Work Experience
Paddington Robotics — Mechanical Engineer
Drivetrain and suspension design for mobile robots, plus jigs, fixtures and cable harnesses.
Full-timeRoboticsMechanical Design
Since August 2026 I've been a mechanical engineer at Paddington Robotics, a London startup building mobile robots. It's a small team, so I own mechanical problems end to end: from a fault seen in the field, through the analysis, to the hardware on the bench.
Drivetrain and suspension redesign
I diagnosed the problems with the current design, then turned them into requirements for redesigning the robot's drivetrain and suspension. I traded 11 different architectures against mobility and structural requirements in my own trade study. The chosen layout family went on into detailed design.
Suspension pivot sizing
I sized the suspension pivot bearings and structure from first-principles hand calculations:
- step-impact loads
- rocker and pivot bearing loads
- tipping and wheel lift
- bearing static safety factors
Hardware
- Designed and built jigs and fixtures.
- Iterated 3D printed parts.
- Built the robots' cable harnesses.
- Wrote the assembly instructions.