About Teptronic
Teptronic Ltd, Gary Fennell the man behind the business.
One of the most pivotal and challenging periods in my engineering career was spent working with a very low volume sports car manufacture as they were transitioning from the old, fully craftsperson build vehicle construction, to a higher volume more assembly based process. I designed a full vehicle EDS system and physically laid up harnesses on peg boards in the leaky attic space of a pre-war building. A truly once in a lifetime experience and a privilege to work briefly in a begone age before it was transformed into the slick ' just in time' manufacturing process used today.
Over the following 30 years my career in automotive electrical engineering has take me overseas, to major OEM's, and to smaller niche engineering consultants. I have worked in numerous electrical roles from EDS engineer, resident engineer in classis systems, engine management and audio as well as customer facing roles and system engineering.
Now, I find myself with an interesting and fairly niche skill set where I can design systems from a requirement spec, source the components which not only meet requirements but are also sympathetic to the needs of a wiring harness that will interface with them. I can design and define the system, draw circuits and schematics, work with CAD engineers to package and extract physical harness data, design the harnesses and also interface technically with harnesses manufactures to iron out manufacturing and production issues.
Engineering has always been about adaptation and change. Traditionally the focus was on the technology but the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 taught us that the office doesn't have to be the centre of engineering, and it fact quiet undisturbed spaces are often the best places for getting things done. With modern business tools the quick collaborative process of the office can be combined with the quiet away from office time.
Over the following 30 years my career in automotive electrical engineering has take me overseas, to major OEM's, and to smaller niche engineering consultants. I have worked in numerous electrical roles from EDS engineer, resident engineer in classis systems, engine management and audio as well as customer facing roles and system engineering.
Now, I find myself with an interesting and fairly niche skill set where I can design systems from a requirement spec, source the components which not only meet requirements but are also sympathetic to the needs of a wiring harness that will interface with them. I can design and define the system, draw circuits and schematics, work with CAD engineers to package and extract physical harness data, design the harnesses and also interface technically with harnesses manufactures to iron out manufacturing and production issues.
Engineering has always been about adaptation and change. Traditionally the focus was on the technology but the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 taught us that the office doesn't have to be the centre of engineering, and it fact quiet undisturbed spaces are often the best places for getting things done. With modern business tools the quick collaborative process of the office can be combined with the quiet away from office time.