Alexander Van Saase
Software Engineer at simpl.energy
Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Van Saase is a software engineer with seven years of experience building back-end systems and improving user-facing tools, currently contributing at simpl.energy from the Netherlands. He has production experience at Adevinta working on classifieds platforms (Marktplaats.nl and 2dehands/2ememain.be) and moved quickly from trainee to backend developer roles. Alexander is an active open-source contributor to the INAV flight-control ecosystem, where he’s tuned PID algorithms for coordinated fixed-wing turns and improved configurator UI features like 3D home distance and Plus Code support. His background combines rigorous analytical training (MSc Research Master in Economics) with hands-on engineering, making him comfortable bridging data-driven reasoning and practical software fixes. Colleagues describe him as detail-oriented in algorithmic tuning and pragmatic in front-end usability improvements. He brings a curious blend of research experience and applied engineering that surfaces in both low-level control logic and polished configuration interfaces.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor (honours) Economics and Business Economics, Bachelor (honours) Economics and Business Economics at Utrecht UniversityMSc - Research Master Economics, MSc - Research Master Economics at Tilburg University
Dutch, English
Github Skills (22)
javascript10
displays10
autopilot10
configuration-management10
plane10
c1110
ui-design10
c1710
aircraft10
uid10
controls10
fixed10
pid-control10
screen10
front-end-development10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
iNavFlight/inav-configurator
Oct 2020 - Jun 2021
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 65 commits, 37 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the INAV configurator. Their contributions include adding new features like 3D home distance display, and implementing Plus Code functionality. They also addressed bugs related to display and settings, and reorganized existing settings within the configuration interface. The user also made changes to OSD elements.
aircraftinavdronesinav-configuratoruav
iNavFlight/inav
Sep 2020 - Nov 2021
INAV: Navigation-enabled flight control software
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:51 reviews, 286 commits, 113 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on enhancements and adjustments to the INAV flight control software, specifically within the `pid.c` and `pid.h` files. Their contributions included implementing and refining features related to coordinated turns for fixed-wing aircraft, such as adding gains for pitch and roll. They made adjustments and bug fixes to PID parameters and I-term behavior, and also addressed code alignment issues. The user’s work involved fine-tuning flight control algorithms.
flightnavigationquadcopterfpvairplane
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