Jan Law has been in the audio console business for almost 35 years. She started her career at Calrec in 1986 soldering through-hole components and has spent the last 19 years working collaboratively with multiple R&D teams to productise conceptual and prototype broadcast equipment as it develops through the New Product Introduction process.

Jan has shaped Calrec’s production methods and product design for almost 20 years, throughout our industry’s seismic shift from analogue to digital production, and has helped manage the change in pace from through-hole construction through to surface mount PCB development.

Her level of expertise, resourcefulness and logical approach to the physical practicalities of hardware construction is the bridge between the conceptual design process and the robust, practical hardware which finds its way to market.

As Calrec’s Senior Product Technician, Jan has achieved remarkable growth and works directly with the Hardware Manager and the Mechanical Design team to identify, develop and fix practical issues with prototypes to help shape the physical design at every stage of the prototype process.

Mark Wayman, Calrec’s Hardware Manager said: “Jan is dynamic, very well respected and completely dedicated to getting it right for both internal production who are required to build the equipment and for external customers who need access for maintenance and upgrades. She is an integral part of the prototype and design process, and her logical approach to problem-solving is second to none.”

Matt Dutton, Calrec’s Mechanical Design Engineer said: “Jan is part of our Design for Assembly (DFA) process – I will speak to Jan about a new design before we get anywhere near prototyping. She understands mechanical assembly better than anyone else at Calrec and is ruthlessly efficient at it – we speak to Jan early in the process to make sure our designs are practical on a physical level.”