# Florence Chan

> Software Engineer at Waymo

Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/florencechan

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Waymo
Jan 2020 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States
Motion planning

### Student @ University of Toronto
Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 | Toronto, Canada Area
BASc in Engineering Science, Major in Aerospace Engineering

### Computer Systems Administrator @ University of Toronto
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | University of Toronto
+ Managed the servers for the engineering society and all engineering design teams (Skule.ca)
+ Troubleshooted network difficulties and computer hardware issues

### Technical Advisor @ University of Toronto Aerospace Team
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
Provided guidance to incoming leads and reviewed the technical design of the 2018-2019 unmanned aerial systems. 
Co-wrote and reviewed the 2019 design report. The design paper placed 5th in the Canadian Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition.

### Interim Lead @ University of Toronto Aerospace Team
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
+ Managed overall systems design and integration over 3 subdivisions. 
+ Arranged regular 1:1 with leads to track progress and ensure the design completion by target date. 
+ Reviewed subdivisional design choices and financial decisions.

### Chief Engineer @ University of Toronto Aerospace Team
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Toronto, Canada Area
+ Led a team of 20 students in engineering an autonomous aerial system from scratch designed for various clients (varies yearly) including as: law enforcement search and reconnaissance, geese detection/count, solar farm inspection.
+ Developed computer vision algorithms (OpenCV, Python) for object identification and area estimations using sensor fusion from IMU, GPS, LIDAR, and autopilot.
+ Authored and presented design reports for 2018 and 2019 (co-author/advisor) UAS national competition
+ Managed and documented all legal compliance for flight mission, payloads, operations with Transport Canada. Served as operations manager in the field.

### Flight Operations Lead @ University of Toronto Aerospace Team
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada

### Software Developer Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Vancouver
+ Developed a web application with, .Net Core, ReactJS, and Microsoft Research technology with a team of 5 interns.
+ Developed and maintained the back-end .NET Core server (C#, MVC architecture)
+ Design and built REST APIs for communication back-end and front-end.
+ Setup AES encryption and decryption of raw data packets, and subsequent data pruning and statistical analysis.
+ Setup a custom WebRTC peer to stream video directly to a C# client server on the customer’s platform.
+ Setup and maintained the continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) using Azure and Git

### Software Developer - Augmented Reality Solutions @ Epson Canada
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Canada
+ Worked the entire stack: Developing and implementing new features/algorithms, debugging, and QA on the publiclyavailable Epson Moverio SDK for augmented reality glasses for multiple platforms (Android, Unity, Windows Desktop).
+ Expanded the Unity(C#) sample application to support multi-object detection and tracking.
+ Implemented a centering algorithm for the guidance model in optical see-through (OST) mode for both the Android (Java,
Android Studio) and Unity (C#) sample applications.
+ Developed algorithms and the UI for a 3D model transformation feature for the windows desktop training SDK application
using Qt and OpenGL (C++).
+ Implemented a new feature around a proprietary core technology for supporting synthetic images of a 3D model for the
feature-based training workflow using Qt and OpenGL (C++).
+ Implemented a new debugging workflow for the sample Android (Java, Android Studio) application in the SDK to make
process from training to use of the model application more intuitive for the end-user


## Education
### Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
University of Toronto


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/florencechan16

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Last updated: 2026-04-01