To Whom It May Concern:

I'm currently looking for teaching, tutoring, science and engineering work both online and face-to-face. I have a varied employment history and have travelled around the world for both employment and general interest. Please take a look at my shortened CV/Resumé below and full CV/Resumé attached, and if you would like to employ me as a teacher, tutor, scientist and/or engineer please feel free to contact me via email and/or Skype. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind Regards,

Grant Oddoye

Email: goddoye@hotmail.com
Skype: grant.oddoye

-----------------

CV/Resumé for Grant Oddoye

PERSONAL DETAILS

Job Role: Electronic Hardware, Firmware and ICT Engineer
Previous Job Roles: Design Engineer, Science Teacher, Business English Teacher,
Administrator, Disc Jockey, Music Producer, Removal Man

Email: goddoye@hotmail.com
Skype: grant.oddoye
Full Clean Driving License: Yes
Nationality: British/UK

EDUCATION

2000 – 2004 Electrical and Information Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng)/

Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree with Honours (Hons.)

University of Cambridge, UK

First two years: Unified Engineering (Mechanics, Structures, Mathematical Methods,
Materials, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Software)

Third year modules: 3B1 Radio Frequency (RF) Circuits, 3B2 Integrated Digital Electronics,
3B3 Power Electronics, 3B5 Semiconductor Engineering, 3B6 Photonic Technology, 3E2
Marketing, 3F1 Signals and Systems, 3F4 Data Trasnsmission, 3F5 Computer and Network
Systems, 3F6 Software Engineering and Design.

Fourth year modules: 4B8 Electronic System Design, 4B10 Optoelectronic Technologies,
4B14 Solar Electronic Power, 4B15 Advanced Telecommunication Networks, 4E4 Management
of Technology, 4E7 Enterprise and Business Development, 4F5 Digital Communications, 4F12
Computer Vision and Robotics.

Third year projects: 1. Programming an ARM microprocessor using Verilog and ARM
Assembly Language, and 2. Programming a piece of circuit simulator software using C++ on
the university engineering department distributed UNIX / LINUX system.
Fourth year project: Programming a music conversion application called Vinyl Digitizer using
Python.

23/07/2015 – 19/09/2015 120-hour SeriousTEFL Diploma Course

SeriousTeachers

(www.seriousteachers.com/TEFL)

TEFL Modules covered: Teaching Grammar; Teaching Comprehension; Pronunciation &
Vocabulary; Teaching Techniques for Expressing Ideas; Teaching Idioms; Teaching Writing;
How To Find & Teach Your Own Students; Classroom Preparation & Teaching Tips; Business
English; Techniques for Teaching Children; Phonetics; Curriculum Development; Student
Assessment; Teaching Abroad

14/09/2015 – 18/09/2015 Controlling Sensors Efficiently with MCUs Course

Design News Continuing Education Centre (CEC)

(www.designnews.com)

Course Modules covered: Sensors in the IoT (Internet of Things); MCUs (Micro Controller
Units) as Sensor Controllers; Example MCU-based Sensor Designs; More Example Designs;
Future Trends

28/09/2015 – 05/10/2015 PIPE02x: Introduction to Running Pipe in Oil and

Gas Wells Course

Tenaris University through edX

(www.edx.org)

Course Modules covered: Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) Services Overview; Why Pipe
Matters; OCTG Products Introduction; Pre-Running Operations; Running Accessories; Running
Equipment; Alignment; Use of Thread Compound; Make-Up Analysis; Make-up Example;
Assembly sequence

30/09/2015 – 19/10/2015 ANA101x: Human Anatomy Course

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University through edX

(www.edx.org)

Course Modules covered: Body systems and important organs; Anatomical orientation and
skeletal system; The muscular system; The nervous system and special senses;
Cardiovascular and pulmonary system; Strokes

1992 – 1999 Merchiston Castle School, UK

Grades obtained:

STEP papers: Physics: 1, Maths (paper II): 2

A-levels: Maths: A, Further Maths: A, Physics: A, Chemistry: A

A/S-level: Electronics: A

GCSEs: 4 A*’s and 6 A’s

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Electronic Hardware, Firmware and ICT Engineer, Edugear Ltd, Edinburgh, UK
18/06/2013 – Now
This role involves the research and development of new engineering and science kits that
cover the industries of renewable energy, audio visual and medical technologies.

