Mechanical Engineer / Graduate Mechanical Engineer / Sponsored Apprentice
British Aerospace Space Systems Ltd
1983 – 1992
Stevenage, United Kingdom
Mechanical Engineer :
•Managed International Maritime Satellite (INMARSAT) spacecraft thermal testing, Intespace, Toulouse, France
•AIT & launch site operations,SKYNET 4/NATO 4 military spacecraft
•Co-ordinated spacecraft preparation during launch campaigns in French Guiana & USA
•Supervised solar array, mechanism & antenna deployments
•Lecturer on AIT, Southampton University Spacecraft Technology course & ESTEC, The Netherlands
•Organised apprentice training
•Produced AIT operations promotional video
•Qualified fuelling & pyrotechnic handler
Graduate Mechanical Engineer :
•Managed £60K subcontract spacecraft thermal test equipment (H/W & S/W)
•AIT operations at Stevenage, Bristol & Germany, optical alignment on 9 spacecraft
•Apprentice of the Year Award
Sponsored Apprentice :
•Researched & developed new techniques of holography in vibrational analysis, final year university project
•Completed wide cross-section of industrial & management training
