Arsene Kanane in a blue suit

Portfolio // Electrical Engineering

Arsene
Kanane

Electrical EngineeringPCB DesignPower Systems

Dual-degree University of Ottawa graduating student, on track toward professional engineering licensure — building reliable electrical systems across mining, heavy industry, and autonomous aircraft.

Section 01 // Professional

Experience timeline

Arsene Kanane at an industrial facility

Fonderie Horne // Rouyn-Noranda, QC

May—Aug 2026

Glencore

Electrical Engineering Intern · Rouyn-Noranda, QC

Analyzed power, distribution, lighting, and one-line plans; validated control schematics and completed load, voltage-drop, grounding, and equipment-sizing calculations to CSA and IEEE requirements.

May—Aug 2025

Produits Kruger

Electrical Engineering Intern · Gatineau, QC

Modernized electrical schematics in AutoCAD and EPLAN, planned a high-pressure pump relocation, and supported control-system upgrades using Rockwell Automation components.

2024—Present

Aero uOttawa

Lead, Electrical Engineering Team · Ottawa, ON

Leads avionics PCB development for an autonomous competition aircraft, integrating SPI, I²C, UART, and CAN systems while reducing board cost by 34%.

2023—2024

Vantage Marketing Canada

Sales Team Lead · Montréal, QC

Set goals and delivered performance coaching for 14 team members who generated more than $1.2 million in pest-control contract revenue over four months.

Section 02 // Selected projects

VHDL UART Interface

FPGA / DE-2

Designed and implemented a complete UART in VHDL, managing real-time transmitter/receiver communication and baud-rate generation on an Altera DE-2 board.

RC Car Motor Board

ALTIUM / ESP32

Designed a 7.2V, 6A motor-drive PCB and programmed two ESP32 boards in C for BLE communication, ADC acquisition, and PWM control.

Section 03 // Technical toolkit

Design tools

  • Altium Designer
  • EPLAN Electric P8
  • AutoCAD
  • Multisim / MATLAB

Programming

  • C / C++
  • Python / Java
  • VHDL / Assembly
  • ESP-IDF / Git

Electrical systems

  • PCB & circuit design
  • MCC / switchgear sizing
  • Grounding & bonding
  • Protection & relaying

Education

University of Ottawa

B.A.Sc. Electrical Engineering
B.Sc. Computing Technology
2022—2027

English + French