Jim Patterson
Principal Consultant at PA Consulting
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Patterson is a Principal Consultant and electronic engineer with over 20 years of experience delivering hardware and software solutions for consumer products, medical devices, and biotech applications. Based in Cambridge, he combines deep expertise in instrumentation and control systems with a PhD in pervasive sensing from Imperial College London, enabling him to bridge research-grade sensing with practical product engineering. He has held senior leadership roles—Head of Electronics and Senior Staff Engineer—at Evonetix and contributed to advanced surgical and mechatronic systems at CMR Surgical and Cambridge Mechatronics. Known for building teams, scaling capabilities, and establishing development processes, he excels at turning complex regulatory and technical requirements into manufacturable products. Equally comfortable on the bench or running projects, he brings a rare mix of hands-on circuit and embedded software skills plus strategic delivery experience in biotech applications.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Pervasive Sensing, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Pervasive Sensing at Imperial College London
Github Skills (12)
asciidoctor5
docker-image3
kicad3
docker3
hardware2
toolchain2
raspberry-pi-pico2
asciidoc2
rp20402
raspberry2
3d-printer1
raspberry-pi1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jimurai/lwdf
Jan 2012 - Jan 2014
Contributions:4 commits in 2 years
jimurai/cv
Jun 2013 - Nov 2022
Curriculum Vitae
Contributions:29 commits, 4 PRs, 33 pushes in 9 years 6 months
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