Alex Anderson

My responsibilities have included day to day management of the testing workflow for R&D as well as production acceptance testing of vehicle systems while in a management transition period. I provided technical direction for the Vehicle Test Engineers and was responsible for approving test plans as well as checking and approving the results of testing. This includes qualifying designs for operation, and verifying acceptance testing has been performed to the correct standard. I have also been involved in the development and formalisation of engineering processes as the company transitions from a start-up with an R&D focus, to one which must deliver a reliable high-performance product while maintaining design flexibility.

My responsibilities included thermal testing of heat shield structures, vehicle instrumentation for flight performance measurements, end-to-end electronics design (including enclosures) for signal acquisition/conditioning units and power distribution for sensor networks. Performing tests, in-depth analysis of the results and providing recommendations for design alterations were my core activities.

My responsibilities were, the design, manufacture, assembly, programming, and validation of a device intended to test samples of heart muscle tissue. Design involved the use of Solidworks, Ansys, and Altium. Manufacture involved the use of Featurecam, and a Deckel-Maho DMU 35M CNC machine (as well as a manual mill/drill press and lathe). Programming was done using NI LabVIEW, as well as Python (for scripting) and Matlab for data analysis. Validation was performed by executing the suite of experiments on samples of heart tissue.

Responsibilities included the layout of a holding area for heavy machinery and spare parts for the plant. As well as reformatting the SOP's for the iron works.