Deon joined ANFF OptoFab ACT in September 2023 as an Optomechanical Engineer. He graduated from the Australian National University in 2019 with a BSc (Honours) in Physics and Astronomy. Before joining ANFF he worked in OzGrav as a research technician developing Newtonian Noise sensors for gravitational wave detection. He is responsible for the Ion Beam Sputtering system at ANU, as well the design and manufacturing of bespoke instrumentation for optical fabrication. With his focus on large scale optomechanics he has worked on high profile projects such as coating the LIGO Beam Splitters.