Davide Falanga
Director Of Engineering, Autonomy Systems at Skydio
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolDavide Falanga is a Director of Engineering specializing in autonomy systems, leading teams that build simulation, visualization, and infrastructure tools for autonomous navigation while also driving research in reinforcement learning for control. With a PhD in Robotics from the University of Zurich, he brings deep technical expertise in vision-based motion planning and agile quadrotor flight, coupling perception and action for high-speed autonomy using only onboard sensing. Over 11+ years he has held progressive autonomy and planning leadership roles at Skydio, Lyft Level 5, and Woven by Toyota, translating cutting-edge research into production-grade systems. He is equally comfortable managing large engineering efforts and diving into trajectory optimization, low-level controls, and RL experiments, and