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Electronic Design Authority and Technical lead with over 27 years’ experience, gained in a variety of engineering roles from design engineer to technical management. Full lifecycle experience in managing complex electronics systems from requirements capture through to design verification, validation and system integration. A passion and excellent track record for mentoring and coaching peers in the design and delivery of complex electronic units to the European Space Agency.Key SkillsElectrical Design Authority / Technical lead: Proven track record leading and managing teams of engineers in the development of complex flight electronic instruments to ECSS standards. Managing customer expectations, design reviews, architectures and cross functional teams, such as thermal and mechanical. Most recently the Electrical Design Authority and Technical lead for CO2M MAP Instrument.Reliability Engineering / Analysis: Analogue circuit simulation (Simetrix / pspice), worst case analysis, component de-rating, radiation analysis and mitigation (SET, SEE, SEU), EMC analysis, interpretation of thermal and mechanical reports.Project and Program Management: Experienced in leading teams of engineers in both technical and programmatic aspects, improving tools, processes and configuration control. Other roles include work package management and Engineering Delivery Management. Test, Trials and Acceptance: Experienced in providing test and control plans, specifications, procedures and reports, for both board, and unit level electrical and EMC verification. Managing non-conformances and review boards at the customer level.Analogue: Design of very accurate analogue conditioning circuits, SMP's (Buck / Boost), Full and Half bridge PWM motor drives including multi-pole brushless, stepper and voice coil actuators as utilised in cooler compressors. CMOS Image Detector power conditioning, interfacing and protection, compliant with stringent ECSS space flight standards.Digital / Firmware: Including general purpose logic, microprocessors / micro-controllers and memory arrays. Extensive VHDL implementation experience for Xilinx and Altera FPGA's, including image specific functions, Space flight interfacing including PWM control and monitoring.PCB Design: Extensive experience in PCB design for high speed systems, power supplies and analogue signal conditioning circuits; including schematic capture, rule definition, layout and review.