Robert Lainé
Chairman Of The Board at Spacinov
Greater La Rochelle Area France
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Top SchoolRobert Lainé is a seasoned aerospace technology leader with 19 years of senior experience guiding complex projects from design through qualification and recovery, notably at ESA where he led Ariane 5 recovery and signed off launcher qualifications. As former CTO of EADS Astrium and current Chairman of Spacinov, he combines technical innovation, quality assurance, and hands-on audit capabilities to solve high-stakes engineering problems. He led major programs including XMM-Newton commissioning and the ATV spacecraft redesign, demonstrating rare expertise in both mission operations and systems-level engineering. Retired as an aerospace CTO, he remains active in practical software-for-sailing through SailcutCAD and open-source contributions under @spacinov. Based in the Greater La Rochelle area, he brings a pragmatic, innovation-focused leadership style rooted in decades of European space industry experience. His career blends deep technical judgment with a talent for recovering projects under tight constraints, making him a trusted authority on complex system delivery.
19 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ingénieur, Electronics, Ingénieur, Electronics at ENSEAPhD honoris causas, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, PhD honoris causas, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering at University of Surrey
English, French
Github Skills (1)
visualization8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
sailcut/sailcut
Oct 2006 - Mar 2013
Sail design and plotting software
Contributions:290 commits, 4 pushes, 1 comment in 6 years 6 months
sailplottingvisualization
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