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Roy HAWORTH
Curriculum Vitae
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Education:
St Christopher’s High School, Accrington, Sandy Lane College, Accrington, Royal Navy Apprenticeship, Various locations around the world
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Qualifications:
HNC in Electronics and Communications Engineering
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Work History:
Royal Navy 12 years including 4 year apprenticeship, I visited around 40 countries and was based in Plymouth and Edinburgh in the UK. Since joining Airbus I have worked on Ground systems testing, Assembly, Integration and Test of Satellites, Procurement of Spacecraft equipment, Customer Service, Quality and Engineering
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Current Job:
I am Head of a team of 60 Engineers in 4 countries who support our Design Engineers with Design and development tools to enable them to design spacecraft
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Employer:
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About Me
Engineer who dreamed of woring in the Space industry and took a long way round
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I live near to Chichester with my wife and two daughters. Originally I am from the North West and have travelled a long way round to get where I am today. I always wanted to be involved with Space after watching the Moon landings as a 7 year old. So I am now really doing what I always wanted to do but that was via an apprenticeship and 12 years in the Royal Navy.
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My Work
I work as part of a big team designing and building satellites that are launched into space
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My original apprenticeship was in Electronics and Communications Engineering and I have worked in many different areas of technical and management activities.
I now manage a team of 60 people across UK, Spain, France and Germany who are involved in the support and introduction of Digital Design and Manaufacturing tools that help our negineers and technicians make ever more complex satellites that are needed by our customers.
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My Typical Day: Mostly working online and on the phone to help support and manage my multinational team
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What I'd do with the money
I would use it to support Local Schools STEM activities
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My Interview