05/27/2024 updated
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Systems Engineer | Systems Thinking
Cape Town, South Africa
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Electrical and Biomedical EngineeringTesting (Software)Systems EngineeringTeachingGap AnalysisRequirements AnalysisVerification and Validation (Software)Systems IntegrationTechnical DocumentationData ResearchModelling Skills
I specialise in:
1. Requirements gathering and analysis - problem modelling and determining what systems need to do.
2. System integration - making sure things work when you connect them together.
3. Gap analysis - finding holes and architecting solutions in the ways systems and businesses operate.
4. System verification and validation - testing that systems work the way they were designed.
5. Data research and compilation - putting together technical documentation.
6. Developing training material - teaching others what I have learnt.
7. Collaboration - planning with multi-disciplinary teams to bring ideas and operations together.
8. Software testing - making sure software or websites work the way they should.
1. Requirements gathering and analysis - problem modelling and determining what systems need to do.
2. System integration - making sure things work when you connect them together.
3. Gap analysis - finding holes and architecting solutions in the ways systems and businesses operate.
4. System verification and validation - testing that systems work the way they were designed.
5. Data research and compilation - putting together technical documentation.
6. Developing training material - teaching others what I have learnt.
7. Collaboration - planning with multi-disciplinary teams to bring ideas and operations together.
8. Software testing - making sure software or websites work the way they should.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2024
Languages
EnglishNative speaker
Project history
Systems Engineer for the Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) for the Square Kilometre Array in South Africa
The MeerKAT array, constructed in South Africa's Karoo region, is a world-class radio telescope. It is currently the most sensitive instrument in its frequency band in the world, designed to do ground-breaking science. I was the Chief Systems Engineer for the project from its inception until commissioning started in 2016 (I then moved on to the SKA project). The project was very successful in achieving a sensitivity of two times the specified value, which enables some of the science to be performed 4 times as quickly as initially planned. The project was also considered successful from a reliability and availability perspective, with the system being science-productive immediately after its launch in 2018.
The MeerKAT array consists of 64 13.5m dishes. Each dish has two cryogenically cooled receivers, digitisers and cryogenic support equipment. The system was built in a remote farming location and all infrastructure had to be established on site, including roads, power reticulation and fibre networks. The site features a bespoke high performance comuputing facility that processes the data coming in from the dishes at a few Tbps speed. The data is processed on site by a Correlator/Beamformer system and a Science Data Processor. The site also features high accuracy time and frequency distribution network and data networks.
The MeerKAT array consists of 64 13.5m dishes. Each dish has two cryogenically cooled receivers, digitisers and cryogenic support equipment. The system was built in a remote farming location and all infrastructure had to be established on site, including roads, power reticulation and fibre networks. The site features a bespoke high performance comuputing facility that processes the data coming in from the dishes at a few Tbps speed. The data is processed on site by a Correlator/Beamformer system and a Science Data Processor. The site also features high accuracy time and frequency distribution network and data networks.
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- CapeRay was a medical startup company. Tasks included Python script programming, Electronic circuit schematic and PCB design, Embedded DSP software programming, Image processing, FPGA Firmware development, Electrical PLC and Motor Drive installation and configuration.CapeRay was a medical startup company. Tasks included Python script programming, Electronic circuit schematic and PCB design, Embedded DSP software programming, Image processing, FPGA Firmware development, Electrical PLC and Motor Drive installation and configuration.
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- Skills: Image Processing 路 Biomedical Engineering 路 Electrical Engineering 路 FPGA prototyping 路 PCB design 路 System Testing 路 Embedded Systems 路 C 路 Problem Solving 路 Electrical-Mechanical Integration