Sadeq Isaac, PhD

Indra Sistemas, Madrid, Spain

eVTOL & Propulsive VTOL Systems

• Flight Dynamics & Control Engineer for PEM and LINCE eVTOL programs.
• Designed autonomous navigation architecture for GNSS-denied operations.
• Modified PX4/ArduPilot flight-control firmware and core control loops.
• Designed and tuned flight-control algorithms for multi-rotor and VTOL platforms.
• Led flight-test campaigns, controller tuning, and aircraft validation.
• Developed intelligent mission-planning and autonomous inspection software.
• Designed real-time telemetry and flight-data acquisition systems.
• Integrated external CAN avionics through custom autopilot firmware.
• Developed C# plugins for Visionair GCS in collaboration with UAV Navigation.
• Engineered multi-channel communications with PTUs, gimbals, EO/IR payloads, Air-to-Ground systems, and switching antennas.
• Designed Ground Control Station hardware/software architecture from concept through system integration.
• Developed image acquisition and streaming tools for Basler, FLIR, Epsilon and custom camera payloads.
• Developed software extensions for Silvus and Wavenet tactical radio networks.
• Designed firmware and monitoring software for industrial CAN-based electronic modules.
• Developed real-time 3D Primary Flight Displays (PFD) and avionics status interfaces.
• Developed software for real-time control of industrial ECUs and Engine Management Systems (EMS).

Fixed-Wing Systems

• Integrated and configured UAV Navigation VECTOR-600 autopilot for military fixed-wing UAVs.
• Designed resilient Serial/Ethernet avionics networks integrating radios, payloads, antennas, GCS and airborne systems.
• Technical Lead for EUREKA maritime UAV project involving ship tracking and EO/IR gimbal integration.
• Developed advanced Visionair plugins in collaboration with UAV Navigation.

Ahyres S.L., Madrid, Spain

GCS SW for Inspection Missions (Part-time)

• Designed a single-UAV GCS SW for online & offline server missions.
• Designed a Qt compact portrait SW to hasten the control of UAV.
• Integrated 2D/3D maps for better terrain monitoring.
• Developed an automated payload view, including HUD, instruments, and video to speed up the mission.
• Integrated online/offline modes to download flight plans automatically from any servers.

Drone-Hopper S.L., Madrid, Spain

Wild Hopper: Heavy-Duty UAV for Firefighting with Flap Control

• Designed and developed the Wild Hopper prototype, a heavy-duty UAV for day and night firefighting operations.
• Engineered a robust UAV capable of operating in challenging firefighting conditions.
• Collaborated with team to optimize day/night operational efficiency.
• Published in Heliyon (2022) and International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (2021).
• Mathematically modeled and designed a heavy hybrid-electric quadcopter controlled by flaps.
• Designed innovative flap-based control system.
• Conducted aerodynamics analysis for hybrid-electric propulsion.

Modern GCS for Swarm Missions

• Designed a fast multi-UAV path planning GCS SW for optimal area coverage in aerial sensing applications.
• Adapted algorithms for efficient multi-UAV coordination.
• Developed a Qt-based friendly UI for remote sensing operations.
• Developed ROS commands via SSH to handle multi-UAV operations simultaneously.

CVAR, UPM, Madrid, Spain

Aerostack Autopilot for Quadcopter

• Developed control and guidance systems for an autonomous quadcopter platform, based on Aerostack library.
• Developed control algorithms to stabilize vertical and attitude loops.
• Integrated and developed indoor positioning using stereo cameras.
• Integrated an onboard NVIDIA Jetson Nano to handle online image processing.
• Tested flights on various dynamic platforms at CVAR, UPM.

Aerospace & UAV Systems Engineer

PROMAK, PARS, & Academic Research Labs

• GCS & Autopilot Software: Programmed advanced Ground Control Stations for cartographic UAVs and integrated Piccolo Cloud Cap systems with custom virtual autopilot COMBoxes.
• Flight Control & Simulation: Engineered MATLAB Sim-Scape dynamic models for multirotors; compared sliding/adaptive control loops and developed Airbus747 flight dynamics simulations.
• Computer Vision & Systems Integration: Deployed real-time image processing pipelines using OpenCV and integrated complex software environments over ROS.
• Aerodynamic & Structural Design: Developed Monte Carlo Circular Error Probability (CEP) flight calculators, analyzed wing structures via Abaqus, and executed conceptual commercial aircraft modeling.

Skills: GCS Development / Control Algorithms / MATLAB & Simulink / Image Processing / ROS / Structural Analysis