Simon completed a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering and continued with a master's degree under the supervision of Jean Provost. He worked mainly on the monitoring and real-time characterization of the opening of the blood-brain barrier by focused ultrasound in collaboration with McGill University. In addition to his research interests, Simon is also passionate about conception, design and prototyping. Simon is now a mechanical designer at NOVO, a product design company for the medical industry with which he completed his Transmedtech internship.