About

Ben Sloan.

MEng Computer Engineering graduate of Queen's University Belfast, engineer, and technical founder. I build real systems from PCB and firmware through to deployed software.

I'm an MEng Computer Engineering graduate of Queen's University Belfast with several years of hands-on experience designing and delivering systems across hardware and software. My work spans embedded systems, PCB design, firmware, full-stack applications, and the integration work that turns prototypes into deployed products.

At Analog Devices, I worked on PCB redesign, sensor systems, and software for demo platforms, alongside calibration and testing work to improve system performance. That experience sharpened the same habits I bring to client work: measure carefully, debug at the right layer, and make the whole system behave under real conditions.

I founded Equilyze, a smart numnah for equestrian sport, and led the product end-to-end: custom PCB sensor system, BLE firmware, Flutter app, manufacturing decisions, commercial work, and delivery. We raised funding and won industry recognition while moving from concept to working product.

I also have direct ties to Whitewater Brewing, where I built production monitoring around live process data for a working brewery. It is the kind of project I care about most: practical engineering, deployed into the place where the work actually happens.

I work solo on tightly scoped builds, embedded with small teams that need a senior engineer who can move across disciplines, or as a technical lead owning the architecture end-to-end.

Outside of work: hardware tinkering, building local compute, and an unreasonable amount of time spent on things that probably could have been bought.

Education & Experience

Hardware, software, and real deployment context.

The through-line is practical system delivery: university engineering, industry hardware work, founder-led product development, and production software for working facilities.

MEng Computer Engineering

Queen's University Belfast

Engineering foundation across hardware, embedded systems, software, and system design, reinforced by practical builds outside the course.

Engineering placement

Analog Devices

Worked on PCB redesign, sensor systems, demo-platform software, calibration, and testing to improve measurement performance and reliability.

Founder

Equilyze

Led end-to-end product development across electronics, firmware, mobile software, manufacturing, commercial work, and product delivery.

Production monitoring

Whitewater Brewing

Built and deployed monitoring software around live production data, linking engineering decisions to the needs of a working facility.