Head of Software Engineering / Principal Software Engineer

• Jan 2023 - Present

Product Owner / System Engineer

• Aug 2021 - Jan 2023

• Systems engineer working on IoT connected worker system involving mining gas safety monitoring instruments generating data streams and customer analytics for safety compliance. • Full systems engineering life cycle involvement. Managing requirements from the business, high level design, and through to verification, maintaining traceability, raising engineering change proposals. Ensuring all necessary systems documentation prepared and stored under configuration management system. • Technical management of vendors developing the electronic hardware and software of the instruments using agile methodology. Performing reviews & testing of deliverables, wider systems integration, identifying issues and tracking through to resolution. • Gained experience with Polarion, IoT and MQTT, Apache Kafka, Nifi & Spark, ELK stack, SANS1515 specification. Show less

Technical Design Authority MWS

• Mar 2014 - Aug 2021

• Ensuring technical integrity of the sub-system and integration into the higher level system level context. • Involved with the full systems life cycle, formulating requirements from system specifications, performing functional analysis, architectural and detailed design, managing implementation, executing environmental & functional verification against target specifications in order to prove compliance, delivery and support of systems to customer, managing defect reports and root cause analysis, setting up and participating in reviews, establishing & maintaining multiple product baselines & documentation.• Operated within multidisciplinary teams, managing the work of mechanical, electronic and software engineers, in conjunction with quality assurance, configuration management and project managers, supporting production, marketing and system integration.• Established product road maps, motivated and secured funding, directed research and development efforts, in conjunction with internal and external partners.• Involved with planning and executing field trials• Developed experience in System Engineering, Project & Product Management, Self-Protection Systems (SPS) & Electronic Warfare (EW), Electro-optics, algorithms and data analysis. Show less

Technical Design Authority Video Recording Systems

• Dec 2012 - Mar 2014

- Assumed technical design authority for avionic video recording products, ensuring technical integrity of the sub-system and integration into the higher level system level context.- Involved with the entire systems life cycle, formulating requirements from system specifications, performing functional analysis, architectural and detailed design, managing implementation, executing environmental & functional verification against target specifications in order to prove compliance, delivery and support of systems to customer, managing defect reports and root cause analysis, setting up and participating in reviews, establishing &maintaining product baselines & documentation.- Performed basic research and development, monitoring industry trends and competitor developments, collecting customer feedback and translating into product improvements in order to meet and exceed end user requirements.- Provided technical information and cost estimate inputs to RFP & RFI for tender bids.- Operated within multidisciplinary teams, managing the work of mechanical, electronic and software engineers, in conjunction with quality assurance and project managers, and supporting production, marketing and system integration.- Developed experience in System Engineering, Change Management, Product Management. Show less

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

• May 2008 - Nov 2012

- Led a team of 7 software engineers on a project to develop embedded software for an avionic digital video, audio and data recorder according to DO-178B Level D requirements and process. - Involved in the entire development cycle, responsible for writing and managing requirements in DOORS, architectural level through to detail design, implementation and integration, writing and executing tests, tracking and fixing bugs, through to final software qualification. - Role involved working closely with project manager, product owner, systems, test, and hardware engineers, both locally and in Sweden, in a multi-disciplinary team. - Responsible for monitoring and reporting on software development progress, software configuration and version control, documenting software version releases. - Assisted with customer technical support including site visit to assist with integration and test. - Developed experience with embedded C++, Telelogic Rhapsody & DOORS, WindRiver vxWorks RTOS, Python, Scrum, Jenkins Continuous Integration. Show less

Software Engineer

• Dec 2006 - Jan 2008

- NDS secures and enables content enabling broadcasters, network TV operators and content providers to profit from the secure deployment of digital TV technologies. - The role involved working closely with third party Set-Top-Box (STB) manufacturers, managing and supporting the development process of driver software for integration with NDS middleware. - Carried out validation and regression testing of driver releases, raising and tracking defect fixes with manufacturers. Facilitated effective communication between all parties, identifying dependencies, assigning responsibility for actions and ensuring delivery of work. - Developed project management skills and gained experience with embedded Linux, POSIX, digital TV broadcasting technologies & STB, testing and integrating software from multiple suppliers. - Successfully managed two manufacturers enabling them to develop drivers to win commercial projects and thereby providing NDS with a greater range of platforms on which to deliver software products. Show less

Software Engineer

• Apr 2005 - Nov 2006

- Trilogy develops broadcast and VoIP based intercom communication solutions for the military, broadcast, emergency management and industrial markets. - The role involved full life cycle development of software for embedded systems, interpreting specifications, design and timescale planning of software, implementation and testing. Fixing defects in existing software. Effective communication with internal and external customers. - Gained experience with Nucleus RTOS, VoIP, C, Visual C++, XML, Freescale & Atmel AVR. Received training in embedded Linux and Texas Instrument s VoIP. - Key achievement was the successful turnaround and completion of the MentorXL product. - Took ownership of the project, fixed defects including memory leaks, task conflicts, and created new software to fulfill product requirements. - Developed intercom panels, researched viability of CobraNet technology for new product line. Show less

Project Engineer

• Feb 2002 - Feb 2005

- Mecalc develops high-end data acquisition systems, consisting of embedded electronic hardware and software, for use in automotive & aerospace test applications. - Responsible for the development of new products and systems, from requirement capture & conceptual design, generating and evaluating alternatives, detailed design through to product manufacturing, testing & implementation, and product documentation. - Worked largely on own initiative and as part of loosely grouped project teams. - Gained experience with embedded C, WindRiver vxWorks, RTOS, VHDL (CPLD/FPGA), PCAD EDA tools, high-speed digital design, VME, PCI, JTAG, design for manufacturing & test, electronic manufacturing, basic fiber optics and power supply design. - Successfully developed a VME controller card featuring a 32-bit Motorola PowerQuicc processor running vxWorks operating system & implemented a VME interface in an FPGA. - Developed a fiber optic synchronization scheme to co-ordinate data acquisition systems Show less