Technical Industries Mentors
1.Name: 3693
Job Title: Research & Development Analytical Associate
I work for RB (Reckitt Benckiser) and am currently based in Hull, United Kingdom.
RB is a multinational and multicultural company with operations in over 200 countries
across the globe. Currently, I am working in Health R&D in one of the Powerbrand
Category – Gaviscon as an Analytical Associate. My role involves managing (&
recruiting people when necessary) a group a people and I am responsible for the
analytical side of key projects relating to new product development. I also support
the registration of these new products as well as exiting products. As part of my role,
I work in our analytical sciences laboratory and I am responsible for the validation
and maintenance of various equipments.
I have a Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Hull and was a
member of the Royal Society of Chemistry up until 2012.
In terms of training, aside from equipment (GC/HPLC etc) and validation
(compliance, software & equipment), I have attended a number of courses on
Management Excellence and Influencing Skills.
Previous to my currently role, I did a year in Industry in RB in a different Health R&D
team and have held other positions unrelated to this sector prior to my placement.
I am flexible in terms of support for any potential mentee. What I would mainly look
to give advice on is: CV (style, content…); work experiences, career choice.
Hull based.
Mentor code: – Places offered: 1
2.Name: 2546
Job Title: Junior Project Manager (Aerospace Engineering)
I work for ABSL Space products, a small company based in Oxfordshire which
designs, manufactures and tests batteries and instrumentation for spacecraft.
As a project manager, I am responsible for the development, production and
delivery of spacecraft batteries, while also providing technical assistance on larger
projects. I must ensure that each project remains on schedule and avoids cost
overruns, without compromising on the stringent design requirements that are placed
on all hardware intended to operate in space.
My background is in engineering: I graduated with a MEng in Aeronautical
Engineering from the University of Bristol. My final year research project was on the
thermal design of lunar penetrator probe, somewhat similar to the proposed
MoonLITE mission. This project provided me with the opportunity to join a small
spacecraft electronics company, SEA Ltd, on a summer internship, and I
subsequently returned to work there as an engineer upon graduation. In this capacity,
I was able to work on many aspects of spacecraft design: radiation analysis, thermal
design, conceptual design (known as “Phase A” in the space industry), requirements
capture, structural and micrometeorite shielding design, test equipment, etc. I was
also lead engineer on a small satellite proposal, and I have my name on two
conference papers.
After a year with SEA Ltd, I studied for an MSc in Astronautics and Space
Engineering at Cranfield University. I had the opportunity to work as a systems
engineer on a group design project proposed by the satellite manufacturer SSTL.
The requirements called for a low cost optical Earth observation satellite based on
the existing Disaster Monitoring Constellation platform. For my thesis, I performed a
trade study to determine how much payload mass can be delivered to the surface of
the Moon, assuming it were launched from the Skylon space-plane currently being
developed by Reaction Engines Ltd. My work focused primarily on the propulsion
subsystem trade-off, the transfer trajectory selection, and approach and final descent
optimisation. The result was the broad design sizing of a lunar lander capable of
delivering over 1 tonne of payload to the lunar South Pole.
As someone who has only recently left university, I understand the challenges and
the difficulties that engineering students face in finding and obtaining a job in their
preferred industry sector. I can offer advice on how to improve chances of gaining a
foothold in the industry, and what to expect once you get there. I hope to be able to
provide practical and relevant information that will be of use to students considering
a career in aerospace engineering, although my experience is primarily based
around the space sector.
Abingdon, Oxfordshire based, and can mentor you via Face time or Skype, and/or
telephone.
Mentor code Places offered 1