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Stephen Cashen

Product Engineer COOP

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Timeline
About me
Photonics Engineer at Xanadu Quantum Technologies. Persistent Problem Solver, Question Asker and Learner.
Education
- University of Toronto
  2022 -
  MsC/PhD
  Graduate Studies in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics studying microscopic polarization and magnetization in crystalline systems.
- The University of British Columbia
  2016 - 2022
  Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Physics, Minor in Honours Mathematics Engineering Physics, Mathematics
  A highly technical multidisciplinary degree in physics, electrical, mechanical and computer engineering, with a specialization in advanced mathematics.Initiated, scoped, lead a team of 4 in two projects for the design of silicon photonic quantum computing hardware. For these projects our team won the Roy Nodwell Memorial Prize.Honours reading in mathematical physics studying long-range quantum entanglement in quasi-particle excitations.
Experience
- Microchip Technology Inc.
  Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
  Product Engineer COOP
  Testing prototypes for semiconductor devices. Writing code, troubleshooting and analyzing data.
- Intel Corporation
  May 2020 - Dec 2020
  Hardware Engineer COOP
  Electronic Validation in Intel's Non-Volatile Memory group. Internal software development. Python, SQL, SSD testing.
- UBC Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (Blusson QMI)
  May 2021 - Aug 2021
  Undergraduate Research Assistant
  Gradient Descent optimization of silicon photonic devices. Focusing on photonic crystal cavities and topological photonic insulators.
- University of Toronto
  Jul 2022 - Mar 2023
  Graduate Research Assistant
- Xanadu
  Oct 2023 - now
  Photonics Engineer
Licenses & Certifications
- Fundamentals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA Python
  NVIDIA
  Jul 2023
  View certificate

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