Gilmour spent the early years of his career with GEC Marconi, initially as a graduate engineer in the Radar Systems Department and subsequently as a development engineer, which involved him in the design of products as diverse as filters, couplers, VHF/UHF PCBs, D/A waveform generation circuitry and low-noise reference sources.
He then moved to Channel Master (formerly Cambridge Industries), where he was responsible for all aspects of the design and testing of a new dual low-noise block for use in home satellite TV systems.
Link Microtek’s managing director, Steve Cranstone, was upbeat about the appointment: “David’s addition is exciting for the company as it will enable us to tackle more integrated assembly work. We are looking forward to an interesting 2008 in this regard.”