Autonomous Systems · March 2026 — Present

Mesa FSD

Electronics packaging lead for an autonomous kart

Electronics enclosure, mounting, sealing, wire routing, serviceability, and mechanical/electrical integration for an autonomous kart.

Role: Electronics Packaging Lead
Organization: Mesa Full Self Driving Club
Focus: Electronics Packaging / Vehicle Integration

Skills

Fusion 360FDM PrintingEnclosure DesignMechanical Integration

Student autonomous kart chassis with electronics and wiring installed — The current kart platform. Packaging work is developing around the vehicle and its subsystem interfaces.

01 / System

Current project context

The kart needs an electronics package that fits the vehicle, protects critical hardware, supports clean wire routing, and remains accessible during testing. The current public material establishes the vehicle context, not a completed enclosure.

Mesa FSD kart testing in motion.

02 / Role

My role

As Electronics Packaging Lead, I develop enclosure and mount concepts while coordinating mechanical, electrical, and autonomy requirements. The package has to protect hardware without blocking connectors, wire routes, inspection, troubleshooting, or service access.

Enclosure and mounting design
Sealing strategy
Wire routing
Mechanical/electrical interface coordination
Service and assembly access

03 / Electronics

Making the electronics fit the kart

The electronics bay could not be treated like a box that was added at the end. The boards, fuses, connectors, high-current cables, pass-throughs, and service access all had to fit the available chassis space without turning every test into a teardown.

I designed and delivered six custom mounts, built the printed support hardware, cut and sealed the enclosure pass-throughs, and integrated the power and signal routing onto the kart. These photos show the hardware during fit checks and installation, not a studio mockup, but the real packaging problem as it came together.

Side view of the autonomous kart electronics distribution stack in a green printed mount — Printed supports hold the board stack while keeping connectors and fuses accessible.

Stack of electronics distribution boards with yellow connectors and red fuses — A dense set of electrical interfaces that had to remain organized and serviceable.

Electronics distribution boards and custom mounts installed in the autonomous kart bay — Installed for cable routing, connector access, and fit checks inside the bay.

Top view of the autonomous kart chassis with its electronics enclosure and wiring — The full packaging context: chassis, enclosure, wiring, power hardware, and the room left to service it all.

04 / Integration

Requirements arrive from three disciplines

Mechanical geometry, electrical interfaces, connector access, sensing needs, and debugging access all shape the package. Regular review helps catch integration problems before one subsystem is designed too far in isolation.

05 / Team outcome

National competition context

Mesa Full Self Driving placed Top 5 nationally at Purdue University’s Autonomous Karting Series in a field of 12 universities. This is a team result; the packaging work is one subsystem within the larger autonomous vehicle effort.

Tools: Fusion 360 · FDM Printing · Enclosure Design · Mechanical Integration