Nigel then went on to working for leading appliance manufacturer Dyson, contributing to the development of various new products. Notable highlights during his tenure include:

DC12 - First Dyson Japanese Cylinder Vacuum Cleaner
Assisted with the final design stage, building and assembling rapid prototypes, working on modifications, and providing feedback to the design team for final tooling. Also, he aided with pre-production builds, user trials, and testing.

DC16 - First Handheld Vacuum
Played a key role in the design team, with specific responsibility for the motor bucket assembly. He collaborated closely with the computational fluid dynamics team to design the motor impeller and ducting, as well as with the electronics team to house the drive circuitry. Various prototypes, including multi-axis CNC, rapid prototyping, both SLS and blue stone SLA, were produced. The assembly was fully designed, validated, tooled, and put into production in record time.

Dyson Robot (Early versions of the 360 eye)
Participated in the development of various versions of the Dyson robot. Overseeing extreme life testing of mains electrical cable management/handling systems, he also conducted R&D work into new robot systems, resulting in a patent for a method of emptying a robot bin. He had responsibility for the motor bucket assembly and user interface controls on a later battery robot, which evolved into the 360 eye.

New Product Development
Contributed to the development of various home appliance concepts, including small domestic appliances for the kitchen.

In 2006, he joined Quantum Research Group, where he focused on integrating capacitive touch solutions into a diverse array of products, ranging from smartphones to industrial equipment.

He was part of the team that pioneered the integration of capacitive touch technology into the first smartphones for Samsung, LG, and Motorola. Over the years, he contributed to the development of hundreds of capacitive touch sensor designs for various tier 1 customers, including:

Acer | B&O | Casio | Dell | Electrolux | Epson | Foxconn | GE | Gigaset | HP | HTC | Huawei | Indesit | Lenovo | Lexmark | LG | Logitech | Meizu | Microsoft | Motorola | Nokia | Novero | Nvidia | Pure Digital | RIM | Samsung | Sharp | Siemens | Sirius | Sony | Tomtom

He engaged in R&D activities to explore new sensor pattern ideas, resulting in the acquisition of multiple patents. Additionally, he played a key role in the development and promotion of the QTouch range of buttons, sliders, and wheels.

He initiated the development of automation processes for touchscreen layout, creating the first parametric electrode layouts within Solidworks linked to Excel.

Furthermore, he was responsible for designing and manufacturing high-quality marketing demonstration units in both high and low volumes, collaborating closely with marketing and sales teams. Nigel worked with the in-house workshop team to produce new units (including machined, lasered, and injection-molded parts) and retrofit sensors into existing consumer products. His responsibilities included generating detailed assembly and part drawings and utilising in-house 3D printers for rapid part production. Additionally, he conducted product teardowns for competitor analysis.

In 2008, Atmel acquired Quantum Research Group, and Nigel continued to be part of the team that played a pivotal role in launching the 1st maXTouch chip and related touch solutions to the market in 2009. This chip, along with its subsequent derivatives, emerged as the top-selling touch device worldwide in the years to follow.

He persisted in advancing the automation capabilities for touch sensor design, developing VBA scripts within Excel to generate DXF geometry for electrodes, as well as within Corel Draw. A significant achievement in this endeavor was the full automation of outer traces/tracking entirely within Excel (an impressive xls!).

He engaged in ongoing R&D efforts to explore new sensor pattern ideas aimed at addressing challenges such as noise re-transmission, thinner stacks, and single layers.

Nigel also developed Python scripts to automate geometry and stack generation within Ansys Q3D for capacitance extraction simulation.

Continuing his commitment to creating high-quality marketing demonstrations and test equipment for application engineers, he developed automated test solutions.

In 2013, he took on the role of lead mechanical engineer for the development of Atmel’s maXStylus capacitive touchscreen stylus. This involved conceptual work, designing evaluation units, and providing direct customer support in Asia during production ramp-up, which included multiple trips to China and Taiwan.