Experience

ePrep

• Australia
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • Nov 2014 - Present

  • Technical lead mechanical/electrical/firmware development for fully automated liquid handling robot. • Worked with external partners for supply of castings/extrusions/machined components and off-the-shelf solutions for all aspects of the development. • Drove major electrical and firmware re-development to integrate off-the-shelf solutions for particular problem areas including encoder interfacing for stepper motor homing/crash detection and USB communications. • Took ownership of the mechanical and electrical (including PCB) design of the system at commencement of employment from external design consultancy’s. • Work through iterative process (over 14 months) of mechanical and electrical design changes to ensure EMC compliance to IEC 61326 • Lead team of engineers through the development other electromechanical and consumable product development. • Mentored junior engineers on concepts such as GD&T, DFM, FMEA and helped raise the bar on quality standards of documentation for production. Show less



Trajan Scientific and Medical

• Australia
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Engineering Manager - Glass Technologies

  • Jul 2014 - Nov 2014

  • Lead a team of production engineers to deliver cost saving and continuous improvement projects • Lead a team of development engineers to meet product development and implementation project deadlines • Manage project expectations and allocate appropriate resource to resolve daily production support demands • Compile and report on testing to various levels of management and with large international OEM partners • Lead product quality investigations in order to resolve issues in a timely manner • Main technical lead for the entire business unit • Develop appropriate engineering processes to drive high quality outcomes and records • Familiar with quality standards such as ISO9001 and ISO13485 Show less



SGE Analytical Science

• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Engineer

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2014

  Responsibilities and accountability as per Trajan position

• Development Engineer

  • Nov 2006 - Dec 2011

  • Designed, developed, tested and implemented 2010 R&D 100 award winning digitally controlled syringe product (eVol).• Undertook all documentation for the eVol project including product user manual, firmware help screens and firmware specification.• Completed all aspects of product release including BOM’s, work instructions, assembly techniques and trained production staff on new processes.• Developed new production technique, both prototype and then a fully automated production system for stainless steel diffusion bonding (Silflow).• Main technical lead in on-site meetings with international external partners and then main technical lead in product development, testing and implementation of custom design solution for an automated liquid handling robot (XCHANGE). Show less



HOERBIGER

• Switzerland
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Development Engineer

  • May 2004 - Nov 2006

  • Develop rapid response manufacturing cell for the production of compressor seals for implementation in Australia, USA and China • Work all aspects of the above project including programming and testing of a small scale CNC machining center • Develop user interface to allow unskilled staff to produce correct, in spec parts every time • Develop post processing machine to add features to seals that could not be added at initial machining step • Visit overseas sites to implement the systems and provide training • Provide engineering support for Asian region and develop necessary software engineering tools Show less



Yokogawa

• Japan
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Engineer

  • May 2002 - May 2004

  • Selecting and sizing process control instrumentation to suit client requirements in harsh environments and process conditions • Work with external contractors to provide custom engineering solutions to mate with off the shelf instrumentation • Prepare quotations to provide total turn-key instrumentation package solutions • Site visits to assist with installation and problem solving of new/existing instrumentation • Selecting and sizing process control instrumentation to suit client requirements in harsh environments and process conditions • Work with external contractors to provide custom engineering solutions to mate with off the shelf instrumentation • Prepare quotations to provide total turn-key instrumentation package solutions • Site visits to assist with installation and problem solving of new/existing instrumentation