Fraser Lawson

Background

About Fraser Lawson

A self-motivated, resourceful and multi-skilled Senior Design Engineer with significant experience, gained in a career with leaders in the DEFENCE and AVIONICS sectors (BAE Systems, Selex, Smiths Ae) and presently within the digital wireless communications sector with TAIT Communications. Product/application Experience Digital LMR Radio - Baseband Development Touch-Controlled Elevator Products (Computer-on-Module, and embedded) Electronic Countermeasures (Eurofighter Typhoon) Electrical Power Management System (F35 Joint Strike Fighter - Lockheed Martin) Airborne RADAR - Seaspray CAPTOR (Eurofighter Typhoon main sensor) Airborne Infra-Red Sensor (FLIR) Technical Competencies Digital and Analogue Hardware design, development & analysis System-level integration, verification & validation and debug Hardware debugging and fault-finding to component level Intrinsically Safe product certification (IECEx) EMC design techniques and pre-compliance testing series) Agile and SCRUM methods using JIRA Simulation - LTSpice Test Automation scripts using PYTHON SMPS analysis/characterisation HIGH-SPEED digital design and SIGNAL INTEGRITY modelling Microprocessor systems; embedded hardware and software design Reliability Engineering - FMECA, Programmable logic design - FPGA, VHDL, ABEL Aware of and interest in RF design techniques Complex custom TEST EQUIPMENT DESIGN & commissioning (VXIbus and PC platforms) Product enhancement and support Trials planning and execution Experience of whole product lifecycle - from requirements definition design and development to system level integration and customer support Extensive experience in the field supporting both UK and overseas customers Documentation of Requirements, Test specifications, Design documentation Industry standards - MIL-STD-461; MIL_STD-704; MIL_STD-810F