ALTEN UK is a fast growing consultancy currently specialising in commercial aerospace and automotive in the UK, with growth in many other sectors. My role at Alten is a consulting technical engineer delivering work packages for Rolls Royce department of Control Systems. This department develops software control system for commercial jet engines.My specific work for Rolls Royce was on design updates to control software for a lean-burn demonstrator-engine flight test.

Harris Corporation develops secure communications and night vision for Defence and Emergency Services.My role at Harris Defence Australia as a systems engineer on the Land 200 project involved developing the System Specification documentation.

Vast Solar develops large scale concentrated solar thermal power systems.My role as an electrical package engineer was to commission the mirror array of a 6MW thermal pilot plant in Jemalong, Australia. One of the biggest challenges of my time there was optimising dense wireless networks in high scattering environments in order to reliably control the mirror array, without the costs associated with running control lines to each controller. I also engaged in a myriad of interdisciplinary engineering and fabrication activities as the project progressed, such as setting up weather monitoring stations, and mirror calibration systems.I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Vast Solar. I still keep in contact with some of the wonderful engineers, and I'm grateful for my chance to work with them.