Matthew Thewsey

I've been working with a small team, as self-employed, to create a set of initial trial PCBs for a cutting edge AV project. The team consists of a few principal engineers who create the schematic design for the projects. These designs are passed on to me to create the PCB layout. Close communication with the principal engineers is critical, so that the design intent for the circuit is passed onto the layout.

Renishaw Encoder Product Division. After finishing the graduate scheme, I was offered a full-time position in EPD, working with Renishaw encode product line. This includes new and current products. I work in a small electronics team, which has grown significantly since my joining the department. This has given me the opportunity to mentor graduates, who pass through the department, and manage industrial placements. I am required to work with many senior and principal engineers in both the new product designs and production equipment designs.

The Renishaw Electronics Graduate Scheme has been a great opportunity for me to transfer my academic skills into real industrial experience. I had experience working in 4 departments during the scheme which has given me experience design and working with a wide range of applications and products. I was able to work on some new product designs, including a couple of product refreshes and two entirely new products. Alongside this, my skills have been required to aid the production environment, helping to monitor and diagnose problems with production equipment.

Testing new software. Programming using Visual BASIC

---Units Studied:--- Group Project Nanotechnology and Nanoelectronics Digital and Wireless Communications Advanced Power Systems Advanced Embedded Programming Infomation and Communication Signal Processing (DSP) High Speed Communications (Antenna Design) Individual Project Control Engineering Power Electronics and Generation Digital Electronics and VHDL Communication Systems Engineering Mathematics and Statistics Embedded Hardware and Software Electrical Principles and Machines Embedded Software in Context Analogue Electronics Digital Electronics Engineering Mathematics Electronic Design and Build ---Projects:--- Realtime DSP guitar effects using an Altera FPGA and ARM microcontroller Helical antenna design and build Realtime DSP with an ARM based microcontroller FPGA Design with Quartus Communications project using C programming on ARM microcontroller (STM32F407)