Experience

Meta
• French Polynesia
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Mechanical | Audio Engineer

  • Apr 2020 - Present


Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Hardware Engineer - Microsoft Surface

  • May 2018 - Apr 2020

  Key Responsibilities - Design verification testing of touchpads, for Surface laptops and tablet accessories. Software design and development (front and back-end) for the Tactile Automation Robotic Touch Tester to fully automate and replace manual touchpad testing. - Refinement of Touch/Swipe/Tap gestures with fingers, thumbs and palm fixtures. Using force sensors, touchpad pixel heat maps, and Windows OS logs to replicate real world human touchpad interactions on the Tactile Automation Robot. - Design and implementation of a Gesture Test Suite to cover critical-to-quality requirements sign-off. Deploying an automated test system, with remote DUT logging capability, and a user interface to queue up individual gesture motions for one-click execution of the full Test Suite. - Touchpad tuning with external vendors advocating for the best user touch experience. Using a benchmarked industry competitive set, manual subjective user studies and automated robot test data to guide touchpad firmware tuning iterations. - Measurement of Force-to-Fire for Surface touchpads, deploying a laser homing system to increase factory test efficiency, development of C# executable scripts to process large data from the laboratory and manufacturing sites for complete automated processing of results. Show less

• Audio Engineer

  • Jan 2017 - Oct 2017

  The audio development team within the Microsoft Surface organisation is responsible for end-to-end audio on the devices. This includes the audio components such as microphones and loudspeakers, amplifiers, audio sub-systems and fixtures, and also the capturing/rendering software. The team is also responsible for Cortana voice and Skype communications testing. Key Responsibilities: - Audio development of Surface device loudspeakers and microphones, at component and system level. Prototype and test fixture construction, Cross-functional collaboration with ME, EE, ID teams for Surface product transducer selection, and sub-system design. - Skype Certification testing on Microsoft Surface devices, evaluating signal processing algorithms from external vendors, assessment for speech and communications audio quality with Head Acoustics ACQUA. - Microsoft Cortana audio pipeline assessment, polar response evaluation of microphones and array geometry configurations to optimize selected hardware configurations and customer user scenarios. - Structural vibration assessment of loudspeaker components, speaker mounting and device fans to eliminate buzz-rattle issues, subjective sound quality assessment for current and future Surface products. - Facilitated Surface device demonstrations to Audio, UX and senior management to advocate for audio requirements and audio product content, enhancing product user experience in media and speech. - Management of audio requirements and issues tracking software, milestone planning, reporting to senior management and adjusting team priorities for critical components, removing blockers in test resources. Show less



Ford Motor Company

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Noise Vibration & Harshness (NVH) Engineer

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2016

  Ford is a leading global manufacturer of automotive vehicles. The Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) team within Product Development specializes in vehicle refinement design, vehicle level testing, launch support and quality of all vehicles across the Asia Pacific region. Key Responsibilities: - Bench-marking, target setting, design verification of NVH attributes: Interior cabin, road noise, active noise cancellation, exterior pass-by noise. Cost optimization of vehicle systems whilst maintaining NVH performance. - Project/Program management, coordination and test planning for several concurrent vehicle programs and prototype variants through NVH laboratory test facilities and equipment. - Acoustic Facilities Subject Matter Expert, NVH facilities program lead for the Ford Nanjing Proving Ground. Requirements specification, design development from concept through to construction, supplier tender review, exceeded performance specification with unique supplier selection, also negotiated within project budget. - Asia Pacific NVH capital expenditure lead, operating budget $1.5-2.0M, 8-10 projects per year, building and leveraging strong relationships with suppliers to negotiate budget surpluses for 2015-2016. Facility project management and infrastructure upgrade of the Ford Proving Ground, negotiation with internal teams and external contractors for test requirements, maximizing project scope and adhering to capital budgets. - NVH department ISO9001 lead, addressed previous non-conformance's from Vehicle Certification Agency, document control, process review and continuous improvement resulted in no further audit notices between 2011-2016. Show less



AECOM Australia Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Acoustic Engineer

  • Feb 2007 - Feb 2011

  AECOM is a provider of professional engineering services across many industries such as buildings, transportation and environment. The acoustics team specializes in consultation for fields such as architectural, environmental, and industrial acoustics. Key Responsibilities: - Developing technical expertise, SoundPlan ray-tracing noise modelling software, Visual Basic programming and report writing skills in the acoustic consulting discipline. - Completed Professional Services Management Journal (PSMJ) training for project management and financial skill development. - Project management and delivery of acoustic designs, which includes managing client requirements, coordinating staff and budget, reporting and commissioning. - Example projects: Melbourne Metro Peninsula Link - Environment Impact Statement for Victoria State Government Kowloon Underpass, Hong Kong - Future traffic noise modelling for tunnel systems Box Hill Hospital Upgrade - Design for mechanical systems and commissioning Geelong Ring Road - Traffic noise modelling, noise barrier design and design verification The Olsen Hotel - Acoustic design for residential, office and commercial spaces Trail Bikes Pass-by Noise - Trail bike noise emission framework for Department of Transport Show less



Leica Microsystems

• Germany
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineer Internship

  • Dec 2005 - Feb 2006

  Leica Microsystems (previously Vision Biosystems) is a bio-technology company specializing in laboratory automation. The BondMax system performs the immuno-histochemistry process by combining reagents on tissue samples, and uses robotics and software to produce tissue stains. Key Responsibilities: - Simulation of protocols by programming Java scripts, which control the robotics used in performing the immuno-histochemistry process on live tissue. - Speed optimization of protocols by manipulating databases with SQL and Python, whilst considering protein chemistry recommendations from laboratory scientists. - Verification of new protocols to determine whether the changes had detrimental effects on the chemical process or tissue staining quality. - Documentation of the simulation and optimisation process, recommendations for future releases of the BondMax System. Show less