1. Spearheaded the development and execution of a comprehensive simulation and infrastructure road map, aligning it with company-wide milestones and program goals resulting in the world’s first hybrid electric drone flight in Nov ‘23.

2. Led cross-functional collaboration between flight software, control systems, and testing teams, ensuring successful deployment of critical systems on production vehicles.

3. Designed a cloud-native software and autonomy qualification framework that parallelized 100+ test scenarios, reducing qualification time from months to days and uncovering 20+ critical edge cases.

4. Architected and implemented a custom configuration management system that enabled tight configuration control and management for flight testing.

1. Developed and implemented critical flight systems, including a hierarchical state machine-based mode manager for flight software.

2.Developed a behavior planner for ground taxi and cargo pick-up that added ‘behaviors’ such as triangulating a cargo pod, navigating and aligning with the cargo pod, and navigating to a predetermined GPS location.

1. Led the development of a cloud-native web application for energy infrastructure inspection, showcasing ability to identify market opportunities and build innovative solutions.

2. Interfaced visual and IR cameras with 6-DOF IMU to transform traditional aircraft inspections into digital patrols.

3. Successfully raised seed funding from Alchemist Accelerator, gaining valuable experience in venture fundraising and B2B startup operations.

1. Developed a Hardware-In-The-Loop simulation for the company's R-44 General Aviation Helicopter platform by interfacing the aircraft sensors with X-Plane and Matlab.

2. Implemented accurate ground detection capabilities for the company's aircraft by integrating a laser altimeter into the vertical position solution. The efforts included firmware development, as well as the integration into the overall system and ground detection logic.

3. Designed the guidance logic for autonomous take-off, landing, and Mission Task Elements while supporting flight tests from the co-pilot seat as a Flight Test Engineer.

4. Developed, trained, and tested edge-AI visual perception system using an RGB camera for landing site obstacle detection.