Philip Lawson

Developing and Validating the world's first commercial space station!

Leading a team of Test Engineers and Technicians to deliver Electric Drive Unit (e-Axle) and Gearbox testing for mechanical, environmental, and performance validation & Driveline Controls development. Responsible for 24/7 test operations within lab and supporting wider company test operations including: Electric Motor development & validation testing, Electric Drive Unit homologation testing, and chassis-dyno testing. Primary activities include: - Lead installation, commissioning, and ramp-up of 4x Electric Drive Unit dynamometer test cells, including design and development of bespoke thermal test chamber - Developed company’s first dynamometer Hardware-in-Loop (HiL) capabilities to incorporate ECUs into test environment enabling rapid controls development methodology (automated DoE) - Developed company’s first Vehicle-in-Loop (ViL) test capability to incorporate full vehicle testing on the 4-axis hub dynamometer cell (AVL PUMA, ISAC): demonstrating step change improvement for range test repeatability to affect a dramatic improvement to range attribute development timelines - Lead team to develop novel Gearbox Efficiency Testing capabilities

Leading a global team of ~70 managers & engineers to deliver planning, testing, and certification engineering activities to enable homologation of our powertrain products in order to achieve Whole Vehicle Type Approval in all territories where our vehicles are sold. Responsible for 24/7 test operations totalling over 200 annual test campaigns, the team perform validation testing and witnessed Type Approval testing of key vehicle attributes, including: emissions, CO2, engine power, electric range/efficiency. Primary activities include: - Forward Model Year planning and resource allocation - Rework of prototype test vehicles/engines to production-intent specifications - Integration, diagnostics, and fault finding on test vehicles - Test planning, execution and data post-processing Our team is fully integrated into product programme management teams ensuring that regulatory & quality requirements are continuously monitored against programme timing milestones. Development and standardization of sign-off & certification test methodology via well established relationships with Manufacturing Quality, Product Development and Facility Test Operations teams.

Responsible for the Chassis-Dyno Test teams within Powertrain Test Operations, delivering test capability which supports design, development and validation of Powertrain systems from base calibration through certification and legislative compliance testing. The team is a group of ~100 members with a broad spectrum of skills and experiences who deliver state-of-the-art capability in: - Chassis-Dyno Emissions Testing, measuring gaseous and particulate emissions - Chassis-Dyno EV Range Testing - Portable Emissions Measurement System (PEMS) Testing, measuring gaseous and particulate emissions - Evaporative Emissions Testing - Mileage Accumulation Testing Covering the full suite of modern propulsion technologies (MHEV, PHEV, BEV), we work very closely with our supplier base to drive the development of next-generation testing tools and processes as we expand in-line with Jaguar Land Rover's growth.

Manager of Advanced Emissions Team within Powertrain Test Operations, delivering test capability which supports design, development and validation of Powertrain systems from base calibration through certification and legislative compliance testing. The Advanced Emissions Team is a group of ~20 engineers/analysts who facilitate Emissions Test operations across Chassis-dynamometer, Engine-in-Loop, Powertrain-in-Loop, and On-road PEMS/RDE test facilities by working with Powertrain development engineers to deliver innovative test methodology, monitor and ensure test data quality, develop processes to maintain legal conformance, and drive continuous improvement throughout the facility.

Lead Engineer of Emissions Test Development Team. In charge of a group responsible for data quality and methodology improvement for Emissions Testing within Powertrain Testing Operations of Jaguar Land Rover's Product Development division. Our mission is to continue the drive to integrate the latest technologies into the complex world of emissions measurement, with the target of developing one of the best emissions measurement laboratories in the world. Tasks and responsibilities include: - Cross-functional Test Process Automation - Data Quality Monitoring and Improvement - Determining novel methods of applying statistical data analysis to vehicle chassis-dynamometer emissions testing

Work on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Center for Particle Physics (CERN). Active participation in the Hadron Calorimeter (HCAL) of CMS, including member of operations team. Project Manager for 2011 HCAL operations team: - 90% reduction in operational down-time achieved - Lead team of 40 physicists & engineers with the goal of keeping the HCAL detector operational 24 hours per day - 24/7 on-call expertise support for CMS control room personnel - Coordinating and executing time-critical diagnostic studies & interventions - Communicating with upper-management Developed software driver for HCAL Data-Concentrator Card (DCC) R&D Analysis for HCAL “Testbeam” experiments: diagnostics, calibration, prototyping HCAL noise studies for detector commissioning, investigation of HCAL pedestals, jet ID criteria Thesis work in electroweak physics group. Applied HCAL experience to early measurements of the inclusive jet production cross-section at CMS Relevant Skills: Statistical Data Analysis, Quantitative Problem Solving, Root Cause Analysis, Technical Project Leadership, Electronics, FPGA, Multithreaded Programming (OOP/OOD, C, C++, python), Distributed Computing, Hardware Integration, Control Systems, Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation, Production Testing, Product Development Cycles, Web Development, Version Control (CVS, SVN, git)

EMT-B responding to 911 calls in the greater Boston area.

Government Researcher in Neutron Physics Group at the NIST Center for Neutron Research. Developed software tools to interface scientific instrumentation with machinery and automate experiment procedures. Execution and analysis of neutron imaging experiments. Tasks and projects included: - Analysis support for neutron imaging fuel cell studies for automotive applications conducted by Ford, GM & Mercedes-Benz - Redesign of precision position monitoring and servo system for cold neutron interferometer - Developed step-motor and CCD camera control software which allows for easy automation of neutron imaging and tomography experiments - Demonstrated feasibility of utilizing neutron phase imaging as a novel means of non-destructive residual stress analysis in metals Relevant Skills: Software Development (C, C++, Visual Basic, VBA), Statistical Data Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, Stress Analysis, Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Image Processing, CCDs, Data Acquisition (DAQ), Control Systems, Hardware Integration, Excel, Matlab

Contracted C++ developer for satellite coverage planning, antenna design and resource management toolkit. Focused on graphical user-interface development (VC++, MFC) including 3D rendering of antenna designs (OpenGL). Design and implementation of analytic algorithms for optimization problems. Relevant Skills: Visual C++, MFC, GUI, OpenGL, Software Production Cycles, Debugging

Full-time research assistant on CMS experiment at CERN.

Received department award for "Demonstrating Excellence by a Junior Researcher"

Attended university while working as a research assistant for the US Department of Commerce at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Completed bachelor degree with computational physics focus.