Gerhard Swart
SKA MID Telescope Engineer at Club of Engineers
Congleton, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGerhard Swart is a telescope and systems engineer with over nine years at the SKA Observatory, driving technical coordination and delivery for the MID-frequency telescope within a multinational team. He combines deep electronics and systems experience—rooted in a B.Eng. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering—with decades of engineering leadership across defense, astronomy, energy storage and automation. As SKA MID Telescope Engineer he focuses on design coordination, technical review and establishing robust engineering practices to turn complex scientific requirements into constructible solutions. He founded a battery-energy startup and has served as CTO and consultant, demonstrating an uncommon blend of hands-on product development and program-level engineering management. Gerhard’s early work on the Southern African Large Telescope and a certificate in astronomy reflect a long-standing commitment to radio- and optical-astronomy infrastructure. Based in Congleton, UK, he also contributes to engineering communities as an advisory member of the Club of Engineers and maintains a research presence via publications.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Astronomy, Certificate, Astronomy at University of Central LancashireUniversity of Pretoria
Github Skills (9)
integrate7
music6
player6
api5
google-play5
desktop3
electron3
cross-platform2
windows2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
knowspick/Auto-PowerShell
Oct 2020 - Aug 2021
PowerShell scripts to automate life and stuff
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 10 months
scriptpowershellpowershell-scriptsautomationlife
Danae26/Pickles
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:1 push, 2 branches in 1 day
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