About

I'm a software engineer who enjoys working on complex technical challenges across medical technology systems, mobile robotics, and high-performance applications. I focus on writing clean code, collaborating effectively with teams, and delivering results.

Top skills: ROS2 Development High-Performance Computing Machine Learning Autonomous Robot Control Natural Language Processing Parallel Programming Distributed Memory Programming

Experience

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - Biomedical Engineering Technician

Apr 2024 - Present · Nedlands, WA
  • Contributed to the successful launch of eMED2, including front-end and platform work.
  • Refactored legacy code and addressed security concerns.
  • Implemented a Vaultwarden password server with a reproducible README for secure deployments.

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - Software Engineering Work Experience Student

Jan 2024 - Mar 2024 · Nedlands, WA
  • Worked on front-end components for the NMHS eMED system and reviewed code via Git pull requests.

City of Bayswater - Shift Supervisor / Swim Instructor

Sep 2020 - Dec 2024 · Embleton, WA
  • Oversaw operations and coordinated instructors; taught water safety and trained new instructors.

Projects

LLM-Driven Control for the Pioneer 3-AT Mobile Robot

Jul 2024 - May 2025 · The University of Western Australia

Built a modular, containerised ROS2 architecture integrating video captioning, prompt management and command execution for LLM-based robot control.

More of my projects can be found over at my GitHub: github.com/conanpodewitt

My research contribution can be viewed over at: ieeexplore.ieee.org

Education

The University of Western Australia

Master of Professional Engineering (Software Engineering) · Jul 2023 - Nov 2025

Relevant coursework: Cloud Computing, Digital System Design, Machine Learning, NLP, Project Management.

The University of Western Australia

Bachelor of Science, Engineering Science · Feb 2020 - Jul 2023

Relevant coursework: Web Dev, Computer Networks, Data Structures, Embedded Systems, OOP.