Flight controllers, telematics units, and sensor-to-cloud pipelines — built to keep working when nobody's watching.
Custom PCBs → firmware → cloud dashboards, end to end.
Looking for embedded/firmware roles (full-time or internship) where I can own a system end to end — not just write drivers, but take a product from schematic to cloud dashboard. Currently building AeroCore 32, a custom flight controller from the ground up. Details below.
The problem: off-the-shelf flight controllers are black boxes — you can't tune sensor fusion or telemetry for a specific airframe without fighting someone else's firmware.
What I built: a custom flight controller on ESP32 + FreeRTOS running real-time IMU sensor fusion, with wireless telemetry and a KiCad-designed PCB from scratch.
Hardest problem solved: Getting sensor fusion to run deterministically inside FreeRTOS task scheduling without jitter breaking the control loop.
Status: PCB design is in progress , firmware in flight-test tuning rather than just "In Development"
Tech: ESP32 • FreeRTOS • C • KiCad • IMU sensor fusion
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Core Technologies STM32 • ESP32/ESP8266 • FreeRTOS • CAN Bus • ROS2 • KiCad • PCB Design
Tools PlatformIO • STM32CubeIDE • MATLAB • Git • Proteus • LTspice • Excel
Open to full-time & internship roles in embedded systems / firmware. Let's talk — saisundarmdu@gmail.com