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United Kingdom

Culham Science Centre, Culham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Provide expertise and leadership for research and technology projects. Contribute to developing the research engineering capability of the organisation.• Act as an expert consultant in one or more technical or domain specialisms, advising projects, designing solutions in complex situations, and developing skills in others. • Leading and initiating external contracts or collaborations (or significant aspects of larger collaborations) forming and maintaining a professional network. • Build relationships with internal and external partners to analyse and establish requirements, deliver projects, and define future collaborations. • Manage projects and other activities (including supervising the work of others) to ensure the aims are achieved with appropriate quality standards, timescales and costs and partners are kept informed. • Provide research advice and help to colleagues, including strategic aspects such as project scoping, technology choices, make vs buy decisions, sustainability planning. • Deliver projects to develop or improve/extend research over timescales of weeks to years. • Diagnose issues and design solutions considering full technical and human context. • Contribute to the development of the group or team by shaping processes and mentoring colleagues to set high standards in quality, culture, and practices. • Contribute to improving UKAEA’s research culture and practices. • Project management – leading mid-sized research projects or work packages of large projects and/or managing a portfolio of smaller projects and tasks and prioritising/allocating work for a team.

Culham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Supporting RACE projects with software engineering expertise, producing software for robotic remote handling and related systems and working on the design and execution of advanced research projects.• Specification, design, and implementation of software for robotic systems.• Specification, design, and implementation of graphical user interface software• Procurement of control systems modules and services.• Specification of control interfaces to remote handling devices.• Integrating and commissioning systems.• Supporting other engineers and managers with control issues.• Representing RACE with customers and collaborators.• Acting as sole or primary interface to internal and external collaborators on project work or areas of specific expertise.• Acting as lead engineer on projects of moderate scale and/or complexity.• Routinely performing business development activities including networking and writing bids.

Culham, England, United Kingdom

EUROfusion Engineering Grant winner - Application of Condition Monitoring on the Remote Maintenance System of DEMO.

Development of Control Systems for various project for Sub-sea.

Responsible for the upkeep of the automation control system (PLCs, control logic, automation equipment, robots, drives, industrial networks, downtime), and SCADA system.

Skopje, Macedonia

Allen Bradley PLCs, RSlogix 5000, Wonderware Intouch, FactoryTalk View

Skopje, Macedonia

Embedded systems design

Doctor Of Science In Technology (Dsc), Mechanical Engineering

Condition Monitoring System design for the Remote Maintenance System of the DEMO nuclear fusion power plant.

Master Of Science - Msc, Automation, Robotics And System Engineering

Activities and Societies: Mensa High IQ societyStudied advanced control systems engineering, with main focus on mobile robotics.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Computer System Engineering And Automation

Activities and Societies: IEEEFinal project - Development of algorithm for 2d environment mapping, using single camera and mobile robotic.

Electrical Technician, Computer Technics And Automation

Best student of the generation 2005 - 2009, achievement