Norrapat Wongsawatpaisan
Just call me Mo

Software Engineer & Creative Technologist

A robot championship at 15 sparked an obsession with engineering. Mechatronics degree, battle robots, 4.5 years of industrial QA, a working holiday across Australia, and finally New Zealand, where I completed my MSE and decided to plant roots.

Currently Auckland, NZ
Degree MSE Graduate, 2025
Status Open to Opportunities
Norrapat Mo Wongsawatpaisan
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At a Glance

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Battle-Tested QA

4.5 years

Survived (and thrived in) the high-stakes world of industrial QA at Arรงelik Hitachi. If it shipped, it was quality-approved by me.

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Double Degree

B.Eng + MSE

Mechatronics engineer turned software craftsman. Graduated 2025!

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Robot Champion

World Robot Olympiad

2010 Champion in Manila. Peaked at 15 and still proud.

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Plot Twist: I Have a Life

  • ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿณ Cooking (Thai food specialist)
  • ๐Ÿบ Beer connoisseur (trying to cut back...)
  • ๐ŸŠ Swimming laps, not deadlines
  • ๐ŸŽฎ Late-night gaming sessions
  • ๐Ÿ‘ฅ Social butterfly mode: ON
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Global Nomad

4 Countries

Chaiyaphum โ†’ USA โ†’ Australia โ†’ Auckland. Home is wherever the Wi-Fi connects.

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Full Stack Arsenal

Code Everything

JS, Python, C++, React, .NET. Frontend pixels to backend APIs.

About Me

It started with a robot. At 14, I represented Thailand at the World Robot Olympiad in Manila and won. That single moment sent me chasing a Mechatronics degree at KMUTT, where I designed battle robots, competed in ABU Robocon, and 3D-modelled drones in Autodesk Inventor. Honest truth: I was never the strongest programmer in the room. But I was the one who could take software, hardware, and electronics and make them work together.

That integration mindset landed me at Arรงelik Hitachi for 4.5 years as a QA Engineer. My world was automatic inspection machines: door colour detectors, door-gap alignment checkers, PLC-controlled quality gates. I understood production lines inside-out, investigated defects, and frequently flew overseas for rework ops (I now genuinely hate flying). Eventually I felt saturated and needed a bigger world.

So I packed my bags for Australia, managed facilities at Heartbreak Hotel McArthur, operated automatic M/C at Langdon Ingredients. Then New Zealand called. I earned my MSE at Yoobee in 2025, combined my engineering roots with full-stack dev skills, and decided: this is where I'm staying. I write code I can explain to anyone, no jargon needed.

My Philosophy

"Scared? Always. Doing it anyway? Every single time. That's the whole secret."

"Everything is already good, and can always be even better. Perfection is a direction, not a destination."

"Simple execution, stunning results."

The one rule I live by

Skills & Technologies

Professional Journey

Master of Software Engineering

2025 โ€“ 2026 (Graduated!)

Yoobee College, Auckland, NZ

Leveled up from hardware to software. Mastered full-stack development, software architecture, and design patterns. Built real-world apps (MediTrack, car rental systems) and proved that a mechatronics engineer can code just as hard as any CS grad. Diploma: acquired.

Yoobee College Auckland
Australia working holiday

The Australia Chapter

Jun 2022 โ€“ Oct 2024

Darwin & Melbourne, Australia

After 4.5 years on the factory floor, I needed a reset. Managed facilities maintenance systems at Heartbreak Hotel McArthur, operated automatic M/C at Langdon Ingredients. Same production-line discipline, completely new industries. Came back with perspective, resilience, and a healthy tan.

QA Engineer

Jul 2017 โ€“ Apr 2022

Arรงelik Hitachi, Prachinburi, Thailand

My domain: automatic inspection machines. Door colour detectors, door-gap alignment checkers, PLC-controlled quality gates. Ensured product quality through testing/inspection, investigated defects, implemented preventive actions, designed user-friendly interfaces for qualitative machines, and coordinated inspection processes across departments. Frequently travelled overseas for rework operations.

Arรงelik Hitachi factory
PTT Global Chemical internship

Intern Engineer

Aug 2016 โ€“ Oct 2016

PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC), Rayong, Thailand

Control system maintenance at one of Thailand's biggest petrochemical companies. Prepared and maintained custody meters (radar meters, level transmitters) and assisted control system work planning. First taste of industrial-scale engineering.

B.Eng. Mechatronics

2013 โ€“ 2017

King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand

Mechanical engineering meets electronics meets software. Competed in ABU Robocon and Seacon War of Steel, built drones, and graduated ready to build anything.

ABU Robocon team at KMUTT
Exchange student experience

Exchange Student

2010 โ€“ 2011

Hershey High School, Pennsylvania, USA

15-year-old me flew solo to America, lived with a host family, and survived a full year of American high school. Also discovered that Hershey really does smell like chocolate. This experience made me fearless about jumping into the unknown.

Featured Projects

QA pipelines, healthcare apps, flying robots, and more.

MediTrack: Clinic Coordination Tool

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Coordination tool for small clinics: booking, amending, cancelling appointments, managing diagnosis records. I led the frontend, built the entire UI with JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Bootstrap, connected to a FastAPI backend. Focus: something clinic staff can use without a manual.

JavaScript HTML/CSS FastAPI Bootstrap
Type Full Stack Web App
Role Frontend Lead

Long-Range Car Rental System

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NZ-focused simulation for long-range car rentals. Pick locations, set dates, handle cancellations. Built entirely in Python with proper database design. My "prove I can architect a complete business system" project.

