Summary
Andrei Petrov is a Lead Payload Systems Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience designing CubeSat electronics, developing flight software, and running ground-station operations. He leads an eight-engineer team at Sakha Aerospace Systems and delivered payloads flying on the SAKHACUBE-CHOLBON mission launched December 28, 2025. Comfortable across embedded C, RTOS development, communications protocols and ground software, he also authors operational procedures and trains flight-ops personnel. His background spans computer and civil engineering studies at North-Eastern Federal University and National Taiwan University, reflecting a rare blend of aerospace hardware, firmware and infrastructure skills. Beyond satellites, he’s built GS automation that logged over 1,000 communication sessions and contributes practical tooling and libraries on his public GitHub. Colleagues know him for pragmatic engineering that bridges electronics, software and mission operations.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at North-Eastern Federal University (former Yakutsk State University)
Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University
English, Russian