I've worked at Oxford University since 2026, as product assurance engineering for the Space Instrumentation SRF. Our current "large" projects involve optical test equipment for the Ariel exoplanet mission, and leading the MIRMIS instrument for comet interceptor - both missions due to launch in 2029. The Lunar Thermal Mapper instrument is due to launch at the start of 2025, to provide high resolution mapping of the moon's surface composition. We also support of a wide range of smaller projects and contracts, often providing seismometers and infrared filter assemblies for larger instruments.
Before coming to Oxford, I've had over 10 years experience in industrialising novel technologies. I worked at NATO DIANA as a Challenge Manager - selecting and supporting companies developing emerging and disruptive technologies to solve challenges NATO faces. I also worked as a systems / development engineer, developing space-based solar power at the Satellite Applications Catapult, Industrialisation Lead at Reaction Engines - adapting rocket engine technology for motorsport and producing it at scale, and a development engineer at Lockheed Martin, additively manfuacturing fuel tanks for satellites.