Francois Besnier

Francois Besnier has over 30 years of work experience in the field of system safety engineering. Francois currently holds the position of System Safety Engineer at Joby Aviation since July 2021. Prior to this, they worked at AVIAGE SYSTEMS as a Key Technology Authority (KTA) System Safety from January 2020 to July 2021, and as a System Safety Consultant from September 2017 to January 2020.

Francois also has experience as a System Safety Consultant at Parker Aerospace from August 2008 to January 2019, where they performed safety analyses on various actuation systems for both military and civil applications. Francois worked as a Consultant at Huawei Technologies in September-December 2015, supporting the corporate reliability department in improving the quality of service in the ICT industry.

Francois has worked as a System Safety Consultant at Honeywell Aerospace from August 2001 to July 2010, where they provided fault tree analyses for Boeing 787 FCE and worked on the safety analyses of COMAC ARJ21. Francois also has experience as a System Safety Engineer at Thales Avionics, Bombardier, GE Aviation, and Digital Equipment Corporation, where they gained valuable knowledge and skills in the field of system safety engineering.

In addition, Francois founded their own consulting firm, Besnier Consulting Inc, in April 1998, where they served as the owner until April 2010. Throughout their career, Francois has demonstrated expertise in system safety engineering, including fly-by-wire flight controls and safety analyses for various aircraft and aviation-related systems.

Francois Besnier obtained their M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Systems Engineering from Arts et Métiers ParisTech - École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers, during the period of 1986 to 1989. Francois also completed an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Computer Science, Electronics, Networking, Communication, and Signal Processing, at Télécom Paris from 1989 to 1991.