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Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

I was responsible for running Design Verification test activities to support pre-compliance and qualification testing for Optical Circuit Switched Network products, Creating Test requirements for testing new designs going into volume manufacture, Creating Verification test plans to verify new designs. Fault finding to component level on complex PCB designs.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

I was responsible for Creating automated test scripts covering radio characterisation tests for TETRA, LTE, GSM, WCDMA, GNSS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Radios, performed measurements on RF components, sub-systems, and systems, developed test scripts in python, expanded RF Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) test coverage, analysed, collated test results, and created test reports.

Bedford, England, United Kingdom

I was responsible for the verification and validation for In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) Medical Devices instrumentation platform hardware. Schematic capture, creating symbol, footprints, PCB library and PCB layout using Altium Designer, supported design and development of PSU for medical device product, ensuring the design complied with regulatory standards including EN60601, EN61010, ISO13485 and ISO14971, Defined and executed tests suites to exercise system and sub-system functionality, built test infrastructure for hardware and software rigs, Worked closely with the electronics and mechanical design team to debug any design issues, interfaced with manufacturing transfer teams to ensure successful transfer of production solution to the production factories, Developed and executed test plans and procedures based on requirement specifications using Jama, analysed, collated test results, and created test reports for internal analysis and submission for regulatory bodies, Supported the design and development of Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) and Bed of Nails.

Abingdon-On-Thames, England, United Kingdom

I was responsible for testing software, firmware, and hardware for Solid State Device products, tested firmware, device drivers, FPGA development Boards, using manual and automated test frameworks, flashed software builds onto target hardware with Xilinx FPGA’s using Vivado, Verified the products met their specifications, communicated testing status to supervisors and stakeholders, Produced documentation for tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures, Participated in continuous improvement of Software Test Processes.

Abaco Systems Ltd (Formally GE Intelligent Platforms Ltd)Hardware DesignI was responsible for the hardware design, development and verification of products, for NPI projects. Duties include the definition of the engineering requirements and specification, working with a multidisciplinary team to develop a hardware, software and mechanical design solution, component selection, schematic capture using Mentor Graphics Xpedition xDX Designer and signal integrity analysis using HyperLynx, review of PCB layout, analogue circuit design and simulation using LTspice and Verilog and VHDL design using tools for Quartus / Altera FPGA’s including simulation, using ModelSim and QuestaSim.Software Test EngineerI was responsible for testing software and firmware for embedded Single Board Computer products, developed test plans and procedures to validate embedded software components; developed and implement new test methodologies including automation of tests. Tested firmware, device drivers, Board Support Packages (BSPs), I/O fabric frameworks and associated software components and verified that the products met their specifications, communicated testing status to supervisors and stakeholders, and produced internal documentation for assigned tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures, produced draft customer documentation for processing and deployment by Technical Publications group, oversaw the SW Release process and participated in continuous improvement of Software Test Processes and Contributed to ongoing continuous integration activities using Jenkins

I was responsible for embedded software testing on SD and HD Set Top Boxes, these included Satellite, Cable and Terrestrial products, also IP products iDTVs with embedded CA systems. Created QC test lab with automated test environment for soak and stability testing, wrote and modified test specifications, documentation and scripts in line with product requirements including regression testing, investigated problems at software, hardware and system level, and assisted product developers with module testing, conducted black box and white box testing, developed new test methodologies such as automated test tool. Identifying, developing test cases for automation and developing automated test scripts; raised and closed defects tickets, held product and software release meetings and report QC test results to R&D manager and software team leader, modified and repaired hardware products, supported 18 personnel in Network administration.

Complete Media Systems provide both DVBT and IP solution for STB for the mass media market, and are the first to incorporate both within a single solution. This enables customers to watch both IP/TV and DVBT free to view programs.I was responsible for software and hardware testing on Set Top Boxes, created test environment, software and integration test prior to full system test, created test plans for STB functionality, flashed software builds onto target hardware, and tested UI application on STB, verified media tests over IP: video, Audio, H264, AAC, AC3, and MPEG/2/4. Protocols: RTSP, RTP, HTTP, Multicast and Unicast. Raised defect tickets and test reports.

I was responsible for test execution according to test cases defined within approved test specification in terms of its application and protocol functionalities; wrote and modified test specifications and scripts in line with product requirements for applications e.g. Bluetooth, SMS, and MMS, tested 3G handsets to its specification from 3GPP standards, analysed the results and wrote reports, used Anite SAS, SAT and Rohde and Schwarz network simulators, CRTUG/CRTC protocol test equipment, also executing TTCN test cases.

I was responsible for developing validation strategies for leading edge technologies, including travelling across Europe and the Far East; Interoperability testing of new and existing 3G products with the emphasis on the product features/functions and overall software performance, developed new test processes to improve field test coverage, liaised with the team to track and solve problems found during field trials, wrote test specification and scripts, analysed the results and wrote reports, developed test specifications from ETSI and 3GPP standards, worked with the software development team providing feedback of results and analysis, validated products in both Radio & Application field test, which included GCF Field Trial, developed new test methodologies such as automated test tool. Identifying, developing test cases for automation and developing automated test scripts using C, Used Anite, Agilent SAT, Rohde & Schwarz emulators and network simulators, also executing TTCN test cases.

I was responsible for testing and Fault finding to component level, debugged and repaired a wide range of boards, using Oscilloscopes, Multimeters, Power Supplies, Function Generators and Logic Analysers for the M.O.D, Aeronautics and Automotive industries, used Automatic Test Equipment (GenRad TS121 and Spea’s flying probe), identified and reported manufacturing problems found, performed boundary scan tests (JTAG) and functional tests on the final products.

I was responsible for Interoperability testing on Mobile handsets and PDA’s; tested software applications for various handsets, these included SMS, MMS, WAP and Bluetooth functionality on GSM and GPRS Mobile handsets, wrote test scenarios and scripts for GSM / GPRS Mobile handsets from prototype through to final release, also tested various Bluetooth products, tested Smart Cards, using Mobile Equipment Simulator software tool on Phase 2+ SIM cards, overseas travel for field test on various European networks and providing Network administration support for 20 personnel.

I was responsible for providing first line support to Hardware and Software engineers, configured, programmed, tested and repaired to component level of prototype Set Top Boxes to access the Internet, through to final release, worldwide product support, management and training of the support and response team and responsible for the maintenance of the Lab equipment & Network Administration.

I was responsible for supporting hardware and software engineers on fault tolerant servers from prototype through to final release, fault finding to component level on prototype boards including PSU's, Ethernet cards, I2C Interface and microprocessor based circuits using Oscilloscopes, Multimeters, Power Supplies, Function Generators and Logic Analysers, schematic entry, EPROM programming, SMT reworking, component sourcing and equipment hiring; Supervised the Work / Repair and modification on various prototypes boards for different projects in the lab. Set up calibration procedures to ISO9002, Installed Networks Hubs, Servers etc, also repaired equipment's.

Msc, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Bsc Hons (Technology), Electrical And Electronics Engineering