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Experience
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SIMERA SENSE
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Somerset West Area, South Africa
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Electro-Optical & Electronics Division Manager
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Sep 2018 - Present
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Somerset West Area, South Africa
Systems Engineer, Product Manager/Owner and Hardware Designer for xScape Optronics and ElectronicsEO Technical Team Lead
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Team Leader: Command & Data Handling
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2013 - 2018
Managing high technology team of around 4 engineers specializing in digital electronics (single board computers, memory units, gps, actuator control, coding and data handling for communications, health monitoring and opto-electronics).Designing imaging payload electronicsAdministrator for Siemens Teamcenter PLM and other VCS systems used
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R&D Engineer
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2011 - 2013
Co-designed prototype camera systems and developed image processing softwareDeveloped secure Linux backend that performs number crunching for client web interfaceProfiBus integration
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South Africa
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Team Leader: Command & Data Handling
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2007 - 2013
Manage high technology team of around 5 engineers specializing in digital electronics (single board computers, memory units, gps, actuator control, coding and data handling for communications and opto-electronics)Designed small form factor snapshot imager with generated CCIR digital video output in conjunction with full frame data outputDesigned a 3-channel live video MPEG-2 compression system with video multiplexed into a single transport stream compatible with off the shelf DVB-S set top boxesDesigned processing electronics for CCD imager
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Engineer
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2003 - 2007
Worked on imaging payloadsBuilt and tested flight memory unitsDesigned high data rate demodulator ground station equipmentDeveloped payload data capture PC software for groundstation
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Engineer
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2009 - 2010
Involved in the design of a concept radar processor for a bigger anti-RPG system
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Education
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2001 - 2002Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering -
1997 - 2000Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering
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