Iain King Email & Phone Number

Welwyn Garden City

Building a team of electronic engineers developing and enhancing the core technology of Ocado's world-leading warehouse automation robots.

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

I was first member of the Custom Solutions team, re-engineering the standard camera for special use cases, such as embedding in caps, helmets and motorbikes. I set up GoPro’s first UK engineering office and assisted in the recruiting of 3 more engineers; setting up local suppliers and all necessary infrastructure. I was responsible for everything from schematics to PCB layout to production and test, working with the mechanical and RF engineer to produce a number of projects to some very tight timescales. Required considerable ingenuity and lateral thinking as we could not change fundamental camera hardware or software. Also was involved in field testing at various events including MotoGP events across Europe, and NFL games at Wembley.Projects:Tethered lens camera (2 generations): Separating lens&sensor assembly from camera electronics, over long flex pcb, allowing main body to be substantially reduced in size, so it could be fitted in compact space. Second version also had LCD touchscreen, which was separated from camera so that it could be operated over USB-C. High speed serial links used.Camera Integrations: NFL Referee caps; Hockey helmets; ‘Grammy’ trophies; Wimbledon tennis net.Key technologies used: USB-C; SDHC cards; HDMI; SPI; I2C; DC:DC converters; Qi Wireless Charging; Xilinx Zynq FPGA; Li-ion batteries; RFPC; HDI PCBs

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

Responsible for all development activities on a project, including h/w & s/w development, mechanical design, EMC and Approvals testing. Responsible for assessing Feasibility, then developing this into Specification, project plan and resource budget with Programme team. Also a significant hands-on role during development and testing. As a senior member of the department involved in long-term planning, interviews etc.Vislink/GoPro HEROCast transmitter - Worked with GoPro to develop a broadcast-quality mini wireless transmitter for their cameras. Based on Xilinx FPGAs and s/w-defined radio chipset from Analog Devices. Responsible for some project management (planning and dealing directly with PM and team at GoPro) and hardware design, as well as software and mechanical fault-finding and improvements. Also responsible for field installation of first live broadcast at XGames, Aspen.UHF Data transmitter – Outdoor unit to transmit data from serial or Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) to camera. Spartan-6 FPGA-based design. Project Lead, responsible for architecture and hardware design.‘L2174’ Receiver Decoder – Market-leading 4-input wideband COFDM receiver/demodulator and h.264/MPEG2 Decoder. Video-over-IP, Web browser and USB interfaces. Based on Virtex5 FPGAs, with Microblaze soft processor and Freescale processors running Linux. Project Leader and Technical Lead, responsible for all PM functions and also Architectural decisions.‘L1500’ Wireless Camera Encoder and Transmitter – Market-leading product used on all major live outside broadcasts. Modular HD encoder and COFDM transmitter mounted on standard broadcast camera. Interchangeable RF sections for different frequency bands. Based on Virtex4 FPGAs and Texas DSP, with embedded Linux controller and PICs. Project Leader and Technical Lead, responsible for all PM functions and also Architectural decisions, including original Solidworks 3D concept models.

Responsible for all development activities on a project, including h/w & s/w development, mechanical design, EMC and Approvals testing. Responsible for assessing Feasibility, then developing this into Specification, project plan and resource budget with Programme team. Also a significant hands-on role during development and testing. As a senior member of the department involved in long-term planning, interviews etc.

Top level architectural design of Ethernet Switches, including custom ASICs and 3rd party designs. Developing architectures into Product specifications with Marketing and Engineering input.

Hardware lead designer on ethernet switch projects, working closely with ASIC and software teams.

Project and Hardware lead for numerous medical electronics projects including heart monitors and blood pressure monitors.