Mark Sauder Email & Phone Number

Monument, Co, Us

Sandy, Utah

Systems Engineering Consultant specializing in Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) algorithm development for autonomous aircraft and ground vehicles. Consulting and software development work emphasis is currently focused in the PX4 Flight Stack.

Murray Utah

Lead Controls Architect responsible for algorithm development, software design and implementation, and guidance, navigation, and control of multi-rotor drone aircraft.

Salt Lake City

CEO, FounderGrey Point Corporation conducts research and development in unmanned systems control algorithms. Current development focuses on edge of flight envelope control capabilities for unmanned aircraft and agressive manuevering for unmanned ground vehicles.Grey Point technology enhances the performance capabilities of unmanned systems. Our technology allows unmanned aircraft to maneuver more aggressively, and operate over a wider envelope in varied conditions. Our technology allows ground vehicles to navigate rough terrain at higher speeds and gives users of our systems greater success in performing useful, real-world work with their machines.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Unmanned aircraft systems integration and development engineer. Consultant for UAS, UGV, USV, and automation technology develpment and demonstration. Provide unmanned systems integration engineering support, including mechatronic systems engineering and project management. Provide support of complex systems integration through initial test phases and operational crew training. Specialized focus in small Unmanned Aircraft System avionics suites, Unmanned Ground Vehicles, in-situ functional systems testing, and testing of UAS and UGV systems.Maintain active areas of independent research and development focused in low-level attitude/orientation and high level command and control algorithms for fixed-wing and VTOL UAS. Current research priorities in flight trajectory planning with emphasis on model-independent acceleration based control strategies suitable for conventional and VTOL unmanned aircraft, unmanned ground vehicles, and unmanned underwater robotic missions.

Performed UAS test piloting, avionics systems integration, and operational payload integration for conventional and VTOL unmanned aircraft. Managed $1M/yr production line over small team of manufacturing engineers and technicians. Managed vendor supply chain and drove continuous quality improvement efforts in primary manufacturing operations. Designed and improved manufacturing tooling and processes, performed product design and analysis, tested software algorithms and finished hardware products. Managed overall customer experience and provided product training and field support.

Rapid City, South Dakota

Chief Engineer and Chief pilot responsible for all design oversight, systems and flight testing program, autonomous system test pilot training, and undergraduate student mentoring. Active researcher inARDEC and ARL funded $500k/yr multidisciplinary effort of graduate and undergraduate team in mechatronic systems engineering and research for autonomous air vehicle guidance, navigation and control using computer vision techniques, GPS/INS navigation, and algorithmic intelligent and autonomous behaviors.

Managed laboratory facility, equipment, and day-to-day operations. Performed all equipment maintenance, installation, and training for research laboratory with annual operational budget over $1.1M and permanent equipment and facilities value over $10M. Collaborated in research efforts in advanced composite manufacturing processing and engineering, materials research, materials processing and fabrication techniques, and composites design and analysis.

Clearfield, Utah

Managed product and production quality requirements while coordinating operations scheduling and production conformance issues. Coordinated multi-disciplinary engineering efforts on composites manufacturing quality issues, raw material acceptance, process efficiency, and process development and improvement efforts.