Daniël Kappelle
First Officer B737 at Dockbite B.V.
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolDaniël Kappelle is a commercial pilot and electrical engineer (MSc, TU Delft) who combines 11 years of technical and operational experience across aviation, aerospace R&D, and software engineering. Currently a First Officer on the B737 at KLM, he also works as a software engineer and consultant at Dockbite, bridging avionics-grade systems thinking with full‑stack web development. His master’s research focused on estimation and filtering of chirp interference in GNSS bands, reflecting a strong signal‑processing and systems background applied to real‑world problems. Daniël has a track record in R&D at the Netherlands Aerospace Centre and hands‑on hardware work—from building PCBs and LED installations for art projects to programming embedded and cloud services. Comfortable switching between cockpit procedures, rigorous academic work, and shipping production software, he brings multidisciplinary rigor and curiosity to complex engineering challenges. Based in Rotterdam, he quietly combines pilot discipline with developer pragmatism to deliver dependable, well‑engineered solutions.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Gymnasium Natuur & Techniek, Gymnasium Natuur & Techniek at Het Amsterdams LyceumMaster of Science - MS Signals & Systems (Electrical Engineering), Master of Science - MS Signals & Systems (Electrical Engineering) at Delft University of TechnologyEASA Integrated ATPL(A), EASA Integrated ATPL(A) at KLM Flight Academy
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (64)
logbook9
bitbucket-webhooks9
maxwell8
server-side8
nest8
nestjs8
pdf8
javascript8
nodejs8
cordova8
ionic7
java7
css7
typescript7
spotify7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
danielkappelle/pilot-math
Jul 2021 - Aug 2024
Math trainer for pilots
Contributions:11 PRs, 16 pushes, 12 branches in 3 years 1 month
danielkappelle/bitbucket-mattermost-bridge
Oct 2016 - Jun 2018
Contributions:26 commits, 4 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 year 8 months
bridgewebhookbitbucketmattermostbitbucket-webhooks
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