CIE Physics Teacher, Nanhai International Education Center, Foshan, China
07/02/2013 – 17/06/2013
This role involved preparing and conducting CIE Physics lessons for high school students at
A/S and Pre-A/S Levels (3 A/S classes and 2 Pre-A/S classes with approximately 25 students
in each class).

Electronic Hardware, ICT and Software Engineer, Edugear Ltd, Edinburgh, UK
25/11/2011 – 06/02/2013
This role involved designing digital, analogue and mixed-signal electronics kits that utilize
assembly language and embedded C within microcontrollers for digital functionality and
discrete components for analogue functionality. It also involved developing experimental
science applications using Python, C/C++, XML, XHTML and 2D/3D CAD modelling tools. Both
the applications and kits were geared towards high school and university students, as well as
hobbyists.

ICT and Maths/Physics Teacher, NIIT and Lincoln Community School, Accra, Ghana
22/09/2011 – 24/11/2011
These roles involved preparing and conducting Human Computer Interface (HCI) and
Structured Systems Analysis and Design (SSAD) classes for NIIT, and conducting various
Maths and Physics classes for Lincoln Community School.

Science/English Teacher, LinguaTutor, Berlitz and British Education, Shanghai, China
02/06/2011 – 03/08/2011
These roles involved preparing and conducting various different science and English lessons
for a wide variety of students and business people.

Electronic Hardware and Software Development, Edinburgh, UK
01/08/2010 – 01/06/2011
During this time I developed some of my own electronics and software projects with a view to
taking them to market in the future.

CIE Physics/IELTS/Oral English Teacher, Shanghai Guanghua College, Shanghai, China
01/08/2009 – 31/07/2010
This role involved preparing and conducting CIE Physics, Oral English and IELTS English
lessons for high school students.

GAC ICT/Science/English Teacher, Suzhou Foreign Language School, Suzhou, China
02/02/2009 – 30/06/2009
This role involved preparing and conducting ICT, Science and English lessons for primary,
junior and high school students.

Renewable Energy Engineering Student, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
01/09/2008 – 01/02/2009
During this time I studied the following modules that are part of an MSc (REFLEX course):
Resources, Generation and Energy Conversion, Grid Systems, Electrical Generation Systems,
Wind and Hydro Energy Technology, Mechanical Power Transmission, Marine and Offshore
Devices, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, Marine and Offshore Structures and Systems,
Biomass and Waste Technology, Policy, Politics & Ethics, Energy Management.

Business English Teacher, Education First and Nova, Shanghai, China and Tokyo, Japan
17/09/2007 – 18/08/2008
This role involved preparing and conducting English language lessons for a wide variety of
students and business people.

Conference Technician, Brähler ICS, Edinburgh, UK
02/05/2006 – 17/11/2006
This role involved installing and operating equipment for company conferences such as
microphones, PAs, Simultaneous Interpretation booths, infrared transmitters, radio transceivers
and computer operated voting systems. I also maintained and repaired the equipment when
necessary. There was a substantial element of client-facing within this job both whilst running
an event and also whilst preparing quotes for customers and liaising with them on the
telephone.

Prototype Development Engineer, Macbeth Studio Systems, Edinburgh, UK
24/09/2005 – 09/03/2006
This role involved designing, building and testing circuit boards for electronic music
synthesizers via CAD based PCB design tools, prototyping and fabrication software, and
various bench testing equipment and techniques to include custom PCB prototyping, Cathode
Ray Oscilloscope signal analysis, Multimeter circuit profiling and Logic Probe circuit inspection.

Office Messenger, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, UK
04/07/2005 – 18/08/2005
This role involved collecting, sorting and distributing mail and other items within the Scottish
Executive building. It also involved liaising with various couriers and mail men, and with other
members of staff.

Software Test Engineer, Cisco, Edinburgh, UK
11/04/2005 – 16/06/2005
This role involved writing and maintaining test scripts that are written in TCL. These test scripts
are used to run regressions on various server side software images on various routers in a lab.
These lab routers are configured to emulate real world networks. Cross-platform development
was a major part of this position as Unix/Linux and Windows were used extensively. Bash shell
scripting was used to run the regressions and to make/build the various components of the
programs. Extracting and sending data to the various Cisco routers in the lab was an integral
part of the job and as such firmware programming techniques were used as well as pure
software techniques. In depth analysis of IP packet data structures and byte code was also a
significant part of the role. An international defect tracking system was used within the
company on a daily basis and code reviews and meetings were also carried out frequently.

