Work & Education

Planetary robotics engineer (Internship)

I work as a intern in planetary robotics at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in Montréal. I am responsible for managing and developing a mission planing tool for the lunar rover. I mainly use Django and React.

Since Aug. 2022
Planetary robotics intern

Lab assistant (Algorithmic aspects of quantum computing)

During the summer of 2023, I was as a lab assistant for the course MTI882B (Algorithmic aspects of quantum computing) at ÉTS. My responsibilities included creating learning resources, specifically Notebooks. I also taught students about Pennylane and various quantum computing algorithms.

Summer 2023
ÉTS lab assistant

Orolia (Internship)

I worked at Orolia, which is now part of Safran S.A. I was in the division which develops the GNSS simulator (Skydel). I mainly work with C++, Python and MATLAB. I also work on signal processing/generation.

Aug. 2021 to Dec. 2021
Software engineer intern

University (Software engineering)

I started in electrical engineering and changed to software engeneering since I discovered that I prefer high level programming. During the following semester, I took additional credits to avoid being delayed in my degree.

June. 2021
student

Lion electric (Internship)

During this internship, I did circuit simulation, microcontroller analysis, and work on the implementation of a version control system. Following my internship, I receive a productivity scholarship.

Jan. 2021 to May. 2021
Hardware design intern

University (Electrical engineering)

I started at ÉTS in electrical engineering to do embedded programming.

Aug. 2020
student

CEGEP degree in Electronics (Computers and Networks)

I obtain my degree in Electronics Technology - Computers and Networks at Cégep régional de Lanaudière à Joliette.

Sept. 2017 to June. 2020
student

Equitel

I did an internship at Équi-tel, a telecommunications company. During my internship, I configured IP networks and configured telephone systems. I continued to work after my internship to manage the cloud infrastructure and lead several projects.

Jan. 2019
technology analyst

Skills and distinctions

Awards

Excellence Scholarship from MES

This award is given by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Quebec to students who perform in a field related to technology.

Productivity Scholarship from Lion

Lion gives this award to an intern who distinguishe himself during his internship.

Contests

EnRicH

I did this competition with the student club CAPRA where I was in charge of the mapping and navigation of the robot. The goal was to rescue a dummy in a radioactive nuclear power plant.

Best in class in search and rescue challenge

Xanadu QHack23

Various quantum computing challenges were proposed by Xanadu. During this competition, we work with Hamiltonian simulation and quantum machine learning.

We finished 25/726 on the coding challenge

BIG Quantum Hackathon 2022

The goal of the competition was to create a quantum algorithm to solve an industrial problem. During this competition, my team and I developped a quantum support vector machine to classify text. (3rd place)

We finished third in a highly competitive field

Hack For Good - Body Hack 2021

During this competition, we designed of a tool to test health literacy.

Nasa space app challence 2020

During this competition, my team developed artificial intelligence capable of predicting forest fires based on satellite data. (First place (Halifax))

We finish first in our section

Skills

Quantum computing

Qiskit, Pennylane, Pulser, Q#, Snowflurry, QAOA, QML

Programming languages

Python, C, Java, C++, R, typescript

Library/framework

Django, ROS2, React, Qt (python and c++), Node.js

Artificial Intelligence

Tensorflow, sklearn, pandas, numpy, tensorboard, nltk, OpenCV, pytorch

Software

VSCode, Docker, Wireshark, Git, Unity, Android studio, Fusion360

Hardware

Linux, ESXI, Windows Server 2019, Windows

Soft Skills

Leadership, Creativity, Adaptability, Empathy

Certifications

IBM Certified Associate Developer - Qiskit v0.2X

The IBM Qiskit certification demonstrates proficiency in using Qiskit SDK to address quantum computing challenges using the Python programming language.

Issue : September 16, 2023

None

Tensorflow : TensorFlow Developer Certificate

The tensorflow certification demonstrate the proficiency in using TensorFlow to solve deep learning and ML problems. (Valid until May 23, 2025)

Issue : May 23, 2022

Expiration : May 23, 2025

My Projects

Technology used : Qiskit, Pennylane, Pulser, Python, NLP, Snowflurry

Light control with camera

The project had the goal to control my domotic system with a camera.

Technology used : Django, Arduino, SQLite

Drybox

The project is a IOT server that can perform OTA firmware upgrade.

Technology used : Arduino, C, 3D printing

Magic Wand (Remote)

This is a wand that can control the color of a lamp. I use C language for this project.

Technology used : Python, Pygame

AI vs Covid (Game)

For this project, I created a simple game and an AI. I used a genetic algorithm for this AI.

About Me

Simon Roy