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Manchester, England, United Kingdom

• Utilised extensive expertise in Swift, iOS, and the app development lifecycle to develop a financial trading application for a large UK-based investment management company. This app enables customers to manage trades.
• API requests and mutations made using GraphQL
• Key participant in technical refinement, planning and estimation meetings
• Ensured stringent accessibility requirements were met to enable easy and safe access for all users
• 80% code coverage with unit testing
• Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM1) training and certification Show less

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

• Applied strong knowledge of Swift, iOS and app development lifecycle to develop medical training applications to be used alongside training aids such as CPR manikins. Confident having in-depth medical discussion with.
• Quickly understood the programming… Show more Applied strong knowledge of Swift, iOS and app development lifecycle to develop medical training applications to be used alongside training aids such as CPR manikins..
• Quickly understood the programming architecture and navigated the existing code base.
• Development of patient monitor simulator with connectivity to manikins and training aids.
• Extensive re-skin of the patient monitor to emulate real-world devices.
• Development of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and CPR training app. Developed for cross-platform using Flutter and Dart. Show less

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

• Leverage strong knowledge of iOS SDK, Swift and common iOS app architectures and design patterns to autonomously develop and maintain reliable iOS applications, games, and utilities. Own entire process from concept.
• Successfully navigated Apple review process to achieve release of 12 applications to App Store, attaining 100K+ downloads globally.
• Acquired in-depth understanding of UAE employment law to create Gratuity Calculator. End of service benefit calculator app which ranked first in UAE and Top 10 internationally, including in UK.
• Say What You See trivia game ranked 21st in UK and reached Top 100 in 13 countries. Show less

Filton, Bristol, UK

• Spearheaded multiple contracts for Airbus, functioning as main interface between senior management and hands-on design. Reporting to Senior Engineer/Design Manager, managed projects involving team of engineering staff..
• Consistently achieved timely delivery of complex design work packages to customers through disciplined planning and allocation of workload to team members.
• Developed parameterised and rule driven parts to improve fastener positioning and mitigate risk of errors; drastically reduced time required to position fasteners and assess tooling in 3D model.
• Streamlined reporting and design reviews by automating fastener analysis; program swiftly identified errors by comparing analysis of thousands of fasteners within 3D model to design standard.
• Drove initiative to curtail parts bill of materials (BOM) by utilizing common components to simplify design. Show less

Malmesbury, UK

Role as RDD/Mechanical Design engineer working in Separation Systems (Cyclones & Filters) to develop the next generation of Dyson products.Key responsibilities and achievements:- Development of cyclone pack for next generation upright vacuum cleaner. 3D CAD and 2D drawings created using NX5;- Development of new cyclone pack to fit an existing chassis to.

Bristol, UK

Graduate training scheme at Babcock which provided experience in all areas of the business and the process of taking a product from concept through detailed design and on to production. Placements included Design, Future Business, Production, Nuclear Design and Defence Support.Key responsibilities and achievements:- Managing modifications to discharge test.

Bath, UK

Member of the Graduate training scheme set up by Sitec and AgustaWestland. The scheme was developed to train graduates in the areas of stress and design engineering, with work being carried out on the EH101 International helicopter.Key responsibilities and achievements:- Design modifications to major structural components of the EH101 International.

Filton, Bristol, UK

An industrial placement year spent working in Experimental Engineering on the Adour project. Gained in-depth experience of gas turbine engines by managing engines through the build, test and strip phases of development.Key responsibilities and achievements:- Managing the build phase of the customer training engine;- Vehicle owner of the bird-strike test.