John Gilliver has over 27 years of experience in electronics. He has worked at BAE Systems for over 23 years in roles such as senior research engineer, senior scientist, and quality technician. He has a BSc in Electronics from the University of Kent and certifications in machine tools, welding, and fitting. Gilliver sees himself as a generalist who can turn his hand to most tasks and enjoys problem solving, teaching others, and challenging procedures.

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contact information
5, Yew Tree Park, work home
Maidstone Road, john.gilliver@baesystems.com G6JPG@255 soft.uk
Charing,
Kent, 01634 203211 01233 712046
TN27 0DD.
I'm an enthusiastic generalist with 27 years experience in electronics, who can turn my hand to most tasks;
I’m not a jigsaw-piece who will be useless when requirements change. I’m good at retrieving hard-to-find
information. I enjoy teaching others. I’m also not averse to detailed work which others might find tedious. I
work well with all levels, and I challenge procedures where necessary.
experience
1978-1983 NEI Reyrolle Switchgear (Hebburn, Tyne&Wear)
(Position: student apprentice)
1-3-1 “sandwich” arrangement (around university, plus summers): comprehensive traditional apprenticeship – not only workshop training, but
experience in all departments, such as contracts, progress chasing, sales, … also on-site in St. John’s Wood, during installation of the London
400kV ring-main. Familiarity with hierarchical product structures.
1983-2007 BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre
(formerly GEC-Marconi, formerly Marconi Research Centre; Great Baddow, Essex)
Positions: senior research engineer/scientist → senior scientist/engineer → higher scientist
23½ years in the Signal Processing Group → Communications department. Involvement with many projects: study of
modulation methods; bit-slice processor design and programming, especially for a MoDem for sending data over long-dispersion
fading multipath h. f. paths (decision feedback equalizer technique: includes involvement with ship trials of equipment;
incorporation of interference excision in same) and for large-scale (multiprocessor/multiboard) antivibration equipment, some
sigma-delta work, mobile telematics (MilTrans), (aero) engine health diagnostics using radar, ranging equipment for European
Space Agency… member of two teams receiving bronze “Chairman’s awards”.
As well as technical input, also involved with: procurement and stock control; test equipment administration and calibration;
product testing, from all sides (as tester, designer of test procedures, and auditor of tests done by others). Also some publicity
material preparation.
2007-2010 BAE Systems (Rochester, Kent; continuous employment from above)
Position: senior hardware engineer
3¼ years: Involvement with the “Phoenix” UAV (unmanned airborne vehicle) towards the end of life of the project;
obsolescence monitoring and solving across wide range of projects, many of which Rochester had inherited (often
with scant documentation) from many other sites and companies.
2010 to date BAE Systems Ltd. (Rochester, Kent; continuous employment from above)
Position: quality technician
7 years: Involvement with repairs, upgrade, and manufacture of a wide variety of products, from 20+-year-
old equipment often requiring reverse engineering as documentation is lost, to current product; J standard
skills; member of JCC (joint consultative committee) representing all “manual” workers.
education
Barnard Castle School, 1971-1978
County Durham: 10 ‘O’ levels (4A, 4B, 2C),
3 ‘A’ (AAD, Maths/Physics/Chemistry, 1978),
and ‘Use of English’
NEI Reyrolle Switchgear, 1978-1979
Hebburn, Tyne & Wear: EITB certification (machine tools, welding, fitting, soldering, etc.)
University of Kent at Canterbury, 1979-1982
Kent: B. Sc. (Hons) in Electronics (2:2, 1982)

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some work qualifications/training/milestones
1997: “Making Successful Presentations” – passed with commendation
1997: Microsoft Access 7 (designing of databases, not just their use)
2001/2: was, single-handed, test equipment department for entire site, during outsourcing transition
2002/3: VHDL programming (later, Leonardo Spectrum, and Handel-C)
2006: Successfully completed set up of the department presentation area, on time and within budget.
2007 BAE Systems – Life Cycle Management awareness.
2008 BAE Systems – CPR training.
2010 to date [renewed every 2 years] BAE Systems – training to J1 and J610 standards.
further skills
Programming: DSP assembly code, some C, HTML 3 (as well as BASIC); familiarity with concepts rather
than specific languages, i. e. I can usually figure out how code works (or doesn’t), whatever the language.
Proof-reading of text – not just for errors, but for suitability for assorted target audiences.
Knowledge of DAC, ADC, discrete logic.
Particle counter operation (clean room monitoring).
Fluent in the use of various common software packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access,
IrfanView, Firefox, etc.), and have some familiarity with Microsoft Project, Oracle, and others. I am also
reasonably at home with Windows in general, such as the use of network drives/printers and so on;
“IT Buddy”, i. e. accepted as able to help others with difficulties/problems with IT.
other relevant information
I have a full British passport. I am SC cleared.
I hold a clean full driving licence (1982).
I have moderate ability in French and German (I spent much of my childhood in Germany).
What about me in general?
• I see myself as a generalist: I can turn my hand to most things, at least within the electronics field,
from wiring or other assembly tasks to system design and analysis.
• I have an aptitude for focusing on detailed tasks; I have plugged temporary staff resourcing gaps by
managing stock control, compilation of inventories, asset register checks, calibration schedules and other
administrative tasks, with associated data manipulation for management-reported metrics.
• I am good at retrieving information, especially from hard-to-use databases.
• I relish problem-solving and the analysis of systems and procedures with a view to making them
better. I am always looking for ways to make procedures more efficient.
• I work well with all levels, and am confident in presenting technical work in a verbal setting.
• I enjoy (and I think am good at) mentoring/teaching, though formal management is not something I
am drawn to.
• I work hard at whatever I'm given to do - indeed I think I would find it difficult to do otherwise. My
commitment to my job has often been commented on in performance reviews (in which I have regularly
been described as 'very diligent' or similar).
outside interests
• I am very keen on bringing technology to those who do not have a technological background, and
am interested in certain disability issues and technological solutions to them: I have several people (mainly,
but not entirely, elderly), for whom I am on call for computer problems, and have been helping assorted
blind and near-blind people with the same (and other aspects of life) for some decades.
• I hold [from the CGLI, 1981] the amateur radio licence/callsign G6JPG.
• I am an amateur genealogist.