About

Max Simmonds is a driven and technically minded individual with a passion for electronics, robotics, and engineering. With over 9 years of relevant experience, Max has worked in a variety of different international industries, including customer-facing projects and research-driven projects. He is most happy when working on projects that have an aspect of them that is new to him, and he always enjoys a challenge. Currently, Max works as a Power Supplies Engineer at Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron science facility. As part of a team, he assists with the day-to-day challenges of operating high-performance magnet power supplies and helps develop the next generation of power supplies required for the Diamond-II upgrade project. His focus is on quality, reliability, and stability, which are essential for critical systems that operate the facility. Max's past experience includes working as an Electronics Engineer at Open Cosmos Ltd., where he designed, schematized, laid out, and tested complex PCBs for Electrical Power Subsystems. He also developed and tested potential new designs ranging from photovoltaic to battery management systems, to MPPTs, and more. Max worked as part of a fast-paced, agile team, developing cubesats to make space accessible. He also wrote test scripts for automated testing of subsystems, including stress testing, and wrote requirements, test procedures, board bring-up tests, and verification tests. Max's experience at Safran Electrical & Power as a Senior Electronic Specialist Engineer includes research and development of generator control units (GCUs) for more electric aircraft, from system requirements through to production. He led trade-offs for next-generation power supplies, comparing flyback, two-switch forward, and phase-shifted bridge converters. Max designed the power system architecture, analog circuit design, digital implementation of analog circuits, modeling, and simulation of designs. He also designed, schematized, and reviewed PCBs for exciter field drive to 140kVA generators and tested digital control units on real generators in test cells. Max has experience in all aspects of the V model, including capturing and writing hardware requirements. Max's tech stack includes test and research scientist. With his technical expertise, drive, and passion for innovation, Max is a valuable asset to any team.