Summary

Duncan's Expertise

Duncan is an experienced, versatile, motivated, and enthusiastic engineer, dedicated to working within Client organisations to engineer optimal solutions to complex problems. He thrives working in teams or on his own on technically challenging projects.

He has more than 15 years' experience on large and small projects in the Aerospace, Defence, Rail, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors, both in the UK and overseas.

He is experienced in all lifecycle phases of producing and assessing complex, dependable and software-intensive systems. Below is a summary of Duncan's role in 3 significant projects since 2003. More details can be found in his 'full CV' on the CV page.

Duncan was software architect for a critical subsystem for the F-35 Lightning II (JSF) to be certified to DO-178B (2008-2010). Duncan maintained the Software Architecture and worked with the Client to resolve technical issues and define/agree software changes. Prior to this role Duncan spent 9 months forming the development team and defining the detailed design processes before parenthood intervened, after which Duncan completed the detailed design and implementation of one of the major subsystems.

Duncan led a team carrying out the safety assessment for the WATCHKEEPER UAV system compliant with Defence Standard 00-56 (2003, 2004-2008). The team carried out risk identification, analysis, safety requirements specification, and audited/assessed/supported the supply chain and produced early versions of the System Safety Case. The role involved negotiation and liaison with numerous stakeholders within Thales and the MoD.

Duncan carried out system-level analysis for the Electrical and Mechanical (E&M) equipment for a new railway line from Seoul to Incheon International Airport. This was carried out in South Korea for Alstom Transport. Duncan led a small group to produce a model of the system architecture and define how the sub-systems interact to achieve the required functionality.