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Bristol, England, GB

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

• Avionics, Training, Simulation & Air Base Operations
• Leadership of team of Design Authorities, Solution and Software Architects designing and delivering prototypes, products, systems and services for civil and military aviation customers.
• Management of Research & Development budget and alignment of R&D activities with strategic business plans, product plans, market needs and future requirements.
• Generation and co-ordination of strategic business plans, business cases and… Show more Avionics, Training, Simulation & Air Base Operations
• Generation and co-ordination of strategic business plans, business cases and associated product roadmaps. Show less

• Thales Air Operations - Integrated Mission Support
• Product Line Management for a range of Mission Support and Information Management products.
• Successful re-launch of legacy project as Thales AirScape the Information Management System for Air Operations, including strategic marketing, internal and external stakeholder management.
• Integration of sales & marketing, strategy, technical and engineering departments ensuring fully integrated business winning approach aligned with… Show more Thales Air Operations - Integrated Mission Support
• Integration of sales & marketing, strategy, technical and engineering departments ensuring fully integrated business winning approach aligned with customers’ needs, internal strategic business plans and product.

• Thales Air Operations
• Captured several multi million pound contracts covering a range of information and mission support systems and services for RAF and RN customers, fixed and rotary wing.
• Proposed, developed and delivered ISR Mission Analysis and Information Management System to meet Urgent Operational Requirement supporting Operations in Afghanistan.
• Joint development of customer business cases, user requirements, technical and support solutions.
• Delivery of fully… Show more Thales Air Operations
• Delivery of fully costed proposals, negotiation of scope, schedule, risk and price. Show less

• Thales Air Operations - Typhoon Mission Support
• Leadership of engineering team of 40. Multi-discipline teams covering Systems, Software, Integration, Qualification, Safety, Security and ILS.
• Delivery of mission debriefing and planning solutions (systems, software, training, ILS) into complex 4 nation EuroFighter European programme with complete responsibility for cost, quality and schedule.

• Thales Air Operations - EuroFighter Mission Support Systems
• Management of systems engineering team performing requirements management, system design and verification/validation.
• Technical sub-contract management of work-sharing partners and major hardware and software supplier, covering full lifecycle from requirements definition through to qualification.

• Thales Air Operations - EuroFighter Mission Debriefing
• Successfully led a multinational multi-company design team through requirements definition and design phases.
• Definition of Statements of Work for all elements of sub-contracted work including requirements definition, design, development and qualification.

• Thales Defence Information Systems - Business Development
• Creation of technical solutions in response to customer ITT/RFQ/RFPs including estimating of systems and software work packages.
• Negotiation of technical requirements baselines for contracts ranging from £500k to £15M.

• Racal-Thorn Wells - Merlin Mission Support
• Development of test specifications for system, software and hardware qualification programme.
• Conduct of qualification activities, agreement and sell-off of requirements with prime contractor.

Yeovil

• Development Flight Trials Organisation
• Definition, design and coding of high integrity non-airborne software in support of helicopter flight trials and development programmes.
• Software – Stress analysis, dynamic component vibration analysis, Arinc 429, 1553B, Aircraft performance, AFCS evaluation.
• Systems – System management, Replay systems development, data archiving.
• EH101/Merlin Flight trial support – provision of data analysis, software and telemetry in support of… Show more Development Flight Trials Organisation
• EH101/Merlin Flight trial support – provision of data analysis, software and telemetry in support of overseas development flight trials. Show less

Bsc(Eng) Hons

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