Python Database Design API Development Business Logic
Type Business System
Role Full Stack Dev

Drone UAV Quadrotor

Drone UAV 3D model in Autodesk Inventor

Graduate project. Full mechanical structure in Autodesk Inventor, 3D-axis motion with aerodynamics, coordinated PID control in C++ on Arduino. Mechanical design + electronics + embedded software in one flying machine.

C++ Arduino Autodesk Inventor PID Control Aerodynamics
Type Graduate Project
Role Design & Programming

Battle Robot: Seacon War of Steel

Battle robot 3D CAD design in Autodesk Inventor

Full system design for combat robotics. Mechanical structure, electronics, programming, all in one machine built to survive. Chassis and weapon systems in Autodesk Inventor, physical build with chain-driven mechanisms. Two years competing at one of Thailand's top robotics events.

Autodesk Inventor Mechanical Design Electronics Programming
Type Robotics Competition
Years 2015-2016

QA Environment Research

Research focused on building QA environments for small organisations that lack dedicated testing infrastructure. Investigated how startups and small teams can implement automated testing pipelines without enterprise-level budgets, using the SOLNZ CRM project as a real-world case study.

Academic Research Technical Writing LaTeX QA Strategy
Type Research
Focus Small Org QA

Awards & Activities

๐Ÿ† WRO World Champion 2010
At 14, I was selected to represent Thailand in the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) held in Manila, Philippines. Our team designed and programmed an autonomous LEGO Mindstorms robot to complete a series of timed challenges on a standardised game board. We competed against teams from over 40 countries across two intensive days of rounds.

Winning gold changed the trajectory of my life. It proved that engineering was not just a hobby but something I could genuinely excel at. The discipline of iterating on a design under pressure, debugging at 2AM in a hotel room, and performing when it counts - those habits stuck with me long after the trophy was handed out. This single event is the reason I pursued Mechatronics Engineering and, eventually, a career in tech. Thailand WRO team in Manila
๐Ÿค– Seacon War of Steel 2015-2016
Seacon War of Steel is Thailand's top combat robotics event. I competed two years running (2015, 2016) as part of the KMUTT team. My role covered the full design pipeline: mechanical structure in Autodesk Inventor, electronics wiring and motor selection, chain-driven weapon systems, and embedded C++ programming on Arduino boards.

The robots were 30kg weight-class machines built to survive direct hits from spinning weapons and flippers. Every component had to balance durability with agility. I learned more about real-world engineering constraints in those two seasons than in an entire semester of lectures. Welding at midnight, testing weapon spin-up speeds, debating armour thickness over instant noodles - that was university life at its best. Building battle robot
๐Ÿ›ธ ABU Robocon 2015-2016
ABU Robocon is the largest university-level robotics competition in the Asia-Pacific region, broadcast live across member countries. Each year brings a completely new game theme, so every robot is designed from scratch. I participated in the 2015 and 2016 seasons representing KMUTT.

My contributions spanned mechanical design, sensor integration, and control logic. The 2015 theme involved badminton-playing robots, while 2016 focused on renewable energy tasks. Both required a combination of autonomous navigation and manual control under intense time pressure. Working in a team of 15+ students taught me cross-functional coordination - mechanical, electrical, and software sub-teams had to sync or the whole machine would fail on competition day. ABU Robocon robot
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ผ Activity Leader, KMUTT 2013-2014
Served as Activity Leader for the Faculty of Engineering at KMUTT across two academic years. Responsibilities included planning and running orientation camps for incoming freshmen, coordinating inter-faculty sports tournaments, and organising academic workshops.

This role involved managing budgets, liaising with university staff, and leading teams of 20-30 student volunteers. I learned how to motivate people who were not obligated to show up, how to negotiate event logistics under tight budgets, and how to keep morale high during 16-hour camp setup days. These soft skills - leadership, negotiation, public speaking - turned out to be just as valuable as any engineering skill I picked up in class.
๐ŸŒ Exchange Student, USA 2010-2011
At 15, I joined a year-long exchange programme and flew solo from Thailand to Hershey, Pennsylvania. I lived with an American host family, attended Hershey High School as a full-time student, and navigated a completely different culture, language, and education system on my own.

Beyond Pennsylvania, the programme connected me with exchange students from all over the world. We travelled together to New York City, walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, explored Times Square, and shared stories from every continent. The friendships I made that year are still strong today. This experience made me comfortable being the outsider in any room, confident in adapting to new environments, and certain that the best growth happens when you are far from your comfort zone.
Exchange student group Exchange student memories

Life Beyond Code

What makes me tick, beyond the terminal.

Frontend is My Lane

Drawn to the visual side. Pixel-perfect UIs, smooth animations, clean component architecture.

Career Focus: Frontend

QA is My Superpower

4.5 years finding what's wrong before anyone else. Quality is not a phase, it's a mindset.

Career Focus: QA

Talk Like a Human

No jargon. I explain so everyone gets it, from CEO to intern.

The Integrator

Software + hardware + electronics working together. Big-picture thinking from mechatronics into software.

Cook Like You Code

Thai basil stir-fry specialist. Want to bribe me? Suggest a restaurant.

Planting Roots in NZ

4 countries, too many flights. Done being a nomad. New Zealand is home.

Always Curious

New framework? New recipe? I'm the first to raise my hand. High passion, clear plans.

Work Hard, Chill Harder

Craft beer, pool laps, competitive gaming. Balance is the whole point.

Let's Connect

Job opening, project idea, or just want to debate the best pad Thai in Auckland? My inbox is always open.

Location

Fun fact: I've never said no to a coffee chat. Worst case, we both get caffeinated. Best case, we build something amazing together.

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