Peter Nikoloff

Biography

Peter Nikoloff is an Executive Director, co-founder of Nova and Senior Weapons System Engineer. He is a member of the Nova Group's Executive Management Team and on the board of two other companies within the Group. He obtained an Aeronautical Engineering degree from RMIT in 1986 and has over 20 years’ experience supporting and conducting test and evaluation of aerospace and defence systems. Prior to starting Nova, Pete worked as a Flight Test Engineer at the RAAF's Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) in the role of Senior F/A-18 Hornet Test Engineer. Pete served at ARDU for over ten years and has vast experience over a range of aircraft and associated systems. He had major involvement with several Hornet Test & Evaluation projects, including the Hornet Upgrade Project and various missile evaluation and integration projects. Pete is a chartered professional engineer and member of the Institution of Engineers, Society of Flight Test Engineers, Flight Test Society of Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Pete also actively supports the industry in other capacities such as: - President of the Australian Chapter of the International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA) - Member of the National Committee for Space Engineering within Engineers Australia - Chair for the Systems Engineering and Test & Evaluation Conference (SETE 2010) - Active involvement with the Australian Space Science and Industry Senate Enquiry

Research Interest

aerospace