John Mcrae Email & Phone Number

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Writes software primarily in National Instruments LabVIEW, with additional work in C#, C++, and PythonUses agile software development tools, specifically woking in Jira with Kanban boards and Requirements & Test Management (RTM)Tracks, maintains, and merges work using source control, specifically Apache Subversion (SVN) and GitEmphasizes SOLID principles, clean architecture, and clean code and is a leading voice during code reviewsDefines requirements and conceives of designs for projects, feature requests, and bug fixesIndependently works on project management, bug fixes, and learning software languages and principles

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Created labs for second and third year engineering students which provided unique learning opportunities beyond those of existing labsCoordinated training with teaching assistants, managed part sourcing and organization with technical staff and helped students in labs understand engineering conceptsWorked independently on writing extensive documentation for students, summarizing complex electromagnetic principles and design techniquesWrote electromagnetic simulations for dipole antenna in MATLAB using the openEMS field solver

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Designed a radar front end for unmanned aerial vehicles which exceeded the bandwidth of any other front end in the academic literature by 37.5%Defined radar specifications suitable for commercial unmanned aerial vehicles in order to select the correct system components and to assess radar performanceIdentified and resolved measurement anomalies in complex microwave systems through critical thinking and understanding of lab equipment design, leading to an increase in measurement accuracy by a factor of fourSimulated signal chain in Keysight Advanced Design System and sent custom waveforms to signal generator using MATLABDesigned custom frequency-domain device models in Advanced Design System for passive mixers based on spectrum analyzer measurements

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Lead tutorials on circuit analysis for groups of 10 to 50 students using carefully-prepared examples and interactive discussionsOrganized marking of tests, midterms and quizzes for classes of up to 200 students and responded to students’ concerns with compassion and understanding

Master Of Applied Science - Masc, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Master's thesis: Multifunction Radio Frequency System Design Using Nonlinear Models

Bachelor’S Degree, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering