Ian Stedman
Principal Hardware Engineer at BAE Systems
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Stedman is a Principal Hardware Engineer based in London with nine years of focused experience designing, integrating, and certifying complex avionics and maritime computing systems at BAE Systems. He has led full lifecycle projects from blank-sheet GPU-based display systems to obsolescence updates, COTS integration for naval platforms, precision power electronics and brushless DC motor control, often delivering rapid, flight-proven solutions under tight schedules. Known as a pragmatic troubleshooter, he bridges hardware, firmware, manufacturing and mechanical teams to resolve EMC, signal integrity and certification challenges. Ian combines deep hands-on knowledge of PowerPC, PCI/PCIe, VME, FPGA and analog video with a mentor’s mindset, having coached junior engineers across more than 30 projects. Outside work he describes himself as an experimenter, reflecting a continual curiosity that fuels practical innovation in high-reliability systems.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Electronic Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Electronic Engineering at the University of GreenwichBTEC National Diploma Electronic Engineering, BTEC National Diploma Electronic Engineering at Bromley College
French
Github Skills (3)
zx-spectrum9
amiga9
vga5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
istedman/A600Reborn
Aug 2019 - Dec 2021
Contributions:59 commits, 58 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
istedman/Floppy_adaptor
May 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:10 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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