Experience and Education
My Resume
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering
Dalhousie University, Halifax NS Canada
Sep 2019 to Dec 2023
Professional Experience
Lead Test Engineer
Teradyne, North Reading MA USA
Feb 2024 to Present
- Debugged DC instrument test equipment from system to component level, working with schematics, Cadence Allegro PCB viewer, and design engineers to isolate faults and characterize failure modes
- Triaged failures to determine root cause as design escapes vs manufacturing defects, driving corrective action to design engineers
- Owning product knowledge transfer and training to Asia manufacturing team
- Developing an AI-powered lab assistant to deliver higher-quality training materials in real-time
Electrical Engineering Intern
Aethera Technologies, Halifax NS Canada
May 2023 to Aug 2023
- Planned, configured, and tested SNMP to Modbus gateway registers for data aggregation across radio transmit/receive sites globally by utilizing digital logic
- Developed and conducted test procedures for the Human-Machine Interface (HMI) of a solid-state RF generator, RF modulators, and RF demodulators
Hardware Engineering Intern
Nokia, Ottawa ON Canada
Sep 2022 to Dec 2022
- Performed high accuracy voltage ripple measurements on IP routers and assessed the compliance of power supply noise
- Wrote a Perl script to control the voltage and current characteristics of power supplies
- Utilized Cadence Allegro PCB designer, benchtop test equipment, Matlab, and SMD soldering
Electrical Engineering Intern
Geospectrum Technologies Inc, Halifax NS Canada
Jan 2022 to Apr 2022
- Utilized digital equalization filters to compensate for sound projector frequency response
- Designed circuits to attenuate the drive signal on a sound projector based on the input current by using comparator registers, assembly code on Atmega328, and integrated circuits
- Created circuits to mimic the voltage output of a pressure sensor at multiple depths
Research Assistant
Sieben Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS Canada
May 2021 to Aug 2021
- Designed PCBs using Eagle/KiCad to be used as crucial parts of microfluidic phosphate sensors
- Contributed to the development of a lab-on-chip fish welfare sensor for application in aquaculture using enzyme-linked assay (ELISA)
- Wrote research-related technical documents (LaTeX) and Microsoft Office
Relevant Projects
Autonomous Robot
May 2022 to Jul 2022
- Worked closely in a trio to create an autonomous robot for an Electrical Engineering course
- Accomplished the goals of locating and disarming six simulated mines using LEDs, guiding mines to disposal area, and avoiding walls and fake wildlife
- Employed dead reckoning and waypoint navigation via Robot Operating System (ROS), Linux command line, shell scripting, and version control (GIT)
- Used Raspberry Pi 4, LTSpice, CAD modelling software (Fusion 360), and a battery system
Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
Sep 2016 to Jun 2019
- Designed an underwater ROV that qualified for the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) International ROV Competition, acting as team lead and software/hardware developer
- Designed the full system electrical architecture including power distribution, fuse sizing, ESC-driven thruster control, and watertight enclosure wiring
- Utilized Python, C, and multithreading to perform maneuvers including pitch, roll, yaw, forward/backward and up/down, in addition to controlling the claw, winch and mini-ROV
- Employed Raspberry Pi3 and Atmega328P to help control a linear actuator, BlueRobotics Thrusters, cameras, lighting, and buoyancy tubes
Novel Intelligent Irrigation System
Jan 2018 to May 2018
- Created an award-winning smart irrigation system for the Canada-Wide Science Fair
- Developed using Python 3, Raspberry Pi 3, Matlab Simulink, and I2C communication
- Achieved objectives of conserving water, reducing fertilizer use, managing acidity, and minimizing labor across any plant culture
- Capable of dynamic responses based on multiple sensors, including temperature, barometric pressure, moisture, sunlight, and pH levels
- Utilized analog to digital converters, GPIO expansion boards, relays, and amplifiers
Certifications
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (Jul 2024) ASQ World Headquarters
- Laser Safety Awareness (May 2024) Laser Institute of America
Awards and Honors
- NSERC Undergraduate Research Award (2021) Most prestigious research award in Canada
- Dean's List, Sexton Scholar (2020 to 2021) GPA above 3.85, top 8 to 10% of engineering students
- International Competitor (2019) MATE ROV Competition, representing South Shore Robotics
- National Bronze Medalist (2018) Canada-Wide National Science Fair
Volunteering and Extra Curriculars
- Member (Nov 2025 to Present) Toastmasters International
- President (May 2021 to Dec 2023) Dalhousie University Women in Engineering Society
- Member (May 2021 to Dec 2021) Dalhousie University CubeSAT Satellite Team
- Mentor (Feb 2021 to Apr 2021) COVE's Young Women in Ocean Tech Program
- Team Lead and Software Developer (2016 to 2019) South Shore Robotics
Skills
Cadence Allegro PCB
KiCad
Eagle
LTSpice
Fusion 360
Python
C
Perl
Matlab / Simulink
LaTeX
Raspberry Pi
Atmega328P
ROS
Linux
Git
SNMP / Modbus
I2C Communication
SMD Soldering
Benchtop Test Equipment
Schematic Reading
PCB Design
Microsoft Office