Offering software design, software development and consultancy operating mainly within the manufacturing engineering sector.Previous contracts with Carl Zeiss Microscopy, Gardasoft Vision, Neul and Mars. Currently working on various projects with Cerulean, Stemmer Imaging UK and Gardasoft

Software design and development for quality monitoring instrumentation (tobacco industry). Main software engineer responsibilities included:Design and development of the application code in C#.Net 4.0 adopting MVVM (Model-View-View Model).Full product life cycle development using C/C++/MFC with Visual Studio 2010/2008.Design of normalised relational database schema using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Studio, and Microsoft Access.Working with internal and external customers to capture key requirements for new products and existing products.Translating the commercial requirements into software functional/non-functional requirements and producing documents.Producing WBS (Work Breakdown Structures) for software tasks with estimates.Prioritising the tasks; manage the development and release of working software adopting combination of SCRUM/XP/TDD Agile software development methodologies.Design and development of real-time applications in Keil C51 for instruments / machines including development of command handling protocols for RS232 serial communications.Designing software interfaces to the various different hardware and software components within a system.Design and development of the UI (User Interface) / UX (User Experience Design) in WPF XAML including the use of Data Binding, Converters, Control Templates, Data Templates and Styles.Design and implement UI in MS Expression Blend 4.0.Employing the use of the PRISM framework to develop small manageable and testable applications.Design and development of data handling, in real-time, and exception handling code using the MEL (Microsoft Enterprise Library) Data Access and Exception Handling application blocks.Unit test software components using test harnesses.Mentoring the less experienced engineers.

Managing control system’s development.Communicating and liaising with the client to define system requirements.Producing industry standard documentation, such as Functional Design Specifications (FDS), Detailed Design Specifications (DDS), HMI/SCADA Operation Manual and Test Logs.Implementing design for PLC and HMI/SCADA software, integrate all elements of control system and commission off-line using industry standard testing procedures.Designing and implementing office Plant Information (PI) applications.