Work Experience

• Lead Developer, Learn Nation

  Jul, 2024 - May, 20261 year 10 months

  Full stack mobile game built on React Native, then Unity, with Node backend. Worke with animators and SMEs to integrate 2D animation assets + ML-generated voice in outcomes-focused gameplay with adaptive learning progression.

  • Evaluate and choose frameworks/tech

  • Manage 4 developers + agile, git workflows; CI/CD, dev ops

  • RESTful API with Node/Typescript, MongoDB, Koa deployed to DigitalOcean

  • Reanimated, Skia, RN-SVG, CreateJS, Lottie, Expo, React, Unity

• Senior Engineer, Pakton Pty Ltd

  Jan, 2011 - Mar, 202413 years 2 months

  Head of Agricultural portfolio, lead firmware/software engineer. Team of ~4 engineers, grew with the business until its eventual sale. From schematics + PCBs + firmware, through sourcing, purchasing, production documentation, management of in-house production + EMS, support/product software development, plus developed/improved business systems + processes, and managed junior staff.

  • Full stack development on 2x IoT platforms, from cellular/Wi-Fi hardware + firmware, back-end on AWS with Kubernetes, through to web front-end and mobile apps

  • Embedded firmware in C/C++; desktop apps in .Net; mobile in Java, Kotlin, Dart and Swift; server code in Node/Typescript, Python, Java, Go; Web apps in React, Flask; SQL, NoSQL

  • Electronics design and production, in-house and external.
    Developed assembly procedure templates.
    Developed programmable bed-of-nails or direct-to-board test system including software and low-cost hardware.

• Firmware Engineer, Tritium

  Jan, 2020 - Feb, 20211 year 1 month

  R&D sensor board for HazEx conditions / abnormal operation detection in electric vehicle chargers

  • Bare metal Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller firmware

  • Develop C++ unit testing workflows for embedded firmware

• Consulting Engineer, Warner Knight Consulting

  Jan, 2016 - Present

  Sporadic consulting gigs

  • Provided tech solutions for multiple interactive art installations - in-ground touch/footfall detection, high power RGB LED arrays, IoT usage data capture, e.g. art installation on Sherwood Rd, Indooroopilly

  • LED 'Poi' design evaluation

  • Modular synthesize VCF PCB design and manufacture

  • Motorised caravan awning automation system

• Electrical Engineer, Hydrexia

  Jan, 2007 - Jan, 20103 years

  Developed algorithms, test systems, and industrial SCADA for R&D focused hydrogen storage start-up. Developed business systems and coordinated IT.

  • Co-authored a patent on a multi-vessel metal-hydride hydrogen release system (see publications)

• Assistant Manager, Tandy Electronics

  Jan, 2001 - Jan, 20054 years

  Retail electronics sales and management, focused on customer support.

  • People-facing role, excelling in issue resolution

  • Multiple district 'Salesman of the Month' awards

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