Dr Nicole Jacqueline Martin

Jan 2025 — Present

Engineering and technology consultancy specialising in product development, prototyping, and embedded systems. Working with funded startups and SMBs to take products from concept through to production, covering mechanical design, electronics, control systems, and software.

Jan 2025 — Present

Leading product development and engineering, aligning technology strategy with business goals. Hands-on across the full stack — mechanical design, electronics, PCB layout, firmware, software, and mathematical modelling — driving product growth and shipping solutions that work.

Jan 2023 — Jan 2025

Led multidisciplinary engineering projects at the intersection of software, electronics, control systems, and mechanical engineering. Key project: developed a continuum "snake" robot for Rolls-Royce aero engine inspection — deriving inverse kinematics, building the control software, designing a force-feedback interface, and creating a real-time web dashboard.

Apr 2019 — Jan 2023

Architected and developed software systems for robotic and IoT products. Managed a growing team of software engineers. Projects spanning logistics automation, wearable devices, and smart warehousing — covering cloud, web, embedded, and mobile platforms.

Jul 2017 — Apr 2019

Taught Vehicle Dynamics, Classical Mechanics, and Aerodynamics at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Supervised PhD research in computational fluid dynamics. Commissioned and built a low-speed wind tunnel for vehicle aerodynamics research.

Mar 2013 — Jul 2017

Developed machine learning models coupling wind tunnel data with CFD and on-track telemetry to predict and optimise aerodynamic performance. Built custom ML pipelines using SVR, neural networks, and MARS. Created analysis tools and user interfaces for the aero team. High-performance computing with C++ and CUDA.

2009 — Mar 2013

PhD in active flow control — designed, modelled, and tested synthetic jet actuators for aerodynamic flow control on aerofoils. Commissioned a research wind tunnel. Experimental work with laser Doppler anemometry, PIV, and hot-wire techniques.

Jul 2007 — Aug 2008

Part of the Toyota F1 team during TF108 development. Managed 100+ hours of wind tunnel testing, planned test schedules, and reported on aerodynamic performance.