Theo Lemay
Robotics Engineer at Mecka
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolTheo Lemay is a robotics-focused software and firmware engineer with 8 years of hands-on experience building embedded systems, control software, and robot hardware from concept to production. A Queen’s Systems & Robotics student and Schulich Leader, he has led teams to adopt Rust for embedded firmware, shipped safety-critical battery and signal-processing firmware at Tesla, and led firmware on humanoid projects at Proception.AI. He co-founded a health-data startup, scaled a university robotics team to 300% growth and major sponsorships, and maintains the popular VSCode-Neovim extension (600k downloads, 7k stars), reflecting strong open-source impact. Known for bridging low-level device work (PCBs, Zephyr/Nordic SoCs, KiCAD) with higher-level ML and localization (UKF, U-Net depth models), he combines entrepreneurial grit with a track record of shipping reliable systems under tight constraints.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Mathematics and Engineering - Systems and Robotics, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Mathematics and Engineering - Systems and Robotics at Stephen J. R. Smith Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen's UniversityRecieved Governor General award for top GPA in graduating class (98%)., Recieved Governor General award for top GPA in graduating class (98%). at Georges P. Vanier Secondary
Github Skills (7)
neovim10
vim10
vscode-extension10
vscode10
vimscript10
keybindings9
refactoring9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
vscode-neovim/vscode-neovim
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
Vim mode for VSCode, powered by Neovim
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer (Vimscript and VSCode Extension)
Full-stack Developer (Vimscript and VSCode Extension)Contributions:45 releases, 470 reviews, 87 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Theo primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the VSCode-Neovim extension. They improved code actions and refactored Vimscript code for improved command mappings and window management. Their contributions also included refactoring highlight attributes, improving keybindings, and sending selection information when finding files. They actively worked on the project's core components by modifying vim scripts and working within the vscode extension.
neovimvimvscodeneovim-guisneovim-clients
theol0403/dotfiles
May 2020 - Jan 2023
Contributions:16 commits, 42 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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