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Employer project Swiss Robotics & Advanced Technologies AG Junior Robotics Engineer (Mar–Aug 2024) · Robotics Engineer part-time (Sep 2024 – Jun 2026)

Fully actuated UAV · Asset inspection

Confined-Space Inspection Drone

2024–2026 · Winterthur, Switzerland

Swiss Robotics develops autonomous systems that replace manual inspection of critical infrastructure—improving operational efficiency and inspector safety. I joined as a full-time Junior Robotics Engineer (Mar–Aug 2024) and continued part-time as Robotics Engineer (Sep 2024 – Jun 2026), contributing across mechanical design, control implementation, simulation, field testing, and the operator-facing software stack for this confined-space inspection platform.

CAD render of the confined-space inspection drone — front view
CAD render · front

Front-view prototype render of the fully actuated inspection UAV with protective cage and modular payload bay.

CAD render of inspection drone — side view
CAD render · side

Side view showing the 10-actuator layout, propulsion geometry.

CAD render of inspection drone — vertical configuration
CAD render · vertical

Drone during vertical-flight configuration render.

Swiss Robotics inspection drone in an industrial plant — field operation and onboard camera view
Field deployment

Real operation inside an industrial plant: the drone inspecting an asset surface, with the onboard camera feed shown alongside.

What I worked on

Core engineering on the inspection drone prototype: helping design and test a platform built to fly in constrained industrial environments, carry modular non-destructive testing (NDT) payloads, and give operators reliable video and telemetry from the asset surface.

  • Design, development, and testing of the inspection drone prototype
  • Implemented and tuned control algorithms on the fully actuated airframe
  • Built simulation tooling to bridge our control stack with NVIDIA Isaac Sim / Omniverse
  • Contributed to the next hardware iteration with design insights from testing
  • Collected field data and evaluated electronic components
  • C++ flight-stack integration on the vehicle; multiple sensing payloads on one platform
  • Flutter remote controller with low-latency GStreamer video, LiDAR, and sensing visualization