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     Date Submitted:09-03-2010
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     Current job:Senior AIT RF Engineer
     Employment Term:Either
     Job location:Anywhere
     Date available:immediately
     Industry:Satellite Manufacturers and Subcontractors
     KeywordsRF Test, Technical Author, Galileo, Skynet, KaSat, PIM, Thermal Vacuum, Autocompatibility, Phase Noise, Payload
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     TEST ENGINEER

     

    A versatile Test Engineer with over twenty six years of diverse experience.

     

    KEY SKILLS

     

         Development of test methods and procedures for complex electronic systems including Radar and Communication Satellites.

     

         Validation and diagnostic activities on analogue, digital, high voltage and microwave equipment.

     

         Working in close co-operation with Design Engineers during design verification and engineering investigations.

     

         Pro-active approach to administration and planning, utilising good written and verbal communication skills.

     

         Experience in project management including the preparation of technical proposals and quotations.

     

     

    EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

     

    1981 to 1983                        Brighton Polytechnic

                                                    Educated at Degree level in Electrical and Electronic     Engineering (first 2 years)

     

    1982                                       EITB Sheffield Technical College

                                                    Engineering Practice 1

     

    1979 to 1981                        Isle of Wight College

                                                    Technician Education Council Diploma in Engineering -

                                                    Level III merits in the following:

     

                                                    Basic Electronic Design

                                                    Electronics

                                                    Manufacturing Technology

                                                    Engineering Physics

                                                    Electrical Principles

     

    1976 to 1979                        Cowes High School

                                                    GCE 'O' levels gained in 6 subjects.

     

     

    CAREER HISTORY

     

                                                    EADS Astrium, Portsmouth, Hants.

                                                   

    Jun 2000 to Jan 2009        Senior AIT Electrical Engineer

     

    Definition of test methods and preparation of test procedures for the testing of Communication Satellite payloads. Personal responsibilities have included all RF functional tests at CM level, such as Noise Figure, Phase Noise, Passive Intermodulation and EMC. Also preparation of procedures for Spacecraft Thermal Vacuum testing, Spacecraft Autocompatibility testing, and In-Orbit  Test. Providing supervision and training of test personnel during all test activities as Project lead Electrical Engineer.

     

    Satellite projects include INTELSAT 10, AMAZONAS, Eutelsat W3A, SKYNET 5A, B and C and Eutelsat KA1 satellites, at EADS Astrium facilities in Portsmouth (UK), Toulouse (France) and CSG Kourou (French Guyane).

                                                   

     

                                                    MEGGITT AVIONICS, Fareham, Hants.

     

    Jun 1999 to Jun 2000       Diagnostics Engineer

     

    Fault diagnosis on Secondary Flight Displays and ADAHRS. Root cause analysis and reporting.

     

                                                    STRAINSTALL ENGINEERING SERVICES, Cowes,             Isle of Wight.

     

    Mar 1998 to Mar 1999        Project Engineering Manager

     

    Responsible for the detailed design of a Structural Monitoring System for the Jiangyin Yangtze River Highway Bridge, in the Peoples Republic of China. Management of the project at all stages in China and the United Kingdom. Provision of logistical support toInstallation and Commissioning teams from the United Kingdom.

     

    Responsibilities included specification and design of all system components, writing of the Detailed Functional Design Specification, preparation of all technical drawings, specifications and work instructions.

     

    The preparation of technical proposals and quotations for similar structural monitoring systems to be applied to similar large civil engineering structures.

     

     

    Oct 1997 to Mar 1998         Field Operations Engineer

     

                                                    Responsible for the installation, commissioning, repair and calibration of instrumentation used in a wide variety of industrial applications.

     

     

     

                                                    MATRA MARCONI SPACE, Stevenage, Hertfordshire

     

    April 1996 to Aug 1997      Microwave Test Engineer

     

                                                    Functional testing of microwave satellite payload equipments. Tests included S-Parameters, Carrier-to-

                                                    Intermodulation product ratios, Amplitude to Phase Modulation Transfers and Noise Figure. Environmental testing of the same assemblies. EMC tests, including Conducted Emissions/Susceptibility and Radiated Emissions/Susceptibility. Preparation of detailed test reports later supplied to the Customer as a precise record of the unit characteristics.

     

                                                   

                                                    SIEMENS PLESSEY SYSTEMS, Cowes, Isle of Wight

                                                    Principal Test Engineer

     

    1983 to April 1996               Principal Test Engineer

                                                   

    First employment after full time education. Basic test skills were learnt in the Unit Test Department, testing analogue, digital and microwave assemblies, including extensive use of analogue and digital ATE systems.

     

    Progressed to the Systems Test Department, testing radar systems and sub–systems. Culminating in personal responsibility for test of a Radar system from planning

    and preparation of all test facilities and equipment procurement, liaison with senior engineering personnel, to development of test procedures.

     

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