The crew

Vincent is the architect behind L’Atelier’s parametric design engine. He built the multi-objective optimisation pipeline that searches thousands of design variants per run, coupling CadQuery geometry with physics simulation and auto-tuned flight controllers. His background spans computational engineering, machine learning, and swarm robotics — with a particular obsession for making simulation-in-the-loop optimisation fast enough to be practical, not just theoretical.

Before L’Atelier, Vincent led the development of the durandal-atkr-parametric framework, a 91-parameter design space for loitering munitions that couples VLM aerodynamics, 6-DOF flight dynamics, and Monte Carlo uncertainty bounds. He holds deep expertise in NSGA-II, Bayesian optimisation, and the kind of glue code that makes complex engineering pipelines actually work end-to-end.

Damien makes sure the designs actually fly. He is responsible for the aerodynamic validation pipeline — from vortex-lattice methods and NeuralFoil viscous corrections to full mission simulation with JSBSim. Every design that leaves L’Atelier has been flown thousands of times in simulation before it reaches the fab.

Damien’s aerodynamics work spans the full speed regime, from low-Reynolds loiter to high-subsonic dash. He developed the trim and stability analysis routines that feed directly into the auto-tuned PID controller embedded in every design output. His philosophy: simulation is not a checkpoint — it’s the design environment.