Matthieu Lemay Email & Phone Number

Victoria, BC, CA

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• High level system designer on ophthalmic surgical system and stroke identification device.
• Strategic program planning, mapping out viable development roadmaps to important client business and regulatory milestones, crafting proposals to generate continued business
• Tactical project managing and executing, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, encouraging collaboration and system-thinking
• Solicitating stakeholder needs, translating needs into engineering requirements, defining system architecture, behaviour, and decomposing into subsystems.
• Leading concept brainstorming, downselecting concepts by evaluating programmatic, technical, and safety trade-offs while leveraging experience of subject matter experts
• Successfully spearheaded approval process for a new requirements management tool (Polarion), improved company processes in role of PD CAPA lead

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• Lead systems engineer on ophthalmic surgical system, transesophageal endoscopic device, multiple biosignal headsets, and ingestible robotic capsule.
• Project manager on a cell therapeutic implantable cell delivery system.
• Developed stakeholder requirements, system requirements, and architectures based on guiding principles from INCOSE. Crafted full Design History Files to support regulatory submissions.
• Generated and downselected concepts based on human factors, industrial design, and technological considerations.
• Identified device safety and efficacy risks and suitable mitigations using Fault Tree Analysis and FMEA in compliance with ISO 14971.
• Oversaw confidence, QC, and V&V testing.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• Technical lead on several electromechanical device projects including ingestible robotic capsules and biosignal-capturing headsets.
• Overcame complex technical challenges and refined device's design and assembly procedure to increase yields by 45%.
• Proposed and implemented a new technical strategy for peripheral fixtures which increased device performance output by 20%.
• Coordinated multidisciplinary teams, delegated tasks where appropriate, to meet project deliverables and deadlines while remaining budget-conscious.
• Engaged with clients weekly to convey technical progress updates and ensure client expectations were understood and met.
• Generated production line workflows and device assembly instructions to support large builds for biocompatibility, pre-clinical, and clinical testing.

Ottawa, ON

• Overcame technical and human factor challenges to translate the vision of a cardiac surgeon into a novel, patent pending electromechanical medical device (US14/743,128).
• Designed, built, programmed, and tested all mechanical and electrical systems of a functional prototype.
• Conducted market research, identified regulatory and reimbursement pathways, developed a commercialization strategy, and produced a preliminary business plan.
• Reached out to medical staff at various hospitals and conducted focus group sessions to obtain end-user feedback.
• Effectively communicated the device’s purpose and functionality to advisors, business partners, patent agents, and grant agencies through the production of detailed reports, computer renderings, diagrams, and video.
• Produced technical drawings and documentation for patent application.

Victoria, BC

• Played a central role in the early development stages of a fast-paced and high-stakes drug delivery system project.
• Improved device’s performance by identifying and correcting several failure modes and operational inconsistencies through FEA and mathematical analyses of critical components, and extensive operational and failure.
• Commended by employer for consistently producing high quality work while meeting tight deadlines.
• Kept clients informed with concise status update reports which presented experimental testing results and analyses.
• Increased knowledge of machining and 3D printing processes through the production of numerous functional prototypes.
• Received QMS training and worked in an ISO 13485 certified environment.

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Reached out to medical community to identify a real need for a medical device.
• Volunteered to develop a remotely controlled artificial blood pumping system for use in surgical training simulations.
• Identified technical requirements and usability considerations by consulting with a team of surgeons and engineers.
• Designed, sourced components, and built a first functional prototype.
• Assembled and managed a small team for the completion of a second prototype.

Victoria, BC

• Contributed significantly to the ideation and development of early-stage diagnostic and surgical medical device concepts.
• Acquired an excellent understanding of manufacturing and rapid prototyping techniques through the production of numerous medical device prototypes.
• Applied fluid mechanic principles to the design of microfluidic systems and fluid-handling devices.
• Consolidated mechanical and electrical systems in device designs by collaborating with electrical engineers.
• Effectively communicated design ideas and intentions to co-workers and clients through hand drawings and digital models.
• Received QMS training and worked in an ISO 13485 certified environment.

Ottawa, ON

• Reached out to the medical community and found an opportunity to work with a cardiac surgeon to develop a medical device.
• Identified the device’s requirements and generated several preliminary concepts.
• Presented concept sketches and computer models to surgeon and implemented feedback into the design.
• Lead to the creation of a startup company, TEPLE Inc.

Ottawa, ON

• Improved the results, repeatability, and execution of a key experiment by volunteering to design and manufacture a custom automated syringe pump platform used for polymer microsphere extrusion.
• Learnt entirely new sets of laboratory skills used to perform the analysis of peripheral blood lymphocyte phenotypes from patients with failed hip implants by cell staining and flow cytometry.
• Commended by employer for excellent technical writing skills in the production of standard operating procedure documents.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Biomedical Mechanical Engineering, Graduated With Magna Cum Laude

The structure of the Biomedical Mechanical Engineering program parallels that of the Mechanical Engineering program, but places emphasis.

Honours Bachelor Of Architectural Studies, Architecture, Graduated With Distinction

Activities and Societies: UW Architecture Student Association Computing Representative The School of Architecture at the University of.