Simon Thunderbolt focused on stabilizing native builds for the rdkcentral/systemtimemgr repository, addressing a critical blocker in the CI/CD pipeline. He resolved persistent build failures by updating the CI workflow container and refining build scripts, ensuring dependencies and configurations were properly aligned. Using Shell scripting and YAML, Simon improved the reliability and reproducibility of the build process, which enabled successful native builds and restored the release pipeline. His work demonstrated a strong grasp of build systems and CI/CD automation, delivering a targeted bug fix that removed a key obstacle for downstream development and contributed to a more robust engineering workflow.