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Ryadh Abdullah Zakaria, Lead Optical Research & Development Engineer

Ryadh Abdullah Zakaria

Lead Optical Research & Development Engineer·IMA Ltd

United Kingdom

Doctorate, research

Work experience

Total years of experience: 11 years, 2 months

Lead Optical Research & Development Engineer

January 2015 - February 2018

IMA Ltd

London, United Kingdom

January 2015 - February 2018

I am responsible for the optical design, simulation, instrument development and testing high value optical instrumentation solutions for the oil and gas industry. My duties includes research and optical instrument development in spectrometer and visual imaging, optical system design, machine vision system design for autonomous natural gas pipeline monitoring.
I participate in advising on future technology development needs, emerging technologies, funding applications, scientific software development, CE, ATEX and laser safety certifications and training and mentoring junior engineers.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Engineering

Optical Development Engineer

January 2014 - January 2015

Fotech Solutions Ltd

United Kingdom

January 2014 - January 2015

Optical Development Engineer, Fotech Solutions Ltd,
Unit 1 Blue Prior Business Park, Church Crookham, Hampshire, UK GU52 0RJ (2014-)
Research and Development in Fibre Optic Distributed Acoustic Sensor (DAS)

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Consulting

Optical Engineering

January 2012 - July 2014

Fianium Ltd

Bristol, United Kingdom

January 2012 - July 2014

Research and development of ultra-fast fibre laser for biomedical applications. Building and testing optical fibre Master Oscillator Power Amplifier (MOPA), building supercontinuum (SC) laser utilising MOPA and specialised custom photonic crystal fibre. Design of experiment (DoE) based test process, to batch test SC lasers for accelerated life testing, and failure mode analysis.
Developed automated test hardware and software using LabView, python and also developed custom data analysis software to process large volume data using Python.
My work has helped Fianium in making number of changes in their SC laser product in order to improve performance and longevity.

Company industry:
Aerospace
Job role:
Research and Development

Optical Development Engineer

January 2010 - December 2011

Silixa Ltd

United Kingdom

January 2010 - December 2011

Optical Development Engineer, Silixa Ltd,
230 Centennial Ave, Elstree, Hertfordshire, UK WD6 3SN (2010 - 2011)
Research and Development in Fibre Optic Distributed Temperature Sensor (DTS)

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Other

Optical Development and Test Engineer

January 2009 - January 2010

Oxsensis Ltd

United Kingdom

January 2009 - January 2010

Optical Development and Test Engineer, Oxsensis Ltd,
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK
OX11 0QX (2009 - 2010)
Development Engineer for Automated Test and Measurement

Job role:
Other

Telecommunication Engineer

January 2001 - December 2002

MottMacDonald Ltd

United Kingdom

January 2001 - December 2002

Telecommunication Engineer, MottMacDonald Ltd,
8 - 10 Sydenham Road, Croydon, UK CR0 2EE (2001 - 2002)
Junior Project Engineer (Telecommunication)

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Engineering

Education

Cranfield University

January 2011

January 2011

Doctorate, research

United Kingdom

City University, School of Engineering

January 2005

January 2005

Master's degree, Information Engineering

United Kingdom

City University, School of Engineering

January 2005

January 2005

Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronic engineering

United Kingdom

Skills

Fiber Optics
Expert
Fiber Optics
Expert
Electronics
Expert
Electronics
Expert
Python
Expert
Python
Expert
Electromagnetics
Expert
Electromagnetics
Expert
MATLAB
Expert
MATLAB
Expert
ENGINEER
ENGINEER
LASER
Expert
LASER
Expert
OPTICAL
Expert
OPTICAL
Expert
PROJECT ENGINEER
Expert
PROJECT ENGINEER
Expert
SENSOR
Expert
SENSOR
Expert
TELECOMMUNICATION
Expert
TELECOMMUNICATION
Expert
TEST ENGINEER
Intermediate
TEST ENGINEER
Intermediate
MATLAB
Expert
MATLAB
Expert
Electromagnetics
Expert
Electromagnetics
Expert
Python
Expert
Python
Expert
Electronics
Expert
Electronics
Expert
Fiber Optics
Expert
Fiber Optics
Expert

Memberships

Institute of Physics UK

Associated

June 2008

Recommendations

Vincent Handerek

Oct 2014

Oct 2014

Director of ResearchColleague

I have enjoyed working with Ryadh since he joined Fotech in late 2013. Ryadh always works hard to meet the responsibilities of his job as an optical development engineer in distributed optical fibre sensing, including performing laboratory research on novel fibre optic systems, producing reports on his results and proposing ideas for solving problems. Ryadh uses his practical and computer skills to good effect to deliver the required information on time and he works collaboratively to understand technical issues that appear in the work. I have found Ryadh to be very receptive to advice and willing to accept suggestions and guidance while also developing his own ideas. I have found that his manner is straightforward and he is honest and direct in his dealings with myself and his other colleagues. He thinks independently and uses external sources of information on his own initiative to inform and guide his work. I would be very sorry to lose Ryadh's help and support if he were to be attracted to work elsewhere.

Hobbies

  • Home build solar power and aquaponics
    To gain independence and self sufficiency in food and energy at a personal level.