Stuart Alexander

Capgemini Engineering

High-Integrity Software Unit

Software & Systems Engineering Lead

• Member of the senior management team of the High-Integrity Software Unit (former Altran-Praxis business). Contributed to technical leadership, business development and client engagement.
• Assessed IEC 61508 compliance of a SIL 3 defence platform across systems, hardware and software. Recorded the findings in a DOORS compliance matrix and formal report, and tracked evidence gaps.
• Developed a risk-based assessment methodology for complex pre-existing COTS hardware in high-integrity embedded platforms. Performed assurance evaluations and issued a report to the client as part of the overall safety argument.
• Led the successful technical and commercial proposal for a Rolls-Royce engine-monitoring software programme worth approximately £0.5m. Provided Engineering Executive oversight during delivery.

Lorillion Limited

Coventry

Programme Chief Engineer / Acting Engineering Director

• Led technical governance and architecture across software, electrical, systems and safety engineering. Managed engineering changes, supplier evaluations and customer priorities.
• Led megawatt-scale modular charging development for an Artemis Technologies electric ferry. Turned customer needs into agreed requirements and a physical architecture.
• Directed marine battery functional safety and software validation. Defined the scope of hazard and failure analysis and a compliance path against IEC 62619 and IEC 61508.
• Served as Acting Engineering Director for six months. Recruited staff and established engineering processes, tools and ways of working.
• Created and introduced hazardous-voltage working policies with a specialist safety provider. Organised risk assessment, team authorisation and training.

TAE Power Solutions Limited

Solihull

Chief Engineer – Control Systems

• Led a 16-person UK and Czech team responsible for control system and software development for a distributed battery and power-electronics platform. Its cascaded H-bridge design combined inverter, DC-DC and high-power charging functions.
• Resolved control-architecture choices, including the split between local and central controllers. Clarified the DC charging strategy.
• Introduced architecture decision records and engineering workflows using Jira, Bitbucket and Confluence.

Changan UK R&D Centre Limited

Solihull

• Head of Powertrain Software Department 2021–2023
• Lead Engineer – Transmission Control Leader 2018–2021
• Lead Engineer – Control Systems Team Leader 2016–2018
• Principal Engineer – Control Systems Team Leader 2013–2016

Engineering leadership

• Led 22 staff across controls, software and verification. Managed recruitment, budgets and delivery plans with UK teams, suppliers and senior management in China.
• Rebuilt a struggling software-supplier relationship and maintained major delivery milestones. Clarified deliverables, brought MIL/HIL testing in-house and set expectations for code quality, documentation and defect tracking.
• Introduced Polarion and GitLab for requirements, version control and CI/CD. Improved onboarding and introduced systems engineering methods under Automotive SPICE.

Selected technical achievements

• Delivered control software for the 7-speed DCT and iDD P2 plug-in hybrid DCT into volume production. The software covered transmission control, hybrid supervisory control and energy management.
• Developed a clutch-temperature observer using instrumented transmission data. This supported removal of an oil-temperature sensor, with estimated savings of approximately £3m annually.
• Adapted a competitor transmission to run the Changan controller. This enabled early integration and comparative testing, with an estimated six-month schedule benefit.
• Developed a bilingual Python tool that cut transmission setup and calibration from one–two days to under 30 minutes. It became the specification basis for the factory end-of-line configuration tool.
• Characterised hydraulic-valve behaviour from −30°C to 110°C. Introduced dither control that improved response by an order of magnitude.
• Led the ASIL C architecture for Changan’s first internally delivered ISO 26262 project. Reviewed and approved the HARA and safety concept, including independent monitoring and hardware supervision.
• Oversaw ECU integration and verification on HIL and powertrain rigs. Established and revised hazardous-voltage safe systems of work, risk assessments and team authorisation.

Circadian Solar Limited

Coventry

• Programme Director 2011–2013
• Senior Controls Engineer 2009–2011

• Led a 12-person team developing concentrating photovoltaic systems. Improved controls, reliability, cost and manufacturing processes.
• Used field tests to identify solar-cell placement tolerances as a cause of lost efficiency. The findings supported an increase in module efficiency from 20% to 23%.
• Delivered a £2m automated pilot facility with capacity for approximately 12,000 modules per year. Led specification, supplier selection and procurement through commissioning, operator training and handover.
• Worked with suppliers and contract manufacturers on requirements, mechatronic controls and validation. Supported company strategy, budgets and investor presentations.

Ricardo UK Limited

Control & Electronics, Leamington Spa

Senior Project Engineer / Project Engineer / Development Engineer

• Developed and integrated controls for Land Rover’s micro-hybrid Belt-ISG programme from concept to production. The work included stop-start control and regenerative-braking integration.
• Developed real-time engine models and bespoke HIL tools to validate Ford diesel and Jaguar petrol engine controllers.
• Led control-strategy development for a Nissan Trucks diesel-hybrid delivery vehicle. Other assignments included a safety-critical steer-by-wire demonstrator.
• Delivered client-facing engineering work, coordinated suppliers and resolved technical issues. Contributed technical scope and cost estimates to consultancy proposals.