Education: 1979 - 1986 Mid-Glos Technical College, Stratford Road, Stroud, Glos.

Qualifications: BTEC HNC in Mechanical/Production Engineering

BTEC ONC in Mechanical/Production Engineering

City and Guilds Mechanical/Production Craft Level II

Employment:

August 2004 to Present

Aeromatic Fielder Ltd.(GEA Group), Eastliegh, Southampton Position: Contract Electrical Draughtsman

The Draughting of Electrical Schematics, Wiring Diagrams and as built drawings for Pharmaceutical Production Machines.

The Creation of Wiring / Tubing Schedules and Cable Diagrams for site Installation. Extracting required information, from schematics and P&ID diagrams.

All Drawings were produced using AutoCAD 2004 or PromisE .

January 2003 to January 2004

Tecker Ltd., Falmouth Position: Contract Electrical Draughtsman

The Draughting of Electrical Schematics, Wiring Diagrams and as built drawings for Process Control Equipment, generally Motor Control Centres, for the Water Industry.

The Creation of Wiring Schedules and Cable Diagrams for site Installation. Extracting required information, from schematics and P&ID diagrams.

All Drawings were produced using AutoCAD or RSWire (AutoCAD bolt on package for wiring diagrams). I was the system administrator for this system and therefore I was responsible for the installation of the software, creation of company standard symbols, macro's and drawings.

I also created specific Microsoft Access Database Forms, Reports and compiled a specific Part Table of all company standard parts.

February 2002 to December 2002

Powerwave UK, Bristol Position: Contract PCB layout Eng.

PCB designs for Mobile Phone Network Base Station Transceivers. Designs included RF and High Speed Digital, the use of impedance controlled differential pair signals and high speed buss routing was common on the digital boards, calling for very tightly controlled design rules, to ensure signal integrity.

CAD System - PCAD and Spectra Autorouter

June 2001 to January 2002

Smith's Industries, Cheltenham Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

PCB Designs for fighter jet mission control computer. All designs were multi-layer construction and densely populated with surface mount components on both sides of the board. The designs included a large number of high speed signals a number of which were differential pairs, these signals required specialised routing including- impedance control, matched lengths etc.

CAD System - Mentor Graphics Board Station Auto-RE

July 2000 to May 2001

Wireless Systems International, Bristol Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

PCB designs for mobile telecommunications Base Station power amplifiers, for use in new 'edge' based systems. The amplifiers incorporated complex lineariser technology, used purely surface mount components and 2 layer PCB's.

The role included schematic entry, component part library creation, Board layout Placement and route, manufacturing data output, liaison with RF design engineers, Production/test engineers and mechanical design engineers.

CAD System - Mentor Graphics Board Station Version 8.6

March 2000 to June 2000

Nokia UK Limited, Camberley, Surrey Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

PCB designs for use in mobile telecommunications 900 MHz 'edge' base stations - specifically the layout of a balanced "PA".

The PCB was of multi-layer construction (8 layer) utilising blind vias, with double sided surface mount assembly.

CAD System - Mentor Graphics Boardstation V8.6

September 1997 to February 2000

Motorola Automotive and Industrial Electronics Group, Stotfold, Hitchin, Herts Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

The design of printed circuit boards for use in automotive applications such as air conditioning controllers, engine management systems and also navigation/telematics systems. The systems basically consist of a microprocessor based core with analogue and digital input/output functions, and also communications links to mobile phones, etc. One design also involved the use of a switched mode power supply. Due to stringent EMC specifications that automotive products have to comply with, the layouts required the use of specific EMC control techniques. The boards were all of multilayer construction (generally 4 layer) with dense component placement on both sides of the PCB (double sided surface mount). All designs were intended for volume production assembly/automated test and, therefore, such requirements as optimum panel size/arrangement and 100% test coverage had to be considered at the initial design stage (design for manufacture/test). The work encompassed the complete design cycle from entry of schematic data to component part creation, board layout and finally manufacturing data creation/output. Duties also involved liasing with electronic/mechanical test/production engineers for each particular project to ensure the design met all intended criteria.

CAD System - Mentor Graphics Version 8.4

January 1997 to September 1997

Smiths Industries (Civil Systems), Cheltenham Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

Design of printed circuit boards for use in civil aircraft multifunction displays. Multilayer, surface mount technology. See Smiths Industries entry below for more details.

January 1996 to December 1996

Philips Telecom (Private Mobile Radio), Cambridge Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

The design of printed circuit boards for use in radio communications products, specifically digital mobile phone system handsets (TETRA) for use by police forces, etc. The designs include RF, audio and microprocessor systems. All boards are very dense surface mount designs of multi-layer construction with double sided component mounting utilising blind via technology.

