No offence taken(I am still and undergrad).
I must say I have done some work on the UWA motorsport team and I can
appreciate the amount of electrical noise that is present in the
environment. It was hell trying to get even a steady power supply. It
too 4 of us a whole weekend to figure out that was the cause of the
continual resetting of the microcontroller. Some more experienced prolly
would've pick that much quicker. Moral of the story unless you have a lot
of time and are really cash straped, I'd find someone experienced in this
field. Personally speaking I feel that given enought time someone like
myself would eventually produce something working but it would take much
longer(prolly 2 to 3 times as long) as someone more experienced. BTW
although I am an undergrad, I've effectively finish all my engineering
already. This year I'm just working on my project(a low noise preamplifier
for infrared photodiodes operating at cryogenic temperatures) and finishing
off my commerce units. Oh yeah, I'm still looking for some more work
experience, will to work for a pitance or for free(depending on size of
job and out of pocket expenses).