Fabien Lepoutre, VP of Engineering at NoFence

In this episode Fabien Lepoutre, VP of Engineering at NoFence, shares how the company is building the world’s first virtual fencing platform for ruminants, from collar hardware to cloud infrastructure and mobile app.Fabien explains how NoFence collars enforce virtual boundaries using audio cues and a gentle pulse, why livestock adapts fast, and how the company has scaled to more than 150,000 collars sold since launching in 2016. He also breaks down how NoFence raised a $35M Series B and what it takes to deliver quality across hardware, firmware, software, and manufacturing at speed.The conversation covers Fabien’s path from embedded systems and wearables in Norway and Silicon Valley to impact-led engineering in medtech, then leadership at NoFence. He shares how the team built a continuous deployment pipeline for embedded devices, using hardware-in-the-loop testing and simulation to release multiple times per week with confidence. Fabien also outlines how robotics is shifting from automation to autonomy, why edge AI matters, and why low-level embedded and hardware skills remain essential for the next decade.The Techne Connect Podcast 🎧Thank you for listening to Techne Connect! This podcast takes you inside the companies and conversations shaping the future of engineering.From space and defence to robotics, AI, clean energy, advanced manufacturing and next-generation mobility, each episode features the founders, engineers and technology leaders building tomorrow's world.Through candid discussions on innovation, leadership, product development and career journeys, the podcast uncovers the ideas, challenges and breakthroughs driving the world's fastest-moving industries. Whether you're an engineer, founder, investor or simply fascinated by emerging technology.Techne Connect offers a front-row seat to the people creating what's next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.