Experience

Basis

• New Zealand
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Power Electronics Engineer

  • Oct 2022 - Present



Enphase Energy

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Electronic Engineer

  • Apr 2019 - Oct 2022



Protronix

• Christchurch

• Electronics Engineer

  • Aug 2018 - Mar 2019



Proto Electronics

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

• Senior Electronics Engineer

  • Mar 2015 - Aug 2018

  - Design, support, verification and validation of test equipment targeted for testing high voltage electricity grid infrastructure. The equipment included; - Soil resistivity meter including high precision uOhm test mode. - Tower tester, targeted at in-circuit testing of pylon earth impedance. - Off frequency grid current injection module able to inject an off frequency test signal for testing the integrity of earthing cables in substations. - Tunable voltmeter, which combined with the injector above can safety test step and touch voltages at locations neighbouring a substation. - Electronic scoreboard, I designed a number of compact controller modules based around ARM based MCU's built on PCB's up to 6 layer including discrete RF transceivers, DC/DC converters and USB/isolated RS485 interfaces. Show less



GE Power

• United States
• Electric Power Generation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electronics engineer

  • Jun 2012 - Mar 2015

  - Design and testing of electronic circuits for both portable hand-held electronics and fixed installation machinery condition monitoring equipment. - PCB layout to meet requirements specified in ATEX intrinsically safe environmental standards. - Assistance with design for quality including HALT testing. - EMC compliance work to IEC61326-1 and IEC61326-2-3 for CE mark. - Scout 200 Portable product development. - Design and testing of electronic circuits for both portable hand-held electronics and fixed installation machinery condition monitoring equipment. - PCB layout to meet requirements specified in ATEX intrinsically safe environmental standards. - Assistance with design for quality including HALT testing. - EMC compliance work to IEC61326-1 and IEC61326-2-3 for CE mark. - Scout 200 Portable product development.



Fisher & Paykel Appliances

• New Zealand
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electronics engineer

  • Nov 2007 - Jun 2012

  - Lead electronics design engineer for internal LED display - Developed LED indicator for DCS cooking products. - Hand assembly and testing of PCB prototypes. - EMC and ESD pre compliance testing for home appliances - Thermal and electrical reliability stress testing - Validation of alternative component vendors - Lead electronics design engineer for internal LED display - Developed LED indicator for DCS cooking products. - Hand assembly and testing of PCB prototypes. - EMC and ESD pre compliance testing for home appliances - Thermal and electrical reliability stress testing - Validation of alternative component vendors



Tait Communications

• New Zealand
• Telecommunications
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Electronics Engineer

  • Nov 2006 - Jan 2007

  - Simulation of varactor turned RF filters using Agilent ADS suite. - Construction and validation testing of 3 stage RF filter operating over 390-450MHz IF band. - Documentation of design reports to meet requirements of Tait's internal document standards. - Simulation of varactor turned RF filters using Agilent ADS suite. - Construction and validation testing of 3 stage RF filter operating over 390-450MHz IF band. - Documentation of design reports to meet requirements of Tait's internal document standards.



BCF ultrasound

• Christchurch, New Zealand

• Electronics engineer

  • Nov 2005 - Jan 2006

  - Hardware and software development for a life-cycle tester intended for evaluating the performance of the Pro-Draft livestock management system. The resulting MCU based design enabled the company to successfully enhance the quality of their product. - Assembly of battery packs, remotes and cable accessories while ensuring compliance with strict quality control processes. - Basic test and servicing of ultrasound equipment for animal pregnancy testing. - Hardware and software development for a life-cycle tester intended for evaluating the performance of the Pro-Draft livestock management system. The resulting MCU based design enabled the company to successfully enhance the quality of their product. - Assembly of battery packs, remotes and cable accessories while ensuring compliance with strict quality control processes. - Basic test and servicing of ultrasound equipment for animal pregnancy testing.



Scope Industries

• Christchurch, New Zealand

• Line worker

  • Nov 2004 - Jan 2005

  - Assembly of compressor sub-assemblies. I predominately worked on the compressor units; work included electrical wiring, mechanical assembly and product inspection. - In addition to these tasks I was also responsible for transporting raw components between various locations within the factory. - Assembly of compressor sub-assemblies. I predominately worked on the compressor units; work included electrical wiring, mechanical assembly and product inspection. - In addition to these tasks I was also responsible for transporting raw components between various locations within the factory.