Hi, I'm Chris

I'm a hardware engineer based in Scotland.
I specialise in designing computer hardware for enterprise data storage.

I'm currently working remotely as an RLHF engineer for a subsidiary of Surge AI - San Francisco. Whether I'm working with software or hardware, my goal is to help create the next generation of sustainable computing technologies.

Chris demonstrates a high-performance PCR temperature acquisition system at MEDICA 2021, Düsseldorf

Experience

2026

March 2024 to present

RLHF Engineer

Responsible for developing and testing software involving reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF).

Clients include Google, Microsoft, Meta and Anthropic.

Tools used: C, Java, Python, Atlassian, Slack

Research Sources: Google Scholar, IEEE Xplore, Frontiers Media, Journal of Applied Physics, MPDI, SPIE Digital Library, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, American Institute of Physics, Advanced Materials, Optics Express, Nature Publishing Group, EGUsphere
2024

September 2022 to February 2024

Hardware Design Engineer at Quarch Technology Ltd.

Joined the hardware engineering team at Quarch Technology Ltd in September 2022. Quarch specialises in automation and test solutions for the data storage industry.

Clients included: Intel, Samsung, SK Hynix, Solidigm, Western Digital, Kioxia and SanDisk.

Developed the following skills as a hardware engineer:
- Digital/Analogue electronics design
- Full PCB design process from board concept to product release
- PCB stackup design and fabrication (up to 8 layers)
- Signal integrity analysis for high speed layouts up to 16GHz
- High Speed & RF PCB design SMA/MMPX with VNA testing
- Power analysis hardware design for enterprise grade data storage and high power applications.
- PCIe 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 hardware design
- Application of USB-C 3.2 Gen 1, 3.2 Gen 2
- Knowledge of data storage connector designs and implementations: Add-in cards (x4, x8, x16), M.2, SFF8639, U.2, U.3, EDSFF, E1, E3, E3 2T, SATA, SAS, OCP, CXL
- FPGA design in VHDL
- Lattice Semiconductor software
- DipTrace PCB Design software
- Simbeor Simulation Software for high speed design
- TurboCAD
- Atlassian Experience: Trello, Confluence
- Google Suite
- Microsoft Office
2022

July 2021 to August 2022

Electronics Test Engineer at Bee Robotics Ltd.

Worked as an electronics test engineer developing skills in a number of areas including:
- Manufacturing, production, calibration and testing of bespoke robotized medical laboratory instruments
- Service and maintenance of laboratory products in the field (Worldwide)
- Customer Service and Support
- International Business Development
- ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 standards

Tools used: Proprietary Bruker-Hain Software, Office Suite, Atlassian
2020

September 2019 to May 2020

Third Year University Project

3rd year project in collaboration with a local renewable energy company in North Wales. Conducted an investigation into the modelling of a thermoelectric generator for use in a heat pump system using COMSOL Multiphysics and Homer Pro software.

Tools used: HOMER Pro, COMSOL Multiphysics
2019

August 2019 - September 2019

Electronics Engineer at BAE Systems

For my university summer placement, I worked for an internationally renowned defence company in the air sector on electronics hardware.
Tools used: Xilinx ISE, various aircraft software systems
2014

July 2014

Visiting Student at CERN

Worked at CERN for a week alongside the physics, procurement and pension fund departments.
Skills acquired: Working Internationally