About me
Dr. Jean-Baptiste Libot is an Electronic Assembly Expert with over 12 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industry. He began his career at Airbus Group, where he worked as a visiting researcher at the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE). He then joined Safran Electronics and Defense, focusing on the reliability assessment of lead-free electronic boards subjected to thermal cycles and vibrations. Jean-Baptiste is the co-founder of Hooke Electronics (France), where he develops thermomechanical and mechanical fatigue models to assess the reliability of lead-free electronic assemblies for clients across the electronics industry. He also provides training programs and develops numerical tools to support engineers and designers in developing reliable electronic equipment. He holds a French “Diplôme d’Ingénieur” in Materials Science and a Research Master’s degree in Materials, Nanomaterials, and Multi-Materials Science from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, France. He earned his PhD jointly from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse and Safran Electronics & Defense, for which he was awarded the 2018 Aerospace Valley PhD Thesis Award. Jean-Baptiste has published over 10 technical papers and was awarded the SMTA Best of Proceedings Award in 2024.
