David Allsopp
Research Team Leader, Senior Software Engineer at QinetiQ
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDavid Allsopp is a research team leader and senior software engineer with over a decade of experience delivering test and evaluation for secure hardware devices and developing discrete event simulators. Based at QinetiQ in the UK since 1999, he blends hands-on engineering with research leadership to translate complex security and systems requirements into verifiable, testable solutions. His academic background—BA (First Class) and a PhD in Tribology from the University of Cambridge—reflects a strong foundation in rigorous experimental methods and modeling. He is comfortable operating at the intersection of hardware, simulation, and software, driving practical outcomes in high-assurance contexts. Colleagues rely on him for methodical problem solving and for turning nuanced physical and security constraints into repeatable engineering processes. An understated strength is his long-term continuity in a single research organization, which gives him deep institutional knowledge and ownership of evolving test regimes.
13 years of coding experience
BA, Natural Sciences, First Class, BA, Natural Sciences, First Class at University of Cambridge, St John's CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Tribology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Tribology at University of Cambridge
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Github Skills (19)
shapeless8
functional-programming7
ios7
android7
scala6
postgresql6
python3
katacoda3
testing2
twitter2
apache-spark2
snmp2
avro2
cross-browser2
tar1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
davidallsopp/geohash-scala
Jul 2014 - Jan 2016
Contributions:6 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 5 months
davidallsopp/DrawEd
Feb 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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