Nicholas Currier
Manager Pathfinder Software & Simulation Test Infrastructure
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas Currier is a software and simulation leader with 12+ years building high-performance physics software and leading engineering teams across aerospace and defense. Currently managing Pathfinder Software & Simulation Test Infrastructure at Reliable Robotics, he drives mission-ready flight software, hardware-in-the-loop testbeds, and roadmaps while mentoring engineers and liaising with executives. His background includes developing massively parallel CFD solvers in C/C++/Fortran, system-identification and flight-model validation for unmanned aircraft, and subject-matter expertise in hydrodynamics and chemically reacting flows from PhD research. He has a track record of translating advanced numerical methods into production tools—leading reliability analyses that fuse Monte Carlo, surrogate models, and real-time physics for low-probability events. A certified Scrum Master and experienced instructor, he combines rigorous technical depth with a demonstrated commitment to building diverse, high-skill teams. Colleagues rely on him for tackling class-leading simulation challenges that directly enable experimental flight and test operations.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Computational Engineering, Ph.D. Computational Engineering at The University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaB.S. Mechanical Engineering, B.S. Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Technological UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ngcurrier/pythonDataTools
Mar 2017 - Apr 2020
Contributions:167 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
ngcurrier/ProteusTestSuite
Nov 2014 - Oct 2020
Contributions:71 commits, 58 pushes in 6 years
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