Richard Morley MSc CEng

Experience

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  Crane Co.

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1996

  Projects Design & Development Engineer

  Crane BS&U is a global leader in pipeline products for the Oil, Gas, Water and Fire Protection sectors. Designing, developing and trialling on-site diverse pipeline joining, maintenance and under-pressure repair solutions:• Blakeborough Valves, Sdn Bhd - Successfully implemented development and test activities for a new design of Gate Valve for worldwide distribution, involving discussion with a design consultant, negotiating with various sub-contractors and Pan-Asian valve manufacturer.• Design of pipe connection joining solutions: developing innovative high volume injection mouldings, cast iron, stainless steel couplings to strict legal industrial Piping Codes, using hand calculations, FEA stress analyses and strain gauged rig verification methods.• Developed a comprehensive range of Butterfly Valves through Spanish supplier, requiring excellent communication skills on many commercial and technical issues.• Developing and rig testing products to comply with Standards such as BSI, ASME, LPCB, FM/UL and British Coal Specifications, working in conjunction with HSE Regulations. Show less

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  Geo. W Kings Ltd.

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2001

  Project & Design Engineer

  First / second tier automotive supplier of Powertrain, Chassis and Suspension components. Designing numerous components involving modelling 3D, 2D concept layouts, tooling layouts, FEA stress analyses.Project Engineer planning and project managing the installation of a £8M fully automated, flexible manufacturing cell for Automotive wheel hubs, particularly involving negotiating numerous sub-contractor & specialist machining centre turnkey supplier contract T&C's.

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  Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2011

  Selected from a short-list of eleven candidates as the central driver: responsible for leading,managing and delivering the complete Powertrain vehicle integration for this highly exclusive£1m supercar, delivering over 850bhp & 800Nm of torque.Defined and managed work-streams for twelve Module engineers, Engine and Transmission calibrators, Catia & NX CAD designers and an Engine Development engineer in an autonomous role, as part of a close knit bespoke programme team reporting status up to Product Development Director level, within an accelerated two year project. Show less Leading the delivery of the next generation ‘F1’ type paddle shift (ASM) transmission, managing the application of the electro-mechanical, hydraulically driven hardware. This involved market product research, concept generation, compatibility selection, application packaging and platform integration, system bench test, DoE and vehicle verification:• Led and managed a pan-European engineering team comprising internal Control Systems, German and Italian suppliers, to develop the mechatronics and fast-track deliveries of 12 fully functional F1 SportShift ASM transaxle prototypes within only 8 months.Also, Project Engineer - Transmissions & Driveline: designed, developed and validated both V12 & V8 aluminium (bespoke developed Grade) Torque Tube Assemblies, inc. internal lightweight Carbon Fibre Propshaft Assemblies. Show less Design, engineering and project management of the complete DB9 Automatic Transaxle assembly, based on ZF’s 6HP26 Transmission and Graziano’s Axle.Managed all transmission design technical issues and commercial contracts requiring disciplined coordination of a pan-European engineering team, comprised of ZF and GIF dyno test facility in Germany, Italian supplier Oerlikon Graziano and UK Design Consultants Ricardo (transmission) and Prodrive (axle), fully approving engineering validation by Final Engineering Sign Off Gateway target date. Show less

  • Lead Powertrain, Systems Integration - One-77 £1M Supercar Programme Special Vehicle Eng. team

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  • Engine Manager - V12 Engines, V12 Vantage & Rapide (4-dr model)

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  • Technical Leader - F1 SportShift ASM Transaxle, Transmissions & Driveline

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  • Launch Team Leader - DB9 Powertrain

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  • Project Engineer - DB9 Automatic Transaxle Assembly

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2004
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  Williams Advanced Engineering

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  Led over 12 Williams and Jaguar technical specialists, with technical accountability for delivering a complex epropulsion architecture for this highly ambitious, production-intended 644V hybrid 200+mph hypercar technology demonstrator. Successfully delivered 5 propulsion systems within a challenging 2-year timeframe, ran within a rapid-paced motorsport environment (managed partners: Cosworth, Ricardo, YASA, Lotus):• Successfully delivered 5 vehicle ePropulsion systems within a challenging 2-year timeframe, responsible for a substantial A-phase budget well above £10m working closely with the ePropulsion engineers to assess customer vehicle attribute targets and develop fully functional modules focusing on thrifted feature sets, enabling all 5 to be completed within funding allocation. Show less

  • Programme Manager – Technology Group

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  • Technical Lead Engineer - Hybrid Propulsion Systems Team C-X75 Jaguar HEV Battery Hybrid Supercar

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2013
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  XDS Oxford

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  Engineering & Programme Manager

  XDS Oxford specialises in the design and construction of complex nano-precision instruments for the scientific community. Managed 16 expert Scientists, Mechanical, Manufacturing and Controls engineers to deliver varied innovative solutions, involving cryogenic systems and PLC controls for customer-facing projects, inc. new Beamline support through to First Light commissioning.

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  YASA

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2024

  Technical Project Manager

  YASA is heading pioneering innovations in eMotor axial flux technology, producing eMotors 4 times more powerful, yet 50% lighter than conventional ones. Joined a recent start-up as technical lead, completing over 10 NPI key projects. Portfolio management of concurrent internal and external customer-facing projects, focused on developing novel designs to series, working with Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality and Supply Chain.