About Nicolas
Bridging the gap between rigorous industry standards and agile software delivery.
With over 20 years of experience in the European automotive software industry (spanning between Tier-1 and OEM environments in both France and Austria) I help organisations navigate the complex intersection of innovation, speed, and safety.
As an Engineering Manager leading international teams, I have seen firsthand how rigid compliance (ASPICE, ISO 26262) can paralyse development. My mission as an independent expert is to turn these constraints into competitive advantages by streamlining your development processes.
How I add value:
Iterative Compliance: I implement "Agile Compliance" frameworks, closing ASPICE/ISO gaps sprint-by-sprint to ensure your team delivers certified software without the "big bang" audit stress.
Process Optimisation: I refine workflows to reduce Time-to-Market while maintaining the highest quality levels required for Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV).
Strategic Leadership: Drawing on my 20-year career, I provide the technical and organisational bridge between engineering teams and executive stakeholders.
Key Expertise:
Standards: ASPICE (Levels 2/3), ISO 26262 ASIL-D (Functional Safety).
Architecture: AutoSAR classic. ADAS. Complex embedded systems and Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) evolution.
Management: Change management, Agile coaching for embedded systems, and cross-border project recovery.
Available for missions across Europe.
Languages: French (Native), English (Fluent), Italian (Fluent), German (Professional).
Mobility: Based in Vienna, Austria. Remote work with on-site intervention in Germany, Austria, France, and beyond.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Italian
Native or bilingual
German
Conversational
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- TTTech AutoEngineering Manager - Customer Feature Development - Signal CommunicationAUTOMOBILEMarch 2022 - Today (4 years and 5 months)Vienna, Austria
- Development of Signal Oriented communication features on Autosar classic and framework for current and future projects
- ADAS application ISO26262 ASIL D
- Leading a team of developers, product owners, and release managers
- Defined release management and application integration processes for customer projects
- Support implementation of SAFe Agile Framework, using Jira & Confluence
- Support ASPICE assessment for SWE
- Responsible for staff and budget planning for my team (including hiring)
- TTTech Auto (AT)Configuration & Release ManagerAUTOMOBILEJune 2018 - February 2022 (3 years and 8 months)Vienna, Austria
- Creation and maintenance of the release plan - Application of ASPICE for project management
- Coordinate with project manager and product development the scope and content of each release
- Creation and maintenance of the Configuration Management Plan
- Specifying to all stakeholders in the projects the proper starting point and/or destination for SW development
- Redaction of the Release Notes with the list of implemented features, change requests, fixes and identified known limitations and their expected correction date.
- Organising the Release Approval meeting with the core team, checking that content and the criteria to release the product are met.
- TTTech Computertechnik AGProject EngineerAUTOMOBILEFebruary 2015 - June 2018 (3 years and 4 months)Vienna, AustriaDevelopment of embedded automotive software for an advanced driver assistance system with high safety level, in an architecture and process according to ISO 26262
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Education
- Master's degreeEcole supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Electrotechnique et Electronique (ESIEE)2004Master's degree
- A level, Physical SciencesLycee jean moulin1998A level, Physical Sciences