I have started here at an exciting time of growth and development in a world class manufacturing facility to develop test systems for onsite designed products, Battery Management Systems and battery packs for various industries. To realise the company strategies for growth and product development. Leading an Engineering team through all the stages of DFMEA – to delivery of a test solution for mass production.

Engineering Manager in a major EMS facility, looking after a team of Engineers to bring in new customers and develop and improve existing customers through KPI driven projects and improvements in process flow.NPI and major process line introductions, with bespoke LabVIEW traceability and testing software development.Production support for any breakdowns and tracking to minimise any downtime and improve OEE overall, to be more proactive than reactive. Continuous improvement of existing processes using lean principle and a Kaizen mentality approach.Leading of major Capex projects to develop the business for increased output and efficiency., new AOI machines, new solder wave and selective solder machines, ESD site improvement and auditing.

Managing a team of 12 Engineers in a high-performance life safety electronics manufacturing environment, key focus on development, mentoring and nurturing the team to achieve project objectives to accelerate the business' "get fit for growth" milestones for a 5-year ramp up, the role was heavily management leadership team driven with daily interactions across all management functions. Leading capex projects for major investments in testing and production equipment, development of bespoke in-house traceability systems and KPI capture software. Regular meetings with R&D for new projects including DFT and DFM reviews. To align capabilities and technology roadmaps to achieve manufacturing of the latest advances in electronic designs.

Running of the Test Engineering department in a busy EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Services), dealing with new customers, advising and implementation of test systems, using all my skills learnt over the years to help the company succeed in winning new business and improve existing.

Responsible for implementation of test systems, primarily based on National Instruments hardware and LabVIEW code, autonomous group of 5 engineers to introduce new products and develop and maintain current products, design of test equipment, from scratch to commissioning, design, ordering parts, building, wiring, programming, debugging and commissioning to CE standards also writing all documentation and work instructions etc. examples available on request. This job also involved travelling to Austria for training and some product development for testing.

Responsible for Managing, developing and programming all related test equipment and personnel. Design and construction of Modern PC based Bespoke Test Equipment for the products we make (power steering motors to 90 Amps; and microprocessor based control systems for them, With CAN J1850 and JTAG programming), From design to full automated line, Development and upgrading of existing test equipment (Delphi, SQL etc.) In charge of 2 other test engineers. APQP of product, ISO and TS16949 activities. Awareness of 5's & continuous improvement with FMEA development.Responsible for the daily running of all test equipment, programs (ATE, ICT, FFT, AOI Function testers. etc.) for new products, Improvements and development of equipment, Calibration, Gage RnR and MSA studies of internal equipment. Programming of Linux and UNIX function based test equipment. Involved living in Germany for over 2 year2 for Test development.

Responsible for the instrumentation department, calibration and record keeping of all instruments, Implementation of ISO9000, Programming of tests on automatic test equipment and development of programs. (C, C++ via LabWindows), ATE, ICT, APC machines, AOI, auto insertion and SMT machines, development of test equipment, procedures, documentation etc., Signal room equipment modifications, responsible to MD. Lived in South Korea for 6 months for training and cultural awareness (Global melt-in).

Responsible for the day to day running of a workshop and the design and implementation of special bespoke projects, liaise with customers and was responsible for problem repairs and calibrations. Customer site repairs and calibrations to NAMAS standard (NAMAS Signatory), Also supervised and delegated tasks to other employees and ordered stock and spares from various companies.

Responsible for the development and testing of electronic connectors and card readers. Student Summer Job.

Student placement; Living in Germany for 18 months. Responsible for the design and development of digital and analogue Integrated Circuits (IC’s) in the field of communication and IT. Experienced in Wafer Fabrication and clean room activities associated with IC manufacture (i.e. Mask development), PCB design using Racal-Redec, Zukon-Redac software for projects including a OCTEL (one chip telephone) and various TV chassis pcb modifications, I also wrote various C programs for automatic testing via GPIB bus, and pspice, hspice etc. this was a student placement job for my thick sandwich honours degree course. Testing and development of BiCMOS sea of gate projects using GDTools on a UNIX based system.