About

About

About

Juul Harks

Hi, I'm Juul Harks, an Engine & Tools programmer studying Creative Media and Game Technologies at Breda University of Applied Sciences. I focus on building reliable engine features, editor tools, and pipelines that make teams faster and games more stable. I enjoy working at the intersection of low level systems and practical workflows, and I like collaborating closely with artists and designers to ship tools that solve real issues.

I am currently looking for an internship starting Summer 2026.

Skills and Tools

  • Unreal Engine, Unity, Custom Engines
  • C++, C#, Python
  • GitHub, Perforce, Jenkins

Education

2023 - present
Breda University of Applied Sciences
Creative Media and Game Technologies (Programming Track)

Experience

2024 - present
Techniekmaker
Junior Project Officer

Maintaining website and webshop, implementing custom Wordpress plugins for lesson plan creation.

2023 - present
Team Cyberweb - First Robotics Competition Team
Software Engineer & Outreach

Under strict rules, limited time and resources, teams around the world build industrial robots that perform various tasks within a competition. In addition to my role as a Java programmer, I am also active on the team as an engineer and work with our educational and industry partners in the region.

2019 - 2023
GentleBotz - First Tech Challenge Team
Software Engineer & Outreach

In FTC you learn to develop a robot in a team that has to score points by completing various tasks. At GentleBotz I was a programmer for 4 years and made sure the robot could be controlled autonomously and manually in Java. In 2023, after winning the Inspire Award, we competed at the world championships in Houston, TX.

Awards and Achievements

  • Inspire Award, First Tech Challenge Benelux 2023
    BN DeStem: Bredase scholieren met pylonnenrobot naar WK in Houston

    This formally judged award is given to the team that truly embodied the ‘challenge’ of the FTC program. The team that receives this award is chosen by the judges as having best represented a ‘role-model‘ FTC Team. This team is a top contender for all other judging categories and is a strong competitor on the field. The Inspire Award Winner is an inspiration to other teams, acting with Gracious Professionalism™ both on and off the playing field. This team is able to communicate their experiences, enthusiasm and knowledge to other teams, sponsors, and the Judges. Working as a unit, this team will have demonstrated success in accomplishing the task of creating a working and competitive robot.

    First Tech Challenge Robot of FTC Team GentleBotz First Tech Challenge Robot of FTC Team GentleBotz

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