Steve Hiscock
Mission Systems & Operability Approval Authority - Ships Acquisition at Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)
Kingswood, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSteve Hiscock is a mission systems and operability approval authority with 10+ years of defence and naval engineering experience, currently integrating OME and mission systems into new-build ships for UK defence procurement. A former Royal Navy Commander and long-serving weapons engineer, he blends operational leadership—having led weapon departments and explosive-safety authorities—with programme-level assurance and liaison across industry, regulator and international partners. He holds an MSc in Explosive Ordnance Engineering and has overseen safety and capability delivery for complex platforms including Type 23 frigates and the Queen Elizabeth class. Technically fluent in systems engineering and test automation, he has also contributed to open-source projects like Sphinx-Gallery and the Stone-Soup tracking framework, bringing practical software reliability improvements to scientific tooling. Known for translating high-risk technical requirements into auditable, deployable solutions, he thrives where operational urgency and regulatory rigour intersect.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2:2, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, 2:2 at Royal Naval Engineering College ManadonMaster of Science (MSc), Explosive Ordinance/Bomb Disposal, Pass, Master of Science (MSc), Explosive Ordinance/Bomb Disposal, Pass at Cranfield University
Github Skills (20)
unit-testing10
image-gallery10
restructuredtext10
software-design10
python10
sphinx10
rs10
photo-gallery10
documentation10
test-automation10
markdown9
abstraction9
markdown-it9
jupyter-notebook9
data-structures8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dstl/Stone-Soup
Jul 2017 - Jan 2023
A software project to provide the target tracking community with a framework for the development and testing of tracking algorithms.
Role in this project:
Back-end & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end & Test Automation EngineerContributions:15 releases, 499 reviews, 884 commits in 5 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Steve primarily focused on implementing foundational elements and refactoring the Stone Soup library, introducing base classes and interfaces for components such as detectors and data associators. They were instrumental in establishing the project's code structure, along with integrating testing for newly implemented code including the data types, and building out the testing environment for future development. This included the development of utility methods, implementing common algorithms, and refactoring existing code.
target-trackingtestingtesting-and-developmenttracking
sphinx-gallery/sphinx-gallery
Jun 2020 - Jul 2021
Sphinx extension for automatic generation of an example gallery
Role in this project:Backend Developer & Documentation Specialist
Backend Developer & Documentation SpecialistContributions:7 commits, 11 PRs, 20 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Steve primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and maintainability of the Sphinx-Gallery extension. They addressed issues related to rendering HTML on Read the Docs, ensuring platform-independent MD5 hash generation for consistent example caching, and supporting RST headings in the conversion to Markdown for Jupyter notebooks. Furthermore, the user added support for image links and data URIs within the generated notebooks and improved the documentation by replacing a Travis CI badge with an Azure badge, and correcting comment spelling.
pythonsphinx-extensionsphinxgalleryautomatic-generation
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