Robert Woodward
Principal Engineer, Senior Scientist & Team Lead at Toshiba Europe Ltd
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRobert Woodward is a principal engineer and team lead in Cambridge with nine years’ experience translating quantum optics research into practical quantum communication products. He combines deep experimental expertise in fibre and mid-infrared lasers, nonlinear optics and nanomaterials with software and automation skills to deliver end-to-end photonic systems. At Toshiba he leads fibre quantum communications and software teams, moving QKD and related technologies from lab demonstration toward network-ready solutions. His background includes fellowships and PhD work applying AI techniques to self-optimising lasers, reflecting a rare blend of hands-on laser engineering, numerical modelling (Python) and machine-intelligence approaches. Colleagues describe him as equally comfortable at the bench, in code, and steering cross-disciplinary teams to commercialise emerging photonic technologies.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BA MEng, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Distinction, BA MEng, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Distinction at University of CambridgePhD, Laser Science and Nonlinear Optics, PhD, Laser Science and Nonlinear Optics at Imperial College LondonWirral Grammar School for Boys
Github Skills (43)
stable9
data-wrangling9
python8
data-visualisation8
scipy-stack8
cookbook7
data-visualization7
jupyter-notebook7
cuda6
notebook6
parallel6
ecology6
sympy6
risk-assessment5
instrumentation5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
riwoodward/mqlab
Feb 2017 - Dec 2018
Instrumentation interfacing & control code for Macquarie University Mid-IR Fibre Lasers Group
Contributions:17 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 year 10 months
instrumentationfibremidmacquarie-universitylasers
riwoodward/boxstarter
Jan 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
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