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Colchester, England, United Kingdom

Managing interdisciplinary team of mechanical, software, PCB CAD and hardware engineers.

Colchester, England, United Kingdom

Managing the Mechanical/Thermal team designing rugged electronics

London, England, United Kingdom

Northampton, United Kingdom

Abaco Systems is an industry leader in rugged embedded systems. At Abaco electronic systems are designed for the harshest environments, subjected to high temperatures and harsh shock and vibration. This requires state of the art mechanical engineering. Responsibilities include:• Design of electronic cooling systems for ever increasing power requirements. • Use of CFD for thermal design verification and optimisation. • Heatsink design including designs using phase change technology such as heatpipes and vapour chambers.• Mechanical design for shock and random vibration using FEA and methodology put forward by D, Steinberg. • Research and development of new technologies.• Identifying mechanical risks and implementing practical risk mitigation. • Production support• Work on rapid development of NPI• Secure relevant IP• Production of engineering drawings for parts and assemblies• Directly responsible for managing Mechanical interns• Continued development of mechanical engineering processes• Managed SolidWorks PDM

Victoria, Australia

• Worked in confined spaces to assist in the preparation of ducts for fibre optic cables.• Gained qualifications for working in confined spaces and first aid. • Health & Safety requirements demanded considerations of risks regarding heights, poisonous gases and heat stroke.

Sydney, Australia

• Quickly gained a reputation for being conscientious and hardworking, both when working individually and working as part of a team.• Demonstrated leadership qualities and entrusted to lead a team of labourers on more than one occasion.

Leicester, United Kingdom

• Proficient use of a Customer Relationship Management tool via phone and email.• Demonstrated confidence in customer handling in a professional and timely manner. • Effective communication with colleagues to provide a timely and positive outcome for the customer. • Made improvements to productivity reporting for a small team evidencing independent problem solving skills for a team.

Southampton, United Kingdom

• Adapted and improved a third year control systems lab to better fit the course. • Used National Instruments LabVIEW to simulate a analytical model of a specialised catalytic converter and made improvements to the control system. • The internship resulted in an invitation to be an assistant lab instructor for the next year.

Leicester, United Kingdom

Master Of Engineering/ Sustainable Energy Systems (Meng), Mechanical Engineering, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Skydiving and Badminton• Developed both a passion for and skills in critical thinking, problem solving.

A-Levels, Mathematics, Further Mathematics And Physics, A*Ab