James Loveday
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolJames Loveday is a senior engineer and optical physicist with 14 years’ experience designing, building and testing photonics devices and high‑power laser systems. He combines front-to-back optical system design with hands-on PCB, firmware and software development, and has led R&D and maintenance of femtosecond and picosecond pulsed lasers. Based in Auckland, he progressed from technical customer-facing and operations roles into senior engineering at Southern Photonics, bringing practical product support and commercialization experience to complex lab-grade instrumentation. Holding a PhD in Physics and first-class honours in Physics and Applied Mathematics, he pairs deep theoretical knowledge with pragmatic engineering delivery. An avid cyclist and gamer off-hours, he also has university teaching and research experience that informs clear technical communication and mentoring.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - Physics at The University of Auckland
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Github Skills (35)
r-package9
statistics9
r-api8
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praw7
vector6
rcpp6
reddit6
ropensci6
combinations6
google-sheets6
gsub6
subset6
parsing6
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jmcurran/relSim
Mar 2015 - Aug 2023
Contributions:66 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 6 months
jmcurran/fitPS
Nov 2022 - Jun 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 85 pushes, 10 branches in 3 years 6 months
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