Administrator, British Telecom, Edinburgh, UK
14/02/2005 – 06/04/2005
This role involved phone line and network administration.

Customer Services Advisor, Scottish Widows, Edinburgh, UK
29/06/2004 – 17/08/2004
This role involved insurance policy administration.

Computer Programmer, RFX Ltd, Livingston, UK
01/06/2001 – 31/08/2001
This role involved designing, writing and testing various elements of software that were used to
measure the frequency of crystal oscillators and control the various test instruments associated
with them. The software was written in C/C++ and used the LabWindows/CVI development
platform that was configured to interact with various National Instrument (NI) test equipment via
a customized RS232 transfer protocol. The crystal oscillators to be tested were to be set to
military specifications and therefore were placed in a test oven and heated to various different
temperatures and the resultant frequencies of their oscillation were logged via an NI frequency
tester and a graph plotted via my software on the LabWindows/CVI platform.

Administrator, NHS, Edinburgh, UK
11/1999 – 07/2000
This role involved prescription prepayment administration.

ELECTRONIC SKILLS

• Schematic and PCB layout design using Eagle 7.4.0 and ExpressSCH/PCB, including
Gerber file production and analysis.
• Test instrumentation system design using LabView and LabWindows/CVI.
• Embedded C, Verilog and VHDL firmware system design.
• Circuit design using ARM cortex microcontroller units (MCUs) such as the STM32, and
other MCUs such as the PIC16.
• Hardware knowledge incorporating both analogue and digital components and signals i.e.
Mixed Signal Analysis Design.
• ADC/DAC development using C/C++, Velleman boards (such as the K8055), MPLAB IDE
and PICkit2.
• Commercial experience of Soldering, Surface Mount Technology (SMT) / Surface Mount
Devices (SMD), Fault Finding to Component Level, Oscilloscope use, Test Bench analysis
and Digital Multimeter/Logic Probe use.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Proprietary and Open Source application development using C/C++, Python, ARM and PIC

Assembly Language, Tcl/Tk/Qt and XML/XHTML/HTML.
• Advanced use of COMSOL Multiphysics, LabView/LabWindows CVI, C#, MySQL Server,

ASP .NET, Perl, PHP, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic / VB .NET and Matlab/Simulink.
• Advanced use of LibreOffice and Microsoft Office.
• MySQL Server and Microsoft Access use for Database Management System Design.
• Cross-platform development using Linux Mint, Ubuntu and Windows Operating Systems.
• 2D/3D CAD model development using COMSOL Multiphysics, Google SketchUp 8 and

2014 Make, EagleUp 4.4, Blender and BRL-CAD.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Native English speaker (CEFR Level C2) and Conversational in German (CEFR Level B2)

- achieved a Merit in Intermediate II German at Cambridge University, UK.
• Intermediate French (CEFR Level B1), Swedish (CEFR Level B1), Danish (CEFR Level

B1), Dutch (CEFR Level B1), Italian (CEFR Level B1), Spanish (CEFR Level B1),

Mandarin Chinese (CEFR Level B2) and Japanese (CEFR Level A2).

INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES

• Composing and performing songs using digital and analogue hardware music synthesizers,

workstations, hard disk recorders, microphones, electronic and acoustic drum kits, electric

guitars and bass guitars.
• Writing and producing songs using various software packages.
• Filming and editing video footage.
• Digital and 35mm film SLR photography.
• Fitness training, long-distance walking, football, basketball.
• Reading publications and journals regarding engineering {biomedical e.g. emdt, qmed;

electrical/electronic/software; semiconductor; HVAC and renewable technology e.g. Energy

in Buildings & Industry and Energy @ Home}, science {environmental; astrophysics e.g.

New Scientist and Scientific American}.
• Attending international engineering and medical science conferences, such as Medtech,

Electronics Design Show, Sustainability Live, Ecobuild and MACH.

-----------------