Nicholas Alder Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Markham, Ontario, Canada

• Chapter Lead for Gaming team
• Working with cross component teams/project managers to ensure gaming feature tickets are resolved before adrenaline driver releases.
• Maintaining existing gaming features.
• Work with reporters, perform initial investigation, and triage tickets among the team.
• ramp up new hires to the team.Lead KMD Engineer on Hardware Flip Queue Project
• Windows 11 power saving feature that allows CPU to sleep during video playback.

Markham, Ontario, Canada

• Kernel mode driver developer with a focus in the display domain and gaming features: Radeon Super Resolution, FreeSync, Enhanced Sync, Frame Rate Target Control, and Relive resolving 100+ sustaining tickets.
• Led urgent customer issues designing, implementing, and unit testing driver code to comply with the requirements outlined to address federal legal concerns. Worked with members in cross components to ensure seamless.
• Created an internal logging interface which allows developers to easily log events to a Windows event trace, create a visual timeline view, and reduce debug times.
• Received a spotlight recognition award for significant contribution in the Radeon RX 6800 bring-up team resulting in a seamless product launch.
• 1-on-1 mentor for numerous co-op students and full time employees ensuring a quick ramp up process and conducting weekly sync-ups.

Markham, Ontario, Canada

• Software Engineering Intern on the Radeon Technologies Windows Platform team targeting various gaming and professional workstation graphics features on the kernel mode graphics driver (C, C++).
• Responsible for optimizing, developing, and debugging the KMD level graphics driver within tight time constraints using tools such as WinDbg and GPUView.
• Resolved numerous issues and created documentation for workstation graphics features such as Multi-GPU Eyefinity, 10-bit packed pixel, and 3D Stereo along with gaming features such as FRTC and Relive.
• Engaged with other teams across AMD to resolve cross-component issues.
• Worked on a customer project for Z-space to remove 3D aliasing and enhance 3D experience on z-space laptops through custom software implemented Look-up tables.
• Encapsulated 10-bit and packed pixel workstation feature code to improve readability and reduce debugging time.

Hamilton, Ontario

• MAC Formula Electric is a student racing team within McMaster University that designs, manufactures and races a Formula-style electric vehicle from the ground up. Our goal is to place a Canadian team in the Top 10.
• Working within the control systems sub-team
• Overseeing electrical and controls aspects of cooling system to ensure it all works seamlessly within car.
• Created cooling control system responsible for maintaining inverter and motor temperatures using Matlab Simulink
• constructed test benches to test various electrical components including low voltage battery capacity and the effect on water pump flow rate at varying voltages.

Guelph, Ontario

• Worked on Canadian Solar's flagship simulation tool CASSYS, implementing new features, fixing bugs, and improving overall user experience.
• Gained experience using Git to manage feature development and version control.
• Enhanced debugging skills using Integrated Development Environment (IDE) debugging tools in both VBA and C#.
• Improved written communication skills through documentation of new features within reference guides and user manuals.
• Integrated CASSYS with Canadian Solar’s suite of other monitoring tools and software.
• Improved critical thinking skills determining the effect of a string outage on revenue generated by the farm.

Mississauga, Ontario

• Provided clean and safe outdoor deck for swimmers
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills correcting and maintaining pool chemistry, including Chlorine, pH levels, and water clarity
• Gained experience working with and maintaining large filtration systems
• Developed leadership and responsibility skills supervising pool deck

Mississauga, Ontario

• Assisted instructor in teaching of classes
• Provided one-on-one teaching for swimmers
• Developed interpersonal skills working with instructors and students