Location Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Nick started with BAE Systems (then British Aerospace) in 1990 as a technical trainee. Over the past 25 years a significant proportion of Nick’s career has been within a research and development engineering context where he has been instrumental in the selection, development, and demonstration of a number of state-of-the-art technologies achieving
company, UK, and World firsts. He has worked on a wide range of projects including leading the development of the BAE Systems Surrogate Unmanned Air Vehicle (the Jetstream Flying Test Bed), a range of sensing and autonomous systems demonstrations, and more recently a future mission systems programme that spawned a world leading augmented (or mixed) reality solution.
Studying on a part-time basis he has acquired graduate qualifications in Mechanical & Production Engineering, Mechatronics, and Applied Physics & Electronics (joint honours), and, post graduate qualifications in Computing and Avionics. Within his current role Nick has a number of responsibilities as a; Futurist (examining and interpreting trends), Disruptive Technology expert, Systems Integration Technologist, leader of elements of the Military Air & Information business unit Future Product Strategy, and is a BAE Systems Global Engineering Fellow. Nick is a chartered engineer with the IET and has proven his ability to innovate for business winning purposes.
