Slipstream Engineering Design
Key Skills Mix
Company Name: Slipstream Engineering Design Ltd.
Website: http://www.slipstream-design.co.uk/
Job Title: Lead Mechanical Design Engineer (Partner)
Dates: Dec 2011 - April 2013
Location: Shipley, West Yorkshire, UK.
Slipstream Engineering Design Ltd is a Digital and Microwave RF design company providing engineering services to the Communication, Aerospace and Security industries.
Founded in 2011 and based in the UK, Slipstream Design is young and growing with a strong customer base of major Original Equipment Manufacturers who come to us for our hands-on and flexible approach.
Slipstream Design’s key areas of expertise are the design of Power Amplifiers, Transponders, Low Noise Amplifiers, High Speed Digital Electronics and Embedded Controller Software. We take projects from concept through to volume manufacture and pride ourselves in delivering responsive and customer focused services which are tailored to suit each and every time.
We offer a range of RF and Digital products including Power Amplifiers and Radar Signal Processors for Transponder applications.
Source: http://www.slipstream-design.co.uk/
My role consisted of design, manufacture, analysis, testing & verification of a variety of proof of concepts, prototypes, products, and test equipment for the consumer, industrial, automotive aftermarket, telecom infrastructure & defence sectors.
Key responsibilities;
Mechanical design, mechanical support of on-site & off-site contract and project work.
Project management, budgets & budgeting, liaising with & managing customer expectations.
Working with suppliers to manufacture proof of concepts, prototypes & products in line with customer requirements.
Generation of proposals, statements of work, technical reports & presentations.
Processes and procedure documentation in line with relevant standards or working practices.
Slipstream Energy
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Company Name: Slipstream Energy Ltd
Website: http://www.slipstreamenergy.com
Job Title: Lead Mechanical Design Engineer
Dates: November 2008 – December 2011
Location: Keighley, West Yorkshire, U.K.
Slipstream Energy wind turbines are optimised for use in difficult wind conditions helping our customers generate clean on-site power.
Source: https://twitter.com/slipstreamtweet
Slipstream Energy is a start-up cleantech company involved in the design & manufacture of a novel 6 kW vertical axis wind turbine for use in commercial, domestic & rural locations with turbulent or gusty wind conditions.
Lead mechanical design engineer responsible for the design, analysis and manufacture of all mechanical systems of the turbine and associated test machinery. Supporting role in the design, analysis, test & verification of electromechanical systems and 6m helical composite blades.
Denso Marston
Company Name: Denso Marston
Job Title: Business Improvement Engineer (Graduate)
Dates: September 2007 - November 2008
Location: Shipley, West Yorkshire, UK.
"Manufacturing thermal systems for construction, industrial and agricultural applications.
Originally founded in 1904 as the Excelsior Motor Radiator Company, DENSO acquired the manufacturing facility in 1989 that was to become DENSO Marston Ltd., with a focus on manufacturing thermal systems for construction, industrial and agricultural applications."
source: https://www.denso.com/uk/en/about-us/company-information/dnmn/
Graduate engineer reporting directly to the Operations Director and Assistant Managing Director. Responsibilities included diffusion of business improvement techniques and associated activities, 5S coordinator, Denso IDEAS coordinator, Quality circles, variety of project work.
Projects included; improving efficiency of a manufacturing cells & reduction manpower, leak & scrap reduction, introduction of a high-volume module assembly line to increase production capacity from 400 p/day to 630 p/day.
BBT Thermotechnology UK Ltd. (Worcester Bosch)
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Company Name: BBT Thermotechnology UK Ltd. (Worcester Bosch)
Website: https://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/
Job Title: Production Engineer
Dates: July 2005 - August 2006
Location: Clay Cross, Derbyshire, U.K.
“Worcester Bosch
Originally founded in 1962, Worcester became part of the Worldwide Bosch Group in 1996 and we are the UK market leader in domestic boilers.
Our current product range includes gas and oil boilers, hot water cylinders, renewable technologies such as heat pumps and solar water heating systems, as well as controls and accessories”.
Source: https://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/about
Production engineer responsible for final assembly and production process & quality improvements as well as a variety of project work. This included the introduction of a robotic welding cell and a new high-volume production line as part of capacity and quality improvements. Projects included; robotic welding cell, super track, production & quality instructions, Bosch Production System diffusion (Lean manufacture), Compressor house layout, Secondary heat exchanger cell design, AutoCAD drafting, value stream mapping, failure mode effect analysis, data capture with full track and trace, process improvement of a welding line, update to engineering change request process.