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- Embedded systems engineering with a software focus.- Working on small <55lbs UAV and counter-UAV systems. - Designing hardware-in-the-loop simulation as a continuous system integration and test environment. - Development of navigation and obstacle avoidance routines for inclement weather avoidance in UAVs.- Guidance and control development for unconventional vtol and tilt-rotor aircraft using the PX4 flight stack. Examples include gain scheduling for transitions between multirotor and fixed-wing flight modes.- Using the PX4 flight stack including driver development, app/module development, hardware/processor-in-the-loop simulation.- Modeling multi-rotor and fixed-wing aircraft in a 6-DOF environment. Modeling based on theory and then validated using flight test data and system identification tools.- Development of all major components of guidance and navigation systems, driver development for sensors & actuators, sensor fusion & state estimation (EKF), algorithm-based outer-loop (TPN/PPN), and high frequency inner-loop attitude control (PID, pole-placement, or LQR).- Extensive troubleshooting, debugging, and issue diagnoses for critical problems. Examples include propeller speed controller failures, emergent software behavior due to transients such as communication lost-link effects.

Troy, Ny, Us

Designed and tested flight controllers for a modular UAV as part of a swarm robotics project. Used both centralized and decentralized control schemes. The UAV was modeled in MATLAB Simulink as a nonlinear system based on the equations of motion. The system was linearized around the operating point to create a linear plant as the bases for the controller.Controller was initially PID however this was switched to full-state feedback.Multiple hardware configurations and designs were built and successfully tested including tilt-rotor configurations.

Richmond, California, Us

● Performed design and reliability testing for junction boxes and bypass diodes for P-series solar modules. ● Managed several experiments on different prototypes and accurately quantified results in order to determine the superior design.● Results were presented to management in the form of an oral report.

Santa Clara, Us

Assisted with showroom and exhibitions set up. Organized project files, calibration certificates and lab research documentation. Performed general office maintenance, mail and shipping tasks.Prepared testing apparatus for multiple products. This involved ensuring toxic gases were properly vented out of the building and monitoring computers for problems during automated testing cycles.Updated and wrote new sections of the Company Employee Handbook.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Aeronautical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical And Aeronautical Engineering

High School Diploma, Undeclared