Experience

Indra Park Air

• United Kingdom
• Airlines and Aviation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contract Electronics Engineer

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Sepura

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 200 - 300 Employee

• RF Design Engineer

  • Aug 2021 - Jan 2023

  • Ownership of the frequency generation blocks in Tetra hand portables and mobile radio's • VCO Design • Filter Design • RF Simulations using ADS, QUCS, Elsie • Prototyping designs • RF Measurements • Schematic capture • NPI & BOMS • Layout supervision • Ownership of the frequency generation blocks in Tetra hand portables and mobile radio's • VCO Design • Filter Design • RF Simulations using ADS, QUCS, Elsie • Prototyping designs • RF Measurements • Schematic capture • NPI & BOMS • Layout supervision



Chelton

• United Kingdom
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• RF Design Engineer

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Design and development of RF sub-systems for new EW equipment • RF design solutions to EW engineering problems • Design and development of RF sub-systems for new EW equipment • RF design solutions to EW engineering problems



PersasID

• Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• Electronics Engineer

  • Apr 2021 - Jun 2021

  • This role was agreed as a short contract from the start, an interim position giving time for PerVas ID to find a permanent resource • Design and manufacturing support for RFID readers • Power amplifier evaluation, design tweaking and testing • Debug of customer returns / root cause analysis • This role was agreed as a short contract from the start, an interim position giving time for PerVas ID to find a permanent resource • Design and manufacturing support for RFID readers • Power amplifier evaluation, design tweaking and testing • Debug of customer returns / root cause analysis



TTI, Inc.

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• RF DESIGN ENGINEER

  • Sep 2020 - Mar 2021

  • RF circuit design and development for hand held spectrum analysers • Evaluation and problem solving of design issues on first prototypes • Detailed spurious analysis • Mixer conversion loss and RF chain measurements • High frequency VCO design for low cost and high performance • PLL design • PCB layout reviews • Onsite factory support • RF circuit design and development for hand held spectrum analysers • Evaluation and problem solving of design issues on first prototypes • Detailed spurious analysis • Mixer conversion loss and RF chain measurements • High frequency VCO design for low cost and high performance • PLL design • PCB layout reviews • Onsite factory support



ACEAXIS LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Wireless Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• RF DESIGN ENGINEER

  • Jan 2020 - Sep 2020

  • Re-banding of LTE 4G radio products • Evaluating LNA’s from Skyworks and Qorvo • Testing and de-bugging entire radios • Project management activities • Documentation including derating, design specifications and verification specifications • Customer and Factory support in the far east • Switch Mode Power supply evaluation, test and improvements • Re-banding of LTE 4G radio products • Evaluating LNA’s from Skyworks and Qorvo • Testing and de-bugging entire radios • Project management activities • Documentation including derating, design specifications and verification specifications • Customer and Factory support in the far east • Switch Mode Power supply evaluation, test and improvements



Calnex Solutions

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 100 - 200 Employee

• ELECTRONICS DESIGN ENGINEER

  • Feb 2019 - Jan 2020

  • RF & Electronics Design Contractor for Calnex, Linlithgow • Design of discrete wideband PLL designs using a mixer based phase detector • Power supply design using LTC2977 PMBus Power System Manager. Used DC1613 USB to I2C PMBus Controller • ORCAD schematic capture and library management • PCB Layout documentation and liaison with a company contracted to carry out the board layout • Defined PCB requirement specification for PCB manufacturer • Managed contract manufacturer with regard to PCB assembly / product build • Worked to company processes including design reviews • EDM configuration management tool Show less



Leonardo

• Italy
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal RF Engineer / PLL Design Lead

  • Nov 2015 - Feb 2019

  • Design and development of discrete dual loop PLL PCB • Detailed evaluation of PLL building blocks • Applied my knowledge of analogue electronics, i.e. stability, negative feedback and Bode Plots • Simulations in ADS and Microwave Office • Design of multi-layer RF PCB’s • Utilized my hands-on bench skills to make up prototype PCB's • Component selection and characterisation • Supervising less experienced members of the group • Preparing specifications for external vendors • Practical RF measurements including phase noise measurements using R & S FSUP and FSWP spectrum analysers Show less



MBDA

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Engineer / Sub-system Design Authority

  • Aug 2012 - Oct 2015

  • Design Authority and budget holder for missile subsystem. Managing electronics, mechanics, firmware, manufacturing and test. Organising design reviews from concept stage through to production. Working closely with internal customers and stakeholders. • Regular presentations to senior management • Issuing work packages, and ensuring that I have the right people in the right positions to get tasks done efficiently • Creating, updating and maintaining project schedules in Microsoft Project • Owning the risk management process for my project. Facilitating meetings to discuss all risks and their impacts and creating fallback plans to combat the risk impact • Managing financial targets for costs to go and monitoring forecast at completion • Comparing costs to date with costs in the project schedule. Each month I would ask the team for estimates for the next months work • Calculate overspend and extent of financial slip in the project • Project Manager for RF sub-systems and mechanics, responsible for maintaining and publishing a Microsoft Project plan for this development. This included scheduling of engineering resources and managing prototype sub-system builds. Preparing Statements of Work for external vendors and reviewing bids. For all prototype builds I was responsible for obtaining quotes and getting approval for budget spend • Development, characterisation and testing of RF circuits and modules for weapon trials • Conducting technical interviews and assisting MBDA's recruitment process, and the Mentoring young engineers • Agilent ADS simulation tool used for modelling LNA's and filters Show less



Cambridge Broadband Networks Group (CBNG)

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• RF Design Engineer

  • Oct 2010 - Aug 2012

  • Design and Development of 26GHz and 28GHz Transceivers • Used PADS layout tool for RF board layout • Evaluation of Power Amplifiers, LNA, Mixers, Filters, VCO, Synthesizer, for new products and cost reducing existing designs • Component characterisation and selection • Design and Development of 26GHz and 28GHz Transceivers • Used PADS layout tool for RF board layout • Evaluation of Power Amplifiers, LNA, Mixers, Filters, VCO, Synthesizer, for new products and cost reducing existing designs • Component characterisation and selection



Leonardo

• Italy
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior RF Engineer

  • Jul 2008 - Oct 2010

  • Design of future hand portable radio products • Study of digital modulation schemes and practical implementation • Link budget analysis with regard to operating frequency and modulation scheme implemented • Transceiver level plans and design of TX/RX stages to realise system design • Development of discrete power amplifier solutions for hand portable radio’s • Investigation of latest PLL solutions available for frequency generation • CML CMX998 Cartesian loop evaluation and integration into hand portable radio • Design of 900MHz wireless PTT • Specified design and test specifications • Component characterisation and selection • Resolution of design and manufacturing issues Show less



Cambridge Broadband Networks Group (CBNG)

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• RF Design Engineer

  • Jul 2006 - Jul 2008

  • Design and Development of 3.5GHz, 10GHz, 26GHz and 28GHz Transceivers. This included the design and verification of different sections: LNA, Mixers, Filters, VCO, Synthesizer • Generated layout of multi-layer RF PCB’s using PADS • Evaluation of WIMAX chipset solutions (TI, Sierra Monolithics, RF Magic) for possible use in low cost Customer Premise Equipment • Field work, including working with contract manufacturer to debug first production prototypes at factory and train technicians • Resolution of manufacturing issues, increasing production yield • Return failure analysis • ATE support: I have prepared “golden radio samples” and analysed ATE results Show less