Computer Engineering @ McMaster University
Hardware · Software · Systems
Engineer. Builder. Developer. Tinkerer. Always making something.
Currently a Quality Software Development Intern at Magna
I’m Ishpreet, a Computer Engineering student at McMaster. I like building things that sit between software and hardware, and I’m usually drawn to whichever problem seems most interesting at the time.
Right now I’m a Quality Software Development Intern at Magna. In my free time I’m building Pockit, a personal finance and budgeting app, along with other side projects I pick up because they sound fun to build.
What I’ve been building, both finished and in progress.
From compressed image data to a reconstructed VGA image, all in hardware.
A hardware image-decompression pipeline that receives compressed data over UART, stores it in SRAM, processes it on the FPGA, and reconstructs the result through VGA output.
A sales automation platform for small agencies that researches prospects, drafts grounded outreach, and keeps a human in the loop before anything is sent.
Foundry is an experiment in making outbound sales automation more reliable. Instead of letting an AI freely invent personalization, the system researches a prospect's actual site and requires generated claims to trace back to real source material.
A personal finance and budgeting app that tries to make money feel less overwhelming.
Pockit is a personal finance and budgeting app I’m building to make money management feel less overwhelming. The idea is to bring transactions, budgets, goals, saving, and investing into one simple place, then use intelligent insights to help explain what your money is actually doing.
Work that taught me how engineering actually gets used outside a classroom.
Quality Software Development Intern
Magna International · Markham, ON
May 2026 – Present
I build internal software for the Supplier, Warranty, and Customer Quality teams. Most projects start with a manual or repetitive process and end with a tool that handles it, connecting systems, cleaning up data, and automating reporting. Several have grown into production applications used across the facility, and I own many of them end to end, from scoping the problem and designing the data model to building and supporting the application.
Things I’ve worked with: C# · Python · Power Automate · Power Apps · Dataverse · Azure SQL
Facility Operations Attendant
City of Brampton · Brampton, ON
May 2024 – Present
I work across facility and event operations, handling inventory, scheduling, A/V setup, and day-of logistics. The role has taught me to stay organized and solve problems quickly when plans change in real time.
Direct Sales Specialist
TELUS · Mississauga, ON
Apr 2024 – Jun 2024
I worked directly with customers to find the right telecom products and plans. The role taught me to listen first, understand what someone actually needs, and explain solutions clearly.
B.Eng., Computer Engineering
McMaster University · Hamilton, ON
Sept 2023 – Present
Computer Engineering has let me work across the whole stack, from digital hardware and embedded systems to algorithms, software, and signals. The work I enjoy most sits in between, where software has to interact with real hardware.
Relevant coursework
If you want to talk about a project, an opportunity, or just something interesting, email or LinkedIn is probably the easiest way to reach me.