Nick Beattie
Aero Group Leader at Aston Martin F1 Team
Brackley, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolNick Beattie is an accomplished aerodynamics leader with 11 years' experience in high-performance motorsport, currently heading the Aero Group at Aston Martin F1. He has over seven years' focused F1 aerodynamics experience and a track record of developing race-winning car concepts from CFD and wind-tunnel through to on-car installation. A first-class MEng graduate who topped his cohort, Nick combines rigorous technical analysis with process-driven improvements that boost per-head productivity and reduce costly errors. His background spans Mercedes and Aston Martin F1 programmes plus hands-on university racecar leadership, giving him deep systems awareness across bodywork, cooling and suspension integration. Beyond aero, he contributes to front-end open-source work—improving UX and styling in a widely used web3 wallet library—illustrating a practical, cross-discipline engineering curiosity. Known for resilience under pressure and a collaborative mindset, he excels at turning complex requirements into robust, testable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
High School, High School at Banchory AcademyMaster’s Degree Aeronautical Engineering, Master’s Degree Aeronautical Engineering at University of Glasgow
Github Skills (9)
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
web3js10
ethereum10
react10
daap9
css9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
rainbow-me/rainbowkit
Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
The best way to connect a wallet 🌈 🧰
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 188 reviews, 44 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Nick primarily focused on refactoring and enhancing the UI components within the `rainbowkit` repository, which is a library for connecting wallets to web3 applications. Their commits demonstrate a significant shift towards using vanilla-extract for styling, replacing older methods. They implemented and modified various UI elements, including modal components, network selection, and profile details, ensuring seamless wallet integration and improved user experience. Additionally, the user addressed bug fixes and improvements related to network switching and wallet connection flows.
reactdappethereumblockchainweb3
nickbytes/slashington
Jul 2017 - Apr 2018
Contributions:335 commits, 12 PRs, 235 pushes in 8 months
semifictional
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