{"id":31,"date":"2026-06-26T13:10:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkgray-barracuda-451348.hostingersite.com\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:37:17","slug":"novatech-measurements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paddyoneone.com\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"Novatech Measurements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My engineering career began at <strong>Novatech Measurements<\/strong> shortly after leaving <strong>Hastings College<\/strong> at the age of eighteen. This was my first professional engineering role and provided a solid foundation in precision measurement, quality assurance, and electronic instrumentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During my first three years with the company, I was responsible for the calibration, testing, and quality verification of Novatech&#8217;s range of <strong>strain gauge-based force transducers and load cells<\/strong>. Working with high-precision measurement equipment, I developed a thorough understanding of sensor technology, calibration techniques, quality standards, and the importance of accuracy in engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As my experience grew, I progressed into the Electronics Department, where I became involved in the design, construction, and maintenance of bespoke in-house test equipment used to support manufacturing and product development. I also began developing software using <strong>BBC BASIC<\/strong> on the <strong>BBC Micro<\/strong>, creating applications to automate testing, improve efficiency, and support engineering activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This role marked the beginning of my passion for electronics design, software development, and automated test systems\u2014skills that have remained central to my engineering career for nearly four decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My engineering career began at Novatech Measurements shortly after leaving Hastings College at the age of eighteen. This was my first professional engineering role and provided a solid foundation in precision measurement, quality assurance, and electronic instrumentation. During my first three years with the company, I was responsible for the calibration, testing, and quality verification [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyoneone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyoneone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyoneone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyoneone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyoneone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paddyoneone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60,"href":"https:\/\/paddyoneone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyoneone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}