Sébastien Girard Email & Phone Number

Ontario, Canada

• Initiate and lead the strategic decisions of a multidisciplinary team of 30+ students
• Led the development of a 3m tall supersonic rocket with 8kN of peak thrust that successfully flew at Mach 1.7 (2100 km/h) to an altitude of 23,000ft.
• Ensured compliance to legal, safety, regulatory and liability/insurance requirements
• Monitored and achieved organizational goals and milestones within specified timelines through effective utilization of management tools and overseeing the… Show more
• Monitored and achieved organizational goals and milestones within specified timelines through effective utilization of management tools and overseeing the progress of five teams, ensuring seamless coordination and.
• Promote communication, teamwork, inclusivity, equality, and team cohesion by organizing social events and conferences within the team

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for the avionics sub-team (15+ engineering students)
• Participated in the project management and technical decisions for the development of a hybrid rocket engine and a supersonic rocket that will reach 20,000 feet
• Orchestrated the development of the Primary Flight Computer, ground equipment and data acquisition devices that will control different propulsion, recovery, and avionic embedded real-time systems
• Led the software development team of the Primary Flight… Show more
• Led the software development team of the Primary Flight Computer of the rocket in C++
• Integrated multiple sensors, output signals, a finite state machine, and events detection logic in the Primary Flight Computer

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Initiated the development of the new onboard flight computer software. Researched on software architecture good practices and learned C++. Designed the architecture of the new code base in C++, implemented a finite state machine and an interface for testing and simulating rocket flights. Setup the new test platform and the groundwork for the future student.

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Software development for 911 call centers.- Validated the upgrade procedure for a 911 software release, ensuring a flawless upgrade of many 911 call answering points.- Significantly reduced time and technical configuration errors for field engineers to upgrade 911 call centers by developing new features that streamline the data entry process of call.

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

- Full stack developer- Developed front-end pages and features with React and Typescript- Implemented new backend features in PHP- Wrote database migration scripts in SQL- Developed custom plugins in Java

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Worked in an agile software backend development team
• Successfully designed and implemented a configuration server in a microservice architecture
• Successfully updated and redeployed all microservices to use the new configuration server in production
• Established and documented a new deployment workflow for multiple software development teams
• Developed features in microservices using the Spring frameworkSuccess Examples:
• Recognition from management for… Show more

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Investigated and solved issues in the backend data ingestion pipeline of multiple Cision platforms
• Designed and developed new features for internal Cision tool
• Produced code of high quality covered with automated tests
• Fixed many backend issues that clients were facing and reporting

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Conducted research to integrate the new technologies in gene circuits and biological computing
• Developed a web-based CAD platform that let the user design gene circuits and logic gates together
• Produced technical reports
• Initiated the Agile methodology within the team by using new tools such as Trello

Quebec, Canada

Responsible of the Technoscience Outaouais digital programming camp. Supervised a group of child aged from 7 to 12 for 6 weeks full time. Ensured the smooth running of workshops and activities.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Computer Software Engineering

Dean’s Honour List for 5 semesters (CGPA > 8.5/10)

Other, Piano, 14

Played piano for more than 14 years. Regularly performed. Studied at the Conservatoire de Musique de Gatineau at the end of high school.