Software QA, manual tester, commercial aviation planning Web App and back-end with associated electronic flight book using Kanban Agile SDLC 10 week cycles with JIRA, Confluence, AWS, Regression testing.

Self study via LinkedIn Premium and TeamTreehouse and Linux Foundation.

Software Configuration Manager for the ESA Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Programme Ground Segment Data Systems Team supporting the 3 separate Space Segments of NEO, SWE and SST with the definition and control of their relevant software CIs, virtual servers, hardware and software change management. Authored the Software Configuration Management Plan and dependent procedures CIDL, ABCL and supported the ICT team with deployments on the SUSE Linux servers.

Software PA support to multiple Configuration Control Boards (ccbs) responsible for organizing the agenda and minutes of weekly and monthly meetings of various sub-systems comprising the Herschel Common Science System for the Herschel Space Observatory, a major milestone mission for ESA specifically,- Proposal Handling System - Mission Planning system - Herschel Common Science System- Core ccb- Systems ccb- 6 science data archives (XSA, ISDA,PSA, HSA, PLA, SSA) +… Show more Software PA support to multiple Configuration Control Boards (ccbs) responsible for organizing the agenda and minutes of weekly and monthly meetings of various sub-systems comprising the Herschel Common Science System for the Herschel Space Observatory, a major milestone mission for ESA specifically,- Proposal Handling System - Mission Planning system - Herschel Common Science System- Core ccb- Systems ccb- 6 science data archives (XSA, ISDA,PSA, HSA, PLA, SSA) + software process verification+ software problem report validation in JIRA+ code metrics reporting+ Monthly reporting to QA line management. Show less

Functional requirements testing of the new Crown Prosecution System (CPS).

Software engineer developing new indirect Fire Control artillery software for the British Army in UML/ADA 95.

Reverse engineering fortran modules into requirements

Test case execution of Ada 83 code for helicopter avionics module and producing the test report.

Progressed through PADI diver certifications up to and including DSAT Technical Diver to 60m dives on deep air and fast deco gases. Dives into Thomas Canyon, Woodhouse Caves and Shark Observatory.

Team Leader of small team programming embedded Ada 83 then integration testing on custom 68020 hardware as part of early development phase of Processor module for the Eurofighter Electronic Warfare Defensive Aids Sub-System (DASS). Yourdon SASD. Lifespan version control. CMMI Level 3 audit. Weekly reporting to project management.

Ada 83 programmer on Thor EW pod BIT software then Eurofighter Defensive Aids Subsystem ESM LRI, code designed in Yourdon for execution on 68020 custom hardware using emulators for debugging and Systems Integration.

Testing of analogue and digital processor boards and complete LRI´s for the Sky Guardian Electronic Warfare System using logic analysers, oscilloscopes, RF signal generators, pulse generators. Included production testing of other RF modules.

Infra-red physicist involved in mostly cryogenic testing of detectors for the Passive Aircraft Surveillance System for FSC Rapier 2000.