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A highly experienced engineer based in the United Kingdom. My professional journey includes significant roles in control systems engineering and guidance, control, and navigation, notably at Archangel Autonomy and a large UK defence company. I've developed AI-powered GNSS-denied navigation systems for UAVs, implemented systems engineering processes, and led integration efforts for new products. My academic background includes a PhD in Defence and Security from Cranfield University, where my research focused on trajectory optimization for complex air vehicles, and a first-class BSc in Mathematics from Keele University. I possess strong technical strengths in computer languages like MATLAB, Simulink, and Python, and have expertise in research, mathematics, modeling/simulation, and AI/ML.

Experience

Senior Control Systems Engineer

Archangel Autonomy | Oxford/Remote | January 2024 - Present

  • Developed an AI-powered GNSS-denied navigation system for low-SWAP UAV.
  • Implemented systems engineering processes across the organization.
  • Owner of navigation, control, and autonomy in the team.
  • Developed data fusion algorithm and implemented onto Nvidia Jetson.
  • Supported business development activities such as customer meetings, presentations, and reports.

Principal Guidance, Control and Navigation Engineer

Defence Company | September 2022 - January 2024

  • Worked in the future systems team.
  • Primarily focused on GNSS-denied navigation techniques.
  • Led integration efforts for new products and platforms.
  • Developed novel mission planning procedures for pilot assistance.
  • Supported a wide variety of additional efforts such as knowledge management and development operations.

Education

PhD in Defence and Security

Cranfield University | Shrivenham | September 2018 - October 2024

  • Thesis title: "Trajectory Optimisation of Complex Air Vehicles".
  • DSTL sponsored.
  • Modelled, simulated, and controlled a hypersonic glide vehicle.
  • Novel solution to highly nonlinear optimization problems.
  • Used MATLAB, LATEX, Python.

BSc in Mathematics

Keele University | Newcastle-Under-Lyme | September 2015 - June 2018

  • First class degree.
  • Final year project on spherical shell buckling achieved 90% grade.
  • Final year project on numerical methods achieved 100% grade.
  • Focused modules on applied mathematics: fluid dynamics, waves, ODEs, PDEs, etc.
  • Used MATLAB, LATEX, R, Mathematica.

Technical Strengths & Skills

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