
Eric Jonston
Computer Engineer
Building hardware and software that work together
Computer engineer with eight years designing and building computing systems for a technology company in Manchester. Works across hardware and software — designing systems, writing firmware and drivers, integrating components, and making sure the whole stack performs reliably. Designed an embedded system that improved performance and reliability for a key product. Designs and tests computing systems, develops firmware and low-level software, integrates hardware and software, debugs across the stack, and works to engineering standards. Strong on both the hardware understanding and the software skill computer engineering demands. Analytical, methodical and a strong problem-solver. Looking for a computer-engineer or embedded-systems role with a company building serious computing products.
Manchester Technology Company - Manchester, UK
Computer Engineer April 2015 to Present 11 years & 4 months
Designed an embedded system that improved performance and reliability for a key product over its previous generation.
Write firmware, drivers and low-level software for the systems I build, tuning each layer carefully for speed and stability.
Integrate hardware and software and debug across the whole technology stack, tracing faults from circuit board up to application code.
Test systems thoroughly and resolve performance and reliability issues before release, catching defects early through structured validation cycles.
Work to engineering standards and keep full documentation across every project so designs stay maintainable and easy to hand over.
North West Electronics - Manchester, UK
Systems / Embedded Engineer August 2013 to March 2015 1 year & 8 months
Wrote and tested firmware and integrated components across several projects, verifying each build against the hardware on the bench.
Learned embedded systems, drivers and integration on the job over years, taking on more complex design work with each project.
Gained the embedded-systems certification while delivering real hardware and progressed steadily into a full computer-engineer role.
University of Manchester
MEng in Computer Engineering (September 2009 to June 2013)
IEEE / Industry Training
Embedded Systems & Firmware Certification (January 2015 to June 2015)
Better-performing system
Across the whole stack
Embedded System Design
Computer Engineer (January 2019 to December 2019)
Embedded Systems & Firmware
IEEE / Industry Training (June 2015 to Present)
- Systems Design
- Embedded Systems
- Firmware Development
- C / C++
- Hardware Integration
- Drivers
- Debugging
- Testing
- Microcontrollers
- Performance Optimisation