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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Promoted to take overall responsibility for managing printhead manufacturing operationsTasked with leading the printhead manufacturing processes, identifying cost saving options and implementing efficiency improvementExecuted new manufacturing systems, including the development of mobile phone application to enable capture of manufacturing data for inputting into the company databases, improving visibility of printhead status in the build processPoint of contact for internal and external stakeholders enabling resolution of manufacturing and supplier issuesCritical supplier relationships development and where appropriate evaluation and approval of second suppliers

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Led team of 5 printhead technicians tasked with manufacturing printheads for both internal and external customers, lead day to day cleanroom operations reporting directly to the VP of technologyCollaborate with ink chemists and physicists to implement process changes to improve yield and manufacturability of core productsTaken printhead yields from less than 20% to approximately 80% by implementing systems to control repeatability and reliability of the manufacturing processes

Led a dynamic and agile team responsible for identifying and implementing process improvement opportunities across the organisation; using lean 6 sigma expertise to introduce new methods for optimising process flow and ensuring that all decisions are data driven. Key achievements have been to reduce resource usage by up to 30%; to implement project management systems for research projects and to ensure all process change activities are captured and documented.

Led all process development activities within a large multi-disciplined project team. Key responsibility was to work with the external customer to ensure all product requirements and specifications were understood and agreed with all stakeholders. Developed technology transfer package that captured all product requirements allowing project team to identify key equipment suppliers and facilities to manufacture the final product. Developed relationships with equipment suppliers to act as mediator between customer and supplier.

Project manager responsible for taking fledgling research processes to large-scale manufacturing. Managed an internal team of 10, liaison with the external project partner, responsible for ensuring all milestones were completed with all stakeholders kept up to date. Key achievements were developing a manufacturing process that gave a yield improvement from less than 30% to greater than 90% and ensuring that the bill of materials achieved the stretched target. All essential suppliers identified with risk mitigation plan to ensure continuity of supply.

Senior engineer leading research into developing a flexible platform for lighting devices with aim to transfer key learning to parent company for implementation on the manufacturing line. Key achievement was developing a platform that had equivalent performance to the baseline rigid platform. Developed device architecture to optimise shelf-life without compromising performance.

Worked within the device development team; responsible for developing novel device architectures to optimise PLED performance and efficiency. Key achievement within this role was being given the responsibility for managing the project for the £1.5M investment in a new state of the art deposition tool, this process involved writing the full tool specification, visiting vendors and making the final decision on the chosen supplier. Once the tool was delivered, I took sole responsibility for commissioning, ensuring it met our agreed specification and delivered the key results for improving device performance.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Main responsibilities were managing back end of line team of engineers and technical assistants. Main aspects of this role were to develop and oversee new cathode and anode deposition processes and conditions to improve PLED device performance. Other parts of my role involved me working on multiple company projects which gave me the opportunity to improve my time management skills to ensure that all aspects of the company objectives were met.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Role involved the development of new PVD and CVD coatings deposited by a range of methods including electron beam and magnetron sputtering. I was involved at a practical and programme management level in both short and long-term surface modification research projects. I worked on a number of government funded research projects with universities and companies from both the UK and Europe. This role required me to work effectively as part of a small team of surface engineers and material scientists, performing practical research on a daily basis. Some of my other duties included the training of staff to pass over new developmental coating from research and development to full time production. Other roles included liaising with customers to discuss further product development, failure analysis and backwards engineering of new thin film products. I was also required to work independently writing reports and planning new research programmes.

Gloucester, United Kingdom

Research involved development of a computer model to describe and predict the creep behaviour of power plant steel. Comparative studies of experimental data and the results of computer simulation verified the model. The results were presented in two written reports to the customer.

Master'S Degree, Materials Engineering, Pass With Distinction

Activities and Societies: Research into the creep behaviour of pre-conditioned power plant steel

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Materials Engineering, 1St