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F1 2026 Project - ERS Mechanical

F1 Oil and Water System Owner (Current Programme)Responsible for assessing component manufacturing deviations/non-conformances, investigating performance and reliability issues from the track/dyno/sub-system pass offs, and designing new hardware.Led fault investigations and conducted design projects in Top End, Geartrain, Gas Exchange and MGUK/MGUH.

6 Month rotation in F1 Top End and Oil System5 Month rotation in F1 Performance Applications

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for technical management of Solar Electric Vehicle design and manufacture, in preparation to enter a 24-hour endurance race at European Solar Challenge 2022.2020/2021 - Modelling TeamWorked in a consulting role to support younger groups working on aerodynamics and chassis design, with a particular focus on CFD and FEA. Led the telemetry system design and integration with CAN bus hardware. Responsible for energy modelling and performance estimation.

Responsible for documenting existing procedures and developing illustrated manual to improve customer build experience.

Hazelwood, England, United Kingdom

Over the year I had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of R&D projects as well as learn how the business operates. They included:Commissioning a new $2.5M+ EV transmission test stand with battery simulator and multiple universal inverters• Collaboratively worked with the engineer-in-charge to commission the “Operating Temperature Transmission Efficiency Rig” (OTTER) upgrade.• Responsible for designing hardware such as an interconnect for current transformers (CT’s) and… Show more Over the year I had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of R&D projects as well as learn how the business operates. They included:Commissioning a new $2.5M+ EV transmission test stand with battery simulator and multiple universal inverters• Collaboratively worked with the engineer-in-charge to commission the “Operating Temperature Transmission Efficiency Rig” (OTTER) upgrade.• Responsible for designing hardware such as an interconnect for current transformers (CT’s) and voltage taps, which improved setup versatility. Awarded Recognition Card for dependable work ethic and problem solving.• Identified integration bugs with real time control software (ZF MODAS), PLC and high performance drives. Proposed solutions to international suppliers and resolved issues to prove out the full hardware capabilities.• Received Recognition Card for “Taking Responsibility, Leading Decisively and Being Courageous” whilst leading rig calibration when the engineer-in-charge was on leave. Coordinated with stakeholders and successfully implemented process improvements in collaboration with suppliers, enhancing calibration quality and meeting the testing deadline.Developing a dynamic durability test for gearbox fluids, run on a passenger car e-Axle.• Undertook a range of testing to measure the dynamic capabilities of the test stand and Sierra CADET control system. • Generated a dynamic load and speed cycle based on road load simulation, more indicative of real-world fluid conditions than existing steady state tests. Leading a project investigating the effect of lubricant properties on Noise, Vibration and harshness (NVH)• Collected vibration data with high-speed Dewesoft DAQ and wrote Matlab analysis scripts to generate results. I presented my work to global “High-Speed” stakeholders at short notice, informing the upgrade roadmap. Received recognition card for working flexibly under pressure. Show less

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Worked in a team investigating how ‘digital technology may enhance the way we live, work, play and travel in the future’ (Horizon Digital Economy Research) developing a new human-computer interface (HCI) for a sorting robot.Wrote Bash and Python to enable training of a speech recognition (Kaldi - https://kaldi-asr.org/) temporal deep neural network on a high performance gpu cluster with Slurm workload manager.Generated an augmented training dataset and achieved a 3.1% relative… Show more Worked in a team investigating how ‘digital technology may enhance the way we live, work, play and travel in the future’ (Horizon Digital Economy Research) developing a new human-computer interface (HCI) for a sorting robot.Wrote Bash and Python to enable training of a speech recognition (Kaldi - https://kaldi-asr.org/) temporal deep neural network on a high performance gpu cluster with Slurm workload manager.Generated an augmented training dataset and achieved a 3.1% relative word error rate reduction vs baseline on the test set, demonstrating domain augmentation is able to provide significant improvements even when in-domain training data is limited. Show less

Part of a team developing a 90kg fighting robot to compete in the Robot Wars competition. Key member of chassis design group, taking a lead role in CAD work.Wrote telemetry system in Python to allow for real-time monitoring of performance metrics, such as motor and battery temperatures, power draw and weapon speed.

Master'S Degree With A Year In Industry, Mechanical Engineering, 1St

Head of Department Award for outstanding academic achievement in 4th year. Member of the Nottingham Engineering Excellence Scheme (NEES).

Education record

A-Levels: Maths A* / Further Maths A / Physics A* / Graphic Products A* GCSEs: 8A*’s and 2 A’s, including Maths and English Technical.