Chris Waters
Networks Technical Authority at Siemens
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChris Waters is a Networks Technical Authority at Siemens Mobility with 11+ years specialising in designing and delivering safe, secure IP networks for mainline railway signalling, operational telecoms, SCADA and traffic management systems. He blends deep academic rigour—a PhD in Communications focused on interference alignment and neighbour discovery in distributed wireless systems—with practical delivery experience from project engineering to technical authority roles. Based in Bristol, he leads network architecture, standards and automation initiatives (security, automated design tools and configuration management) to enable repeatable, auditable deployments across the rail portfolio. An experienced organiser and advocate for early-career engineers, he led European Young Engineers as Secretary General, helping formalise the organisation and expand its pan-European reach. Notably, he combines hands-on signalling communications expertise with system-level thinking that balances safety, security and operational maintainability.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Telecommunications Technology, Distinction, MSc, Telecommunications Technology, Distinction at Aston UniversityBEng(Hons), Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2.i, BEng(Hons), Electronic & Electrical Engineering, 2.i at University of StrathclydeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Communications, Pass, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Communications, Pass at University of Bristol
English, German, FrenchGithub contributions (3)
adcread/alignment
Nov 2014 - Jan 2016
Contributions:17 commits, 43 pushes in 1 year 2 months
adcread/neighbourDiscovery
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:1 commit, 11 pushes, 4 branches in 1 day
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