Summary
Nicolas Fovet is a seasoned electronic warfare and avionics leader with over 20 years of hands-on experience managing program delivery, quality assurance, and DO-178B/DO-254 certification strategies across naval, aeronautical and tactical domains. As Head of Department at Thales he has led multi-million euro departments and complex export programs, combining bid and program management with product design authority for jammers, radio-goniometers and airborne COMINT solutions. He brings deep airworthiness and PART 21J DOA knowledge, having trained teams and shaped certification approaches up to DAL A. Nicolas is equally fluent in process assurance and export control for military/dual-use components, enabling compliant, timetabled deliveries in regulated environments. Known for bridging engineering, quality and commercial teams, he often operates where system safety, certification and customer requirements intersect. Based in Cholet, France, he pairs pragmatic program leadership with technical roots in avionics software and embedded systems.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer