David Evans

Experience

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  Royal Air Force

  Oct 1973 - Oct 2000

  Avionics Engineer

  Providing independent advice and assistance to UK Government Ministry of Defence (MoD) Defence Procurement Agency (DPA). and industry on technical issues especially those influencing Reliability, Maintainability & TestabilityMaintenance of avionic systems and equipment of a variety of rotary and fixed-wing aircraft.Manager with responsibilities including appraising staff, conducting interviews, assessing training needs, financial management.

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  Rolls-Royce

  Oct 2000 - Dec 2001

  Software Quality Engineer

  Assuring the quality of software developed for the EJ200 - the power behind Typhoon.• Independent Product and Quality Assurance activities.• Ensuring maintenance and implementation of an effective quality evaluation system.• Review of software products (EPOS, Ada 83, VB, C, UML – Rational Rose, RequisitePro, ClearCase, Robot, SoDA) for adherence to mandated standards (DOD-STD-2167, Mil-Std 498DO178A.• Phase-dependent and phase-independent audits of software products produced in-house and by external suppliers.• Risk Management Review mandatory attendee.• Supplier Contract Reviews and surveillance activities. Show less

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  Data Systems & Solutions

  Jan 2002 - Apr 2002

  Software Quality Engineer

  Ensuring new Joint Venture had quality processes in place to work with MOD• Independent Product and Quality Assurance activities.• Steering Engine Health Monitoring Team through formal customer acceptance of product at Test Readiness Review.• Researching, procurement and testing of suitable coding standards tool to improve adherence to mandated standards.• Review of existing procedures, processes and guidelines including System Design, Software Development, Verification & Validation, and Configuration Control to reduce non-conformances raised by customer. Show less

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  Airbus

  Apr 2002 - Jan 2008

  Transnational owner of the Process Assurance process for Airbus.Manager of the UK team of Sytem Process Assurance Nominees responsible for assuring system development activities for type certification purposes.• Assuring all aspects from design to delivery of UK systems’ development within the Systems & Integration Tests Centre of Competence (CoC) for Airbus.• Supporting all System Design activities in the UK from planning, through validation and verification (V&V) to certification. • Assuring that all Systems plans (e.g. System Development, Certification, V&V, Configuration Management, Safety / Reliability are correctly developed and implemented, and subsequently maintained through to Aircraft Certification• Airbus UK Coordinator for Technical Development Capability Assessments (TDCA)• Providing help and advice on the establishment of the System Development Assurance Level (SyDAL) and Certification Review Items (CRIs) Show less Software Quality Manager for the A380 UK Systems.• Monitoring all aspects of software and system development from planning, through verification to certification.• Carrying out Supplier Assessment of International Software Companies.• Negotiation and acceptance of supplier plans including Configuration, Design, Validation & Verification, Quality, and Certification.• Reviewing Software documentation for compliance with Airworthiness Authority and Airbus requirements.• Performing Supplier Quality Audits.• Supporting Designated Certification Specialist in organising, chairing and reviewing presentations with the Airworthiness Authorities (EASA/CAA/JAA/FAA). Show less

  • Head of Process Assurance

    Feb 2006 - Jan 2008

  • Software Quality Manager

    Apr 2002 - Feb 2006
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  Airbus

  Feb 2009 - Jun 2022

  A380 Quality Manager - UK Systems

  Operational accountability for ATA32 (Landing Gear) structure and equipment attestation scope in the UK and Final Assembly Line (FAL) (Toulouse /Hamburg)Delivery of integrated and synchronized planning for Attestation covering Programme, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain milestonesAchieving recovery plans to secure product delivery caused by industrial change and supply chain disruption (Quality escapes / shortage of parts) Identification and supporting alignment of Industrial management of the burn-down of outstanding work in line with FAL milestonesManaging the implementation of the industrial embodiment plans for individual equipment and Landing Gear Constituent Assemblies.Interfacing with Configuration and Industrial leads to enable delivery.Acting as ATA28 (Fuel) and ATA32 (Landing Gear) representative for Quality at multifunctional team levelIdentification of areas for improvement through Continuous Improvement, Risk and “Lessons Learnt” Show less

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  Monmouth Town Council

  May 2022 - now

  Town Councillor and Deputy Mayor