and personal life lived in a single browser tab — useful at work, invisible once I got home to my actual notes system.
Build
Rebuilt the app to sync automatically in the background, with a small companion script that quietly mirrors new notes into my home setup. Rebuilt the front end with proper mobile navigation along the way.
Outcome
Notes written at work now appear at home with zero manual steps — a small automation that quietly removes a chore for good.
Key Features
  • Real-time sync across every device
  • Automatic mirroring into my home note-taking setup
  • Tag and category organization
  • Fully responsive, mobile-first navigation