OVERVIEW:

An experienced R&D Engineer with a proven track record of RF Engineering & VHF transceiver design & systems analysis in the private & public defence sectors. Recognised for commitment & quality of work within design & development, undertaking & assuming additional responsibilities in all roles completed. Results-orientated & quality-driven, with end-to-end R&D, maintenance & test experience.

Experienced in testing, systems analysis, electrical & electronic communications systems, (including voice & data communications), PCB layout, manufacturing, systems integration, diagnostics, testing & commissioning, mechanical fault diagnosis & resolution for wide variety of equipment, team management, quality control & assurance, documentation.

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE:

· Experience of both R&D projects for a variety of electronic components including VHF radio receiver equipment with high dynamic range RF Front End/mixer, synthesiser, amplifier & oscillator

· Obtained a high level of MoD security clearance - MoD experience

· Maintained continuous professional development throughout career;

· Gained solid understanding of Video Streams, Mpeg II & digital satellite systems

· Resolved long standing power supply issued designed for aviation operations

· Identified £1m savings through re-utilisation of defective PCB stock

· Successfully resolved a long standing phase lock loop issue in the design of a radio microphone system; product became one of the company's largest selling products

CAREER HISTORY:

Oct 2003 to Apr 2006: TEST DIAGNOSTIC ENGINEER: ACW Technology Ltd, Southampton

· Responsible for component level engineering, fault diagnostics & repairs

· Identification of repair/replacement requirements for component level parts

· Handled 4/5 faults on a daily basis; including documentation for customer return

· Worked with network protocols FTP, IP Addresses, DOS, LAN, Routers

· Completed trend analysis on specific components & record details on database

· Liaised with New Product Implementation for engineering issues & supported production on ATE

· Management and mentoring of a highly skilled team of wiremen and fellow engineers

May to Oct 2003: TEST DIAGNOSTIC ENGINEER: Alenia Marconi Systems, Portsmouth

· Responsible for working on Seawolf Defence systems including Gyros Microwave Receivers using Doppler techniques for measuring range

· Completed full diagnostic & repair cycle working to exacting standards required by MoD & civil aviation

· Worked on power control panels at 415 volts AC (3 Phase)

· Ensured accurate documentation for full traceability of component parts

Jun to Dec 2002: TEST DIAGNOSTIC ENGINEER: Alenia Marconi Systems, Portsmouth

· Responsible for working on an MoD contract for a full duplex radar system

· Completed maintenance service & repair of units working to stringent service targets & high standards: Achieved security clearance to SC level

· Supported transmitter/receiver units & coder/decoder units

· Conducted specification requirements using network and spectrum analysers

Feb 2001 to Jun 2002: BASE REPAIR ENGINEER: Tandberg Television, Southampton

· Responsible for completion of the full test cycle: diagnostics, repairs & returns working on MPEG II TV broadcast systems

· Ensured customer equipment is repaired & tested for full functionality specifications

· Maintained accurate records for all equipment received, monitoring progress & ensured customer returns within required service level agreements

Jun to Oct 2000: TECHNICIAN ENGINEER: IFR International Ltd, Stevenage

· Responsible for accurate calibration & repair of test equipment to British Standards

· Appointed to test customer equipment completing diagnostics & repairs

· Ensured specifications met technical requirements; calculated quotations for materials & parts

Aug 1991 to Feb 2000: R&D DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER: BBM Electronics Group, Surrey

· Responsible for the development, testing & fault finding of various VHF & UHF radio microphones

· EMC tests carried out for Antennaes & receivers to radio regulation standards

· Developed a high standard of equipment reliability for small belt microphone to large amplification

· Completed full systems development including printed circuit layout

· Worked through full development cycle; build prototypes, RF circuitry build & analysis & RF PCB layout using ORCAD and PROTEL 99SE packages

1989 to 1991: RF Test Engineer - Marconi Communications Systems Ltd, Chelmsford

· Completed some major military projects (Scimitar V & H) utilising the spread spectrum technique

· Conducted automatic testing using GPIB rack equipment for production testing using various jigs

· Fault diagnostics & repair of customer returned goods to component level

· Worked with various spectrum & network analysers including the HP8085 utilising 'S' parameter box for measuring cable losses and reflection coefficients for coaxial lines

· Major project - full system testing of a high frequency hopping (i.e. Spread Spectrum technique) transceiver for the Jordanian & Turkish armies

· Major project - system checking of 70MHz (1600 channel) and 140MHz (3200 channel) IF modems, up-converting in the range 2 to 3 GHz for transmission via. Satellite. Installed at Madley, Herefordshire; Goonhilly, Cornwall & Canada at BTI's earth stations for British Telecom International

TECHNICAL SKILLS SUMMARY:

· TV Broadcast equipment

· Encoders, Modulators & Receivers

· Fault finding & repair to component level

· Surveillance & identification systems

· Traceability systems

· EMC Testing

· Switch mode power supply design & testing

· Design & build of RF type prototype circuitry on copper clad board, PIC microcontrollers

· High voltage power supplies 1090MHz Receivers & 1030 MHz Transmitters

· Design of low power PLL & VCOs , LNAs , Mixers, QPSK, QAM, Smiths charts

· RF filter design & active audio filters, RF Power Amps, RF Oscillators , Matching Circuits "L, T & PI"

· Testing, Theory & practical understanding of RX/TX systems -Superhetrodyne & BFO principles

· Gyro units for radar weapon tracking systems for the Royal Navy

· SEAWOLF 909 repairs for the Royal Navy - Doppler Microwave (L-BAND) Receivers for measuring missile speed & range

· MPEG 2 video encoding principles (FPGA / XILINX / LATTICE / ALTERIA / DSP Applications) RS232/RS422/RS485 Comms

· IFF RADAR systems for avionics applications for the RAF - High power 5KW pulsed.

· SCIMITAR V & H transceivers for military applications & Satellite Modems for BT International

· Spectrum & Network Analysers & most electronic test equipment

· Familiar with Spread Spectrum frequency hopping secure communications techniques

· Building RF prototype circuitry for RX / TX applications (VHF / UHF) & EMC specification

· Windows 98/ME/XP, Office 2003 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio), Orcad, Protel 99SE, LABVIEW, A.T.E Production testing, WLAN, WIFI, NETWORKING, FTP Download, DOS, JTAG, Boundary scan

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:

· BEng Bachelors Degree - Electrical & Electronic Engineering - Bolton Institute of Higher Education , Deane Road, Bolton, Greater Manchester - Attained 2:2 October 1988

· BTEC OND - Electrical & Electronic Engineering - Leigh College, Leigh, Greater Manchester - Attained July 1985

· Secondary Education to 'O' level

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

· Driving Licence: Full, Clean UK Licence