About

A decade of building
things that work.

Multidisciplinary engineer with a career spanning aerospace, defence, robotics, precision metrology, and clean energy. The common thread isn't an industry — it's a particular kind of problem: complex, multi-domain, and requiring someone who can own the full scope from first principles to final delivery.

>€12M
Value of systems designed and delivered
6
Industries across a decade of practice
7,500+
Units of a single subsystem in mass production
3+
Patent applications filed
Career arc

Built deliberately broad,
then deep where it mattered.

2010 – 2014
University of Sheffield
MEng Mechanical Engineering
Master's thesis on space-based debris removal systems — published in an international aerospace journal. First exposure to the full cycle of engineering research: problem definition, simulation, analysis, and peer-reviewed delivery.
AerospaceResearchPublished
2014 – 2015
Electrical switchgear industry
Mechanical Design Engineer
First role after graduation. Grounding in mechanical design, CAD, and industrial engineering practice.
CADMechanical Design
2015 – 2017
Rolls-Royce
Production Engineer — EJ200 Eurojet Engine
Aerospace-level production, metrology, quality control, and continuous improvement on one of the world's most demanding jet engine programmes. Led multiple improvement projects to completion.
AerospaceProductionMetrologyQuality
2017 – 2018
Rolls-Royce
R&D Engineer — UltraFan Engine
Moved from production to pure research and development. Led a fatigue lifing simulation project for critical engine components — first experience owning an R&D programme end-to-end.
R&DSimulationFatigue Analysis
2018 – 2020
Shadow Robot Company
Electromechanical Engineer
Hands-on electromechanical development — sensor integration, Python development, algorithm development, test rig building, and 3D printing. First deep exposure to software development and multidisciplinary hardware-software integration.
RoboticsPythonSensorsAlgorithms3D Printing
2019 – 2020
Renishaw
Test Systems Engineer — Machine Tool Probes
Joined Renishaw's test systems team. Built a production leak test system, then designed and delivered the Customer Probe Repeatability Rig — a high-precision metrology instrument achieving 1nm resolution at 40MHz, sold to a Tier 1 aerospace manufacturer and subsequently CE marked as a commercial product.
LabVIEWFPGAMetrologyInstrumentationTest Systems
2020 – 2021
UK Ministry of Defence
Systems Engineer — Protector UAS Programme
Responsible for the certification programme of electrical power systems, flight performance, and other subsystems on a major unmanned aircraft programme. Deep exposure to systems engineering, FMEAs, requirements management, and defence certification standards.
DefenceCertificationSystems EngineeringFMEA
2021 – present
Enapter
Senior Engineer — Hydrogen Electrolysers
Joined a hydrogen electrolyser startup and found the synthesis of everything that came before. Designed the gas block subsystem for mass production — now manufactured 7,500+ times with <1% failure rate. Built the accumulation chamber leak test system, now scaled to 6 stations. Designed and delivered the ATS4 and ATS5 stack test rigs from scratch — systems that competing specialists quote at over €1M each. Multiple patent applications filed.
HydrogenLabVIEWMechanical DesignFluid SystemsMass ProductionPatents
What it adds up to

Not a specialist.
An integrator.

Most engineers go deep in one direction. A career that spans aerospace production, robotics, precision metrology, defence certification, and clean energy hardware isn't accidental — it was a deliberate choice to develop range before depth, then find the problems where both are required simultaneously.

The result is an unusual capability: the ability to own a project across mechanical, software, electronics, and test domains without losing rigour in any of them. The hardest engineering problems don't fit neatly inside one discipline. The ATS5 is a software problem and a fluid systems problem and a safety problem and a data acquisition problem, all at once. So is the gas block. So was the CPRR.

Offered management roles at several points in this career. Declined every one — not from lack of ambition, but because the craft is where the value is. The decision to stay technical means the pattern recognition that comes from a decade of delivery is still grounded in how things actually get built, not in how they're reported upward.

The right tool, not the most impressive one
Vacuum chambers detect to 10⁻⁹ mbar·L/s. That doesn't mean every leak test needs one. Engineering judgement means matching the solution to the problem — and defending that choice with data.
Design and procurement are not separate disciplines
Making a subsystem supplier-agnostic is a technical decision with commercial consequences. The best engineering decisions create leverage — in cost, in quality, in supply chain resilience.
The first system is always the hardest
Every architecture decision without precedent carries more risk. Getting it right the first time earns the right to build the next one — and the next one is where you make the thing you always intended to build.
Aerospace demands are unforgiving
Meeting them on the first sale is the only result that matters. The standards that shaped this career apply to every project, regardless of industry.
Credentials

Education, publications
& patents.

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MEng Mechanical Engineering
University of Sheffield, First Class. Master's thesis on space-based debris removal systems — published in an international aerospace journal.
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Published Research
Peer-reviewed paper in an international aerospace journal on active debris removal concepts for low Earth orbit. Available on request.
Patent Applications
Multiple patent applications filed, including a novel leak test system architecture and a dual-chamber amine filtration design for hydrogen gas conditioning.

Want to work together?

Whether you need something built, a second opinion, or want to discuss a project — I'm available for commissions, advisory, and collaborations.

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