Rebeca Poulin
Ottawa
Summary
Fourth-year Electrical Engineering CO-OP student at the University of Ottawa, fluent in English, French, and Portuguese. Proven ability to collaborate effectively within diverse teams, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills refined through academic projects and professional work experiences. Strong research and analytical skills demonstrated through hands-on engineering tasks, risk assessments, and group projects throughout the bachelor’s degree program.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Vessel Procurement Engineering Student
Canadian Coast Guard
09.2024 - 12.2024
- Developed technical drawings with CAD software and schematics to support engineering design concepts for vessel systems and infrastructure.
- Conducted risk assessments and hazard identification, specifically for onboard Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and associated Battery Management Systems (BMS).
- Researched and applied regulatory standards and guidelines to ensure compliance with workplace electrical safety and design best practices.
- Assisted in evaluating power requirements for critical shipboard equipment, including sewage treatment plants and shore power connections.
Research and Development Student
Communications Research Center
01.2024 - 04.2024
- Collaborated with team members on project to leverage interference tolerance for coexistence
- Created a user-friendly graphical user interface for network manipulation
- Acquired proficiency with Python, JSON, and AWS
- Improved technical skills by creating modules for interference analysis system
Customer Service Representative
Farm Boy Inc.
06.2023 - 09.2023
- Followed company safety standards for food quality and sanitation procedures
- Demonstrated initiative by quickly addressing and resolving complaints with food or service
- Built brand loyalty and accomplished customer satisfaction by working well with other food service team members
McDonald's Crew Member
Altemar Enterprises Inc
08.2021 - 11.2021
- Acquired leadership skills in a team to offer excellent customer service
- Assisted with maintaining cleanliness in line with company standards in all internal quality checks
Education
Bachelor of Applied Science - Electrical Engineering (Power and Sustainable Energy)
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON12.2025
Skills
- Engineering
- Worked with current and voltage sources, function generator and Altera to obtain experimental results and verify theoretically derived data
- Familiar with lab measurement equipment such as oscilloscopes and multimeters for rectifiers, semiconductors, and transistors
- Executed tests and analyzed results for sequential logic circuits and arithmetic logic units
- Extensive research capabilities used for various assignments, projects and laboratory reports
- Developed problem-solving concepts using iterative design processes and taking into account ethical, financial and legal constraints
- Created prototypes using target specifications to create a full system model
- Technical
- Programmed with C using pointers, functions, tables, dynamic memory allocation and recursivity
- File management systems design capabilities : file indexing, file compression, data buffering
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Proficient with AutoCAD, MATLAB, Arduino, Code Blocks and Multisim
- Used Python to visualize optical physics concepts such as function waves
- Transferrable
- Strong oral communication skills in English and French
- Good organizational and time management skills obtained from completing tasks, assignments and developing effective studying habits
- Detail-oriented in the execution of tasks
- Strong initiative and leadership
- High interpersonal communication and teamwork skills acquired through working at the CRC on a team project
- Problem solving abilities acquired through various debugging scenarios and projects
Certification
- Completed the WHMIS Workshop
- MTC Basic Training
- Obtained G2 class driver’s license
Timeline
Vessel Procurement Engineering Student
Canadian Coast Guard
09.2024 - 12.2024
Research and Development Student
Communications Research Center
01.2024 - 04.2024
Customer Service Representative
Farm Boy Inc.
06.2023 - 09.2023
McDonald's Crew Member
Altemar Enterprises Inc
08.2021 - 11.2021
Bachelor of Applied Science - Electrical Engineering (Power and Sustainable Energy)
University of Ottawa
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