Aaron Gillard

Design Engineer

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Houghton, England, United Kingdom

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Timeline
About me
Technical Project Manager
Education
- Basingstoke College of Technology
  2002 - 2004
  BTEC Motorsport Technology DDM
- Test Valley School
  1997 - 2002
  GCSE's Seven GCSE’s and One Level 2 in IT.
- Coventry University
  2004 - 2007
  Bachelor’s Degree Motorsport Engineering
  Activities and Societies: Motorsport Track Team Awarded scholarship to attend university due to high college grade results.
Experience
- P A Hilton
  Jul 2007 - Feb 2008
  Design Engineer
  Designing, organising contractors & suppliers, building, testing, packing and shipping university engineering teaching equipment, for use all over the world. All designs made using SolidWorks.
- Self Employed
  Apr 2008 - Feb 2013
  Multi-skilled Engineer
  Fabrication, welding, mechanical and agricultural repairs, design, construction, customer interaction, accounts and time management.
- Extractair
  Nov 2010 - Jan 2013
  Technical and Web Development Engineer
  Graphic design, web development, technical problem solving, shipping, stock control, customer interaction, field servicing, website analysis and media.
- Bioquell PLC
  Feb 2013 - Aug 2014
  Design Engineer
  Bespoke CAD designing, organizing suppliers, dry build, testing, 3D scan interpretation, room modeling, drawing revision control, graphic design, survey reports, client interaction and installation. Team leader of onsite engineers to ensure quality and product compliance. All designs made using Inventor.
- Airforce Ventilation Products Ltd.
  Aug 2014 - Jan 2017
  Design Engineer
  Design, development and project management of large scale bespoke air handing units, for marine and commercial applications. Customer communication, supplier and production organising. Drawing revision control, BOM generation, Works order generation. ISO datasheets in compliance marine standards. All designs made using SolidWorks 2017
- INetic Ltd
  Jan 2017 - Feb 2021
  Managing multiple high value R&D and low volume projects for proof of concept. Design and build of bespoke electrical test equipment, especially with resolver and hall effect positioning. Hands on problem solving and continuous customer support to ensure tight deadlines are met.Supporting technical sales at exhibitions and corporate events. Along with successful winning of government funding bids. Mentoring junior engineers, production management and training.Clean sheet design of WiFi enabled controllable oven, to enable curing cycling time traceability. Self taught programming Arduino and Raspberry Pi for dyno controls. Website redesign, literature graphic design and digital marketing. Show less
  - Technical Project Manager
    Nov 2017 - Feb 2021
  - Mechanical Design Engineer
    Jan 2017 - Nov 2017
- ChamSys
  Mar 2021 - now
  Hardware Developer
Licenses & Certifications
- CSCS Card
  CONSTRUCTION SKILLS CERTIFICATION SCHEME LIMITED
  Sept 2013
- Advanced Driver Training
  AA DriveTech
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Aaron Gillard
  Motorsport Student of the Year BCOT May 2004
- Awarded to Aaron Gillard
  Gold and Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award Scouts Jul 2002