Nick M.

Hardware & Complex Systems Advisor | Ex-WESCAM Engineering Lead | Helping complex engineering teams reduce risk, capture decisions & accelerate execution | Living a good life

Canada

About

Nick Moore is a mechanical engineer and complex systems advisor with more than 35 years of experience helping hardware and technology teams reduce engineering risk, improve design decisions, and build products that work in the real world. Nick brings deep operating experience from WESCAM, where he built and led a multidisciplinary engineering organization developing advanced electro optical systems in a high growth aerospace and defense environment. His work spanned product architecture, design for manufacturability, supplier strategy, development process, and hands on technical problem solving. Today, Nick supports technology commercialization and engineering execution through MooreInsights. His focus is helping technically complex teams make better decisions earlier, improve design review discipline, capture critical knowledge, and avoid downstream cost, delay, and rework. Nick’s strength is helping teams see around corners by identifying the decisions, interfaces, and risks that determine whether complex products can be built reliably.

Experience

  • Founder and Principal at MooreInsights
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    MooreInsights is focused on helping Canadian small and mid-sized companies scale product development, strengthen technical execution, and accelerate growth.

  • Volunteer Advisor at MaRS Discovery District
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    MaRS Volunteer Advisors are executives and/or entrepreneurs who have extensive experience in the tech community. We provide one-on-one coaching and mentorship, contribute to workshops and events, offer office hours, and act as a connector for the ventures to potential customers, partners, and talent within our own networks.

  • L3Harris Technologies (Waterdown, ON)
    • WESCAM Inc. - Staff Engineer
      Sep 2023 - Feb 2026 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Led high-impact design projects and new process improvement implementations.

    • WESCAM Inc. - Director of Mechanical Engineering
      Jan 2016 - Sep 2023 · 7 yrs 9 mos

      Focused primarily on growth by scaling teams, designs and processes to keep up with 10x increase in staffing levels and revenue.

    • WESCAM Inc. - Manager of Mechanical Engineering
      Nov 2004 - Jan 2016 · 11 yrs 3 mos

      Developed a series of new products while at the same time building an engineering team.

  • Fsona Networks (Vancouver, BC · On-site)
    • Director of Engineering
      Nov 2001 - Oct 2004 · 3 yrs

      Led the product development team in the development of a second generation free-space point-to-point optical wireless system for new and emerging secure communications markets.

    • Research and Development Engineer
      Mar 2000 - Nov 2001 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Recruited to design the first generation free-space point-to-point optical wireless system to solve the last-mile problem for the emerging high-bandwidth telecom market.

  • Founder and Principal at High Mountain Engineering
    Nov 1995 - Oct 2004 · 9 yrs

    Designed products and provided advisory support for small Canadian companies. Contributed pro bono guidance to emerging ventures founded by new graduate engineers.