CAD System - Mentor Graphics Board Station Version 8.3

October 1994 to December 1995

Smiths Industries (Aerospace/Defence Systems), Cheltenham, Glos Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

The design of very high density circuit boards for use in aircraft applications, specifically the Apache helicopter and the European fighter aircraft. The types of boards designed included power supplies, microprocessor control systems, power control circuits and flat panel display controllers. All the boards were designed to MIL-2000A Specification, of multi-layer construction (14 layers) and included some or all of the following features: internal copper/invar/copper layers for heatsinking, external bonded copper heatsinks, fine line and micro-via technology (4 thou laser or plasma etched blind and buried vias), surface mount components mounted on both sides and some through hole components.

CAD System - Mentor Graphics Board Station Version 8.2

January 1994 to September 1994

Philips Telecom (Private Mobile Radio), Cambridge Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

The design of printed circuit boards for use in communications products, specifically mobile phone systems (handsets) for defence applications. The designs included audio and microprocessor systems. All boards were very dense surface mount designs of multi-layer construction with components mounted on both sides of the board.

CAD System - Mentor Graphics Board Station Version 8.2

July 1993 to December 1993

Siemens Plessey Controls Ltd, Poole, Dorset Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

The design of printed circuit boards for use in traffic control/monitoring systems, specifically motorways and also in the control/flow of new inner city tram systems. The designs included analogue, digital and microprocessor systems. All boards were complex,

multi-layer designs using surface mount components.

CAD System - Dazix (Cadnetix)

March 1993 to End June 1993

BNR Europe (part of Northern Telecom), Harlow, Essex. Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

Design of RF base station boards for use in mobile telecommunication systems with an operating frequency of 900MHz. The boards were of multilayer construction with extensive use of surface mount components.

CAD System - Mentor Graphics Version 8.1.

February 1993 to March 1993 (1 month)

National Trans Communications (NTL), Crawly Court, Winchester. Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

Design of large multilayer digital boards for use in television broadcasting systems.

CAD System - Mentor Graphics Board Station Version 7.

January 1992 to January 1993

IST Ltd, 3 Marshall Road, Hill Mead Industrial Estate, Swindon, Wilts. Position: Contract PCB/Hybrid Layout Eng.

Design of printed circuit boards and hybrids for use in consumer products such as telephones, irons and radio

receiver/transmitters. The designs included RF, digital and mains circuits, extensively using surface mount components and some through hole, mounted either on PCBs or thick film hybrids with either Alumina Ceramic or steel substrates.

CAD System - Mentor Graphics Board Station Version 7.

June 1991 to December 1991

Westinghouse Rail Systems, Chippenham, Wilts. Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

Design of single/double sided printed circuit boards for use in locomotive rail systems, specifically brake and door control systems. Design used conventional through hole components.

CAD System - Cadstar.

February 1991 to May 1991

Sharetree Ltd, 45 Bristol Road, Stonehouse, Glos. Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

Design of single/double sided printed circuit boards for use in component burn-in systems. Designs used conventional through hole components.

CAD System - Cadstar.

November 1990 to January 1991

ARG ElectroDesign Ltd, Querns Business Centre, Cirencester, Glos. Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

Design of single/double sided printed circuit boards for use in high speed telecommunications test equipment. Designs

involved the use of surface mount and conventional components.

CAD System - PADS.

January 1990 to October 1990

Lucas Diesel Systems Ltd, Phoenix Way, Cirencester, Glos. Position: Contract PCB Layout Eng.

Design of single/double sided printed circuit boards for use in motor vehicles, specifically in diesel engine management systems. Designs involved extensive use of surface mount components including double sided assemblies and also conventional components.

CAD System - Dazix (Cadnetix).

March 1989 to December 1989

ARG ElectroDesign Ltd (address as above). Position: PCB Layout Eng.

Details as ARG ElectroDesign Ltd above.

1979 to 1989

Sharetree Ltd (address as above).

1987 to February 1989 Position: CAD Supervisor

Responsible for the day-to-day running of a 2D draughting system and main user of PCB design system. Designs involved double sided and multilayer boards for burn-in systems. Also responsible for the preparation of design information packs for sub-contract PCB layout when required, and for the hiring/supervision of contract draughtsmen.

CAD Systems - DAX CAD 2D Draughting Racal Cadstar PCB Design.

1984 to 1987 Position: Electro-Mechanical Design Draughtsman.

Design/detailing of electro-mechanical assemblies for burn-in equipment. Work entailed sheet metal fabrication and small machined components, also wiring/circuit diagrams, wiring schedules, assembly drawings, hand tape layouts of double sided circuit boards and associated drawings.

1979 to 1984 - Apprenticeship

1 year Fitting/Machine Shop

1 year PCB/Wiring

1 year Inspection/Quality Control

Final 2 years in drawing office (general electro-mechanical detailing and some mechanical design).