Electronic systems and test equipment. • Designing UV, IR and laser stimulators, hand held or pedestal mounted rugged enclosures, EMC and environmental protection. Optomechanical PCB. Component integration. • Leading the mech. design through full life cycle of product development to final production. • Managing contract staff, planning, estimating and meeting project costs and time scales.• Maintaining WindChill PDM Link along with engineering processes and… Show more Electronic systems and test equipment. • Designing UV, IR and laser stimulators, hand held or pedestal mounted rugged enclosures, EMC and environmental protection. Optomechanical PCB. Component integration. • Leading the mech. design through full life cycle of product development to final production. • Managing contract staff, planning, estimating and meeting project costs and time scales.• Maintaining WindChill PDM Link along with engineering processes and procedures.• Utilising Pro-Engineer Creo/Wildfire 5 3D CAD to design and create full documentation for assemblies, castings, sheet metal, plastic/rubber injection moulded components.• ‘Hands on’ approach to prototyping and assisting in production. Show less

Particle accelerator. • Working within a team of scientists, physicists and lead engineers, interpreting requirements and converting into the simplest mechanism to fulfil the specification. • Designing high vacuum vessels and sample manipulators for scientific beam line experimental structures. Beam line services and equipment layout and optical alignment.• Selection of material and manufacturing process being very important with regard to… Show more Particle accelerator. • Working within a team of scientists, physicists and lead engineers, interpreting requirements and converting into the simplest mechanism to fulfil the specification. • Designing high vacuum vessels and sample manipulators for scientific beam line experimental structures. Beam line services and equipment layout and optical alignment.• Selection of material and manufacturing process being very important with regard to the extreme forces and high temperatures involved. Show less

Flexographic printing press design. • Bespoke modular design of servo driven printer stages, incorporating auto tension control, speed control and substrate adjustment, incorporating a UV water cooled dryer option

Gas metering ultrasonic. • Design team leader creating concepts, rapid prototypes, sheet metal parts and assemblies. • Developed larger capacity metering products for domestic and industrial applications. • Member of the team tasked with establishing gas meter assembly facility in Slovakia.• Products designed to meet and passed qualification testing, for EMC susceptibility, … Show more Gas metering ultrasonic. • Design team leader creating concepts, rapid prototypes, sheet metal parts and assemblies. • Developed larger capacity metering products for domestic and industrial applications. • Member of the team tasked with establishing gas meter assembly facility in Slovakia.• Products designed to meet and passed qualification testing, for EMC susceptibility, ,emissions, ESD, security, flame retardation and fire safety specifications. Show less

Marine safety systems and Connectors. • Product support engineer responding to customer enquiries, instigated design feasibility study, costings, customer liaison, created design documentation, material specification, manufacturing methods and tooling.

Medical equipment • Designing controllers for pneumatic compression therapy mattress, portable profiling beds and hoists utilising electromechanical actuators and control systems.

Membrane keyboards and electronics packaging. • Product enclosure design incorporating bespoke touch switch membrane, graphic artwork layout and tooling design.

Keyboard & interface devices. • Group leader product design, transferred product from Alresford, Hampshire in July’92.• Design and manufacture keyboard products for military aircraft, marine and ground vehicles.• Control of capital expenditure, recruitment, training and product design budgets.

Consultant design. • Client base included: Marconi, Plessey, Westlands helicopters, British aerospace and Kingsbury automation.