Jamie Blakey-milner
Mechatronics Engineer
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolJamie Blakey-milner is a Mechatronics Engineer with 10 years’ experience delivering automation and product development across defence and FMCG sectors from the Western Cape. He has led engineering teams and projects from concept through commissioning—designing mechanical systems, embedded controls, PLC/software, and factory integrations such as automated cap closure and bottle weighing systems. Jamie excels at single-handedly driving hardware development and CAD automation, and has scaled that to supervising teams and implementing Agile engineering practices. His background combines hands-on machine building and systems engineering with practical project management, evidenced by shipped products for international clients and a partnership-launched CAN485 product range. Notably, he often bridges mechanical, electrical and software domains himself, making him effective at taking complex automation ideas to production-ready systems.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Mechatronic Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Mechatronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University
English, Afrikaans
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Github Skills (37)
node-red9
addon8
robot8
arduino-library8
mbed8
servo8
nodejs7
javascript7
hardware7
visual-programming6
arduino6
flow-based-programming6
ports6
cqrs6
nvm5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Atlantis-Specialist-Technologies/AST_RS485_Arduino_Library
Aug 2017 - Nov 2018
A library for using the RS485 port on the CAN485 board
Contributions:15 commits, 7 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 3 months
boardrs485
Atlantis-Specialist-Technologies/AST_CAN_Arduino_Library
Aug 2017 - Nov 2018
Library for using the hardware CAN port on the CAN485 board. An Arduino port of the ATMEL CAN library
Contributions:20 commits, 8 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 3 months
atmelarduino-libraryarduinombedhardware
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