Developing solutions for customers in the high-tech. Often working in a multidisciplinary team, requiring communication about various aspects of the problem at hand. Specialised in Test and measurement software, mostly using National Instruments LabVIEW software. I love it when there is a lot of overlap into fields such as electronics, optics, mechanics and other physics.

Live video production with 1 to 6 crew members and 3 to 8 cameras. Remotely operated cameras are seamlessly integrated and can be operated by one person. Live display on big screens.

Work on various high-tech automated welding equipment, such as for electronics, medical purposes and battery packs. Involves e.g. the motion system, laser control and machine vision.

Working as a time/score keeper at both local and worldwide sport events. Local events consist of swimming matches at regional and national level. Worldwide events consist of various sports at the highest level events. My work encompasses, next to preparing and operating the equipment, communication with the officals/referees, the organisation and television broadcasters about the ongoing competition.

Before a chip can be mass-produced, the design needs to be tested. A few chips are then produced which need to be tested in great detail. This process takes several months of time, much equipment, new PCB designs and a clear plan of how to perform the tests. The Validation engineer is responsible for all this. He needs to make sure before the validation phase that he understands the silicon to be tested and that everything is prepared. During the validation phase he needs to align with the designers in case of unclarity, problems and for result evaluation. The products that were validated included top-of-the-line A/D and D/A converters, PLL's and high speed communication receivers and transmitters (e.g. USB3.0). Due to the high performance of the products, it was often difficult to find equipment good enough to measure the modules with enough resolution. The slightest imperfection would result in the result being unusable.Next to the actual validation activities, my work encompassed more generally creating software for lab activities. I built a framework to help myself to make this easier, and allow lab engineers and designers to perform relatively simple tasks by themselves. It involved communication with instruments, measurements automation, results processing, and - very important - interfacing the chip's settings registers. To prevent human errors here, I parsed files coming straight from the design process, which (for lab activities) had not been done in the company before.

This was an extension of the work below. In addition, it involved managing the progress of projects and staying in close contact with customer, investigating for and doing acquisition of new projects.

Working on engineering projects in small groups or alone, for external customers, in the field of test and measurement automation, electronics and software. Experience in the following areas: data acquisition systems, industrial sensors and actuators, image processing (i.e. measurements on pictures), FPGA programming, motion control, microcontrollers.