Nicholas Costa Ford

Nicholas Costa Ford has worked as a Product Development Lead at ADAPTAVATE since September 2023. Prior to that, they were a Technical Lead at Adaptavate Ltd. from August 2020 to November 2023. Nicholas also worked as a Research Engineer at the National Composites Centre from October 2018 to August 2020. In 2016, Nicholas was a Research Engineer specializing in design for manufacture, tooling design, and AFP programming. Nicholas started as a Graduate Research Engineer at the National Composites Centre in October 2013 and worked until September 2015. In 2012, they had a summer placement as an engineer at the same company. Before their career in engineering, Nicholas worked as a Chef at Patisserie Valery from September 2008 to April 2009, where they quickly advanced to the position of Head Chef.

Nicholas Costa Ford attended North Bristol Post-16 Centre from 2006 to 2008, where they studied Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry. Nicholas then pursued their Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southampton from 2009 to 2013.