Experience

eShepherd

• New Zealand
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Test Development Engineer

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Design and construction of PCB and final product automatic test equipment. Design and construction of PCB and final product automatic test equipment.



Universal Biosensors

• Australia
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Electronics Development Technician

  • Sep 2012 - Oct 2019

  Supporting a team of design engineers in developing several hand held point of care medical instruments. Support of electronic assets to facilitate quality control of manufactured products. Management of electronics assets to ensure ISO compliance. Responsibilities Testing and modification of pre-production prototype biomedical instrumentation. Mechanical and electronic design and construction of test and calibration fixtures (Solidworks/Altium). Mechanical and electronic design and construction of production line Automatic Test Equipment. FDM and Form2 3D printing. Liaising with suppliers, internal and external. Electronics Calibration Officer for the UBI electronics lab. Preparation of medical device validation documentation. Validation testing of Medical Instrumentation. Achievements Release of Siemens Xprecia Stride Coagulation Meter. Completion of meter production line Automatic Test Equipment using Form2 printer. Completion of PWM controlled calibration heat bath. Calibration process rationalisation. Authoring of validation protocols and operating procedures to ISO 13485



Gaming Laboratories International, LLC

• United States
• Gambling Facilities and Casinos
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Test Engineer

  • Mar 2012 - Oct 2012

  Testing of Electronic Gaming Machine software. Testing of Electronic Gaming Machine software.



Bureau Veritas Group

• France
• Environmental Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contract Engineer

  • Nov 2011 - Jan 2012

  Employed to enable Bureau Veritas in a new business, performance testing Vic Roads speed and red light traffic cameras. Responsibilities Development and construction of equipment for traffic camera testing. LED Display and Logic PCB Layout and Schematic Capture in DesignSpark. PIC 18F6627 Microcontroller Programming in C. Achievements Design and completion of the in-car test equipment to enable this new service. Employed to enable Bureau Veritas in a new business, performance testing Vic Roads speed and red light traffic cameras. Responsibilities Development and construction of equipment for traffic camera testing. LED Display and Logic PCB Layout and Schematic Capture in DesignSpark. PIC 18F6627 Microcontroller Programming in C. Achievements Design and completion of the in-car test equipment to enable this new service.



AWTA Ltd

• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Electronics Technician

  • 2008 - 2009

  Technical support of the wool testing activities of the AWTA. Responsibilities Development of Lab automation equipment. Modification of Micron Fibre measurement instruments. Modification of Wool Length and Strength instruments. Maintenance of lab control equipment. Maintenance Micron Fibre and Wool Length and Strength instruments. Achievements Completion of networked laboratory data gathering system. Technical support of the wool testing activities of the AWTA. Responsibilities Development of Lab automation equipment. Modification of Micron Fibre measurement instruments. Modification of Wool Length and Strength instruments. Maintenance of lab control equipment. Maintenance Micron Fibre and Wool Length and Strength instruments. Achievements Completion of networked laboratory data gathering system.



Monash University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • 1997 - 2007

  Supporting the research and teaching of the Intelligent Robotics Research Centre under Associate Professor Lindsay Kleeman. Responsibilities Design, construction, commissioning and modification of robotic vehicles. Design, construction and commissioning of sonar distance sensors. Engineering support of graduate student research. Work involved PCB layout, dsp assembler coding, electronic and mechanical construction. Achievements Design and completion of two generations of 48 Channel sonar sensor rings featuring multichannel data analysis using Analog Devices DSPs.



Programmed

• Australia
• Facilities Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contract Electronics Technician

  • 1988 - 1997

  Product prototyping and construction (CSIRO Manufacturing Technology) Telecommunications instrumentation service and calibration to NATA standard (Wandel & Goltermann) Construction, testing and fault finding prototype elevator control equipment (Otis Lifts) Product prototyping and construction (CSIRO Manufacturing Technology) Telecommunications instrumentation service and calibration to NATA standard (Wandel & Goltermann) Construction, testing and fault finding prototype elevator control equipment (Otis Lifts)



Applied Measurement Oakliegh, Vic

• Workshop Supervisor

  • Jan 1987 - Dec 1988

  Responsible for planning, monitoring and progress reporting of an electronics manufacturing facility Supervision of four technicians Responsible for planning, monitoring and progress reporting of an electronics manufacturing facility Supervision of four technicians



McClelland Ltd

• Electronics Technician

  • Jan 1985 - Dec 1986

  Support and operation of geotechnical instrumentation used to investigate seabed sites in the North Sea Development of seabed communications equipment in accordance to a customer deadline Support and operation of geotechnical instrumentation used to investigate seabed sites in the North Sea Development of seabed communications equipment in accordance to a customer deadline



Defence Australia

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainee Technical Officer

  • Jan 1981 - Dec 1983

  Training position involving construction and maintenance of electronic equipment Training position involving construction and maintenance of electronic equipment