Patrick Ewen | Electronic Engineer | BEng (Hons) | CEng | MIET
Patrick Ewen is a Chartered Electrical/Electronic Engineer from Aberdeen, Scotland. With 15+ years experience, he is currently working in the aerospace/defence sector in the south of England. He has previously worked in the Oil & Gas industry in Aberdeen. Patrick gained his BEng (Hons) in Electrical/Electronic Engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh in 2008. He was later awarded CEng with the Institute of Engineering and Technology in 2020.
2016 – Present
Currently employed as a Principal Electronics Engineer. Working with electronic sequencers and test equipment for ejection seats. Heavily involved with analogue electronic design, as well as testing and verification. Leading a team of engineers designing, testing and qualifying test equipment for Martin-Baker’s products. Knowledgeable of RTCA/DO-254 Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware.
2015 – 2016
Employed as a Development Engineer within a close collaborative team. Was responsible for operating and servicing a calibration table for fibre-optic navigational gyroscopes. Was heavily involved in evaluating and redesigning product designs to make them more efficient, reliable and cheaper to build. Involved in PCB design, fault finding, writing up test procedures/reports and occasional software and firmware coding. Was solely responsible for upgrading a wireless audio/video system used for naval applications. Involved with both electronic and mechanical improvements to ensure the product continues to compete in a challenging market.
2008 – 2015
Employed as an Electronic Engineer within the Subsea Product Development Group. Member of the project team designing a new generation Subsea Electronic Module (SEM6/Vectus) from concept design to release candidate. Was directly responsible for flexi-rigid PCB design, revisions, and verification testing to comply with complex changing project needs over a four year period. Regularly participated in design reviews, project meetings, and project reviews with hardware and software engineers. Responsibilities included writing and conducting test procedures to ensure product compliance with international petroleum test standards.
2007
Summer placement focusing on researching new materials for the company’s subsea electrical connectors.
Excellent knowledge of both analogue and digital electronics. Good experience with a number of engineering software packages, including MathCAD, AutoCAD, OrCAD and Altium. Particularly competent using PCB design software. In depth knowledge of circuit board design standards including Gerber and ODB++ datasets. Proficient in coding languages C, C++, Qt and microchip assembly codes. Confident using SAP, Sharepoints and SVNs for document configuration control management. Familiar with environmental stress screening, thermal testing, vibration, EMC and Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT). Good knowledge of programmable logic control, local area networking and high-power distribution.
Training:
SAP Document Management (Aker Solutions)
SAP Material Creation (Aker Solutions)
Intellectual Property Awareness (Aker Solutions)
Subsea Awareness (Aker Solutions)
ControlLogix Maintenance Accelerated (Rockwell)
ControlLogix Redundancy (Rockwell)
Venturi Tubes Training (NEL)
Multiphase / Wet Gas Training (NEL)
Cisco Networking (IDC Technologies)
CAN CiA443 Training (CiA)
Functional Safety IEC61508 Training (FSC)
Altium PCB/Schematic training course (Altium)
RTCA/DO-254 training (Sigma)
C Programming for Embedded Systems (Doulos)