Experience

BAE Systems Maritime Engineering & Services, Inc.

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Electronic Design Engineer

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Working on a range of projects for Maritime Services and Radar Working on a range of projects for Maritime Services and Radar



University College London, Department Of Space & Climate Physics

• Electronic Design Engineer

  • Mar 2015 - Mar 2020

  Design of digital electronic systems for instrumentation on-board research spacecraft including ESA Solar Orbiter. Experience of design tools Mentor Graphics HDL Designer, Precision Synthesis and Actel (Microsemi) Libero SoC, and Modelsim simulator. Design of digital electronic systems for instrumentation on-board research spacecraft including ESA Solar Orbiter. Experience of design tools Mentor Graphics HDL Designer, Precision Synthesis and Actel (Microsemi) Libero SoC, and Modelsim simulator.



DRS Technologies UK Ltd.

• Electronic Design Engineer

  • Sep 2013 - Jan 2014

  Design of rugged computing and display technology for military applications. Design of rugged computing and display technology for military applications.



Airbus

• France
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Digital Design Engineer

  • May 2000 - May 2012

  Design of systems for testing of RF equipments, payloads, and spacecraft. This includes wiring harnesses, cPCI and PCI cards for implementation of bespoke interfaces, test system validation aids, and boards for USB-control of RF switches. Most recently designed a Payload Interface Unit Simulator for use in all levels of spacecraft testing. Experience of RS-422/485, USB, PCI, PXI, cPCI, I2C and Industry Pack bus standards, VHDL, use of FPGAs, OrCAD Capture schematic capture design tool, PSPICE analog simulation tool, Xilinx ISE logic design tool, Mentor Graphics Modelsim logic simulator, assembly language programming of microcontrollers (Picoblaze), and of Microsoft Office. Attended courses on Mentor Graphics DxDesigner schematic capture and HyperLynx analogue simulation tools. Regularly liaise with PCB designers and mechanical engineers, with external suppliers, and with sub-contractors. Familiar with Product Data and Lifecycle Management. Provides costings to aid bid work and project scheduling.



BAE Systems

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electronic Engineer

  • Apr 1996 - May 2001

  Company design and manufacture torpedoes. Designed test system hardware and software for torpedo section testing. Used Cadence schematic capture for circuit design; schematic capture and Verilog for logic design; Xilinx FPGAs; LabVIEW for test routines. Additionally used Motorola DSP56000, Texas TMS320C50, and Rational ClearCase. Company design and manufacture torpedoes. Designed test system hardware and software for torpedo section testing. Used Cadence schematic capture for circuit design; schematic capture and Verilog for logic design; Xilinx FPGAs; LabVIEW for test routines. Additionally used Motorola DSP56000, Texas TMS320C50, and Rational ClearCase.



Computing Devices Co. Ltd.

• Electronic Design Engineer

  • Sep 1987 - Apr 1992

  Company dissolved; now General Dynamics. Designed VMEbus boards for processing of SLIR and IRLS video, and video standards conversion, utilizing programmable logic. Used 8051-family microcontrollers for control applications; assembly language programming (8051 and 68020). Used Dazix schematic capture for circuit design; ABEL HDL for logic design, and ITEM Software MilStress for reliability analysis. Company dissolved; now General Dynamics. Designed VMEbus boards for processing of SLIR and IRLS video, and video standards conversion, utilizing programmable logic. Used 8051-family microcontrollers for control applications; assembly language programming (8051 and 68020). Used Dazix schematic capture for circuit design; ABEL HDL for logic design, and ITEM Software MilStress for reliability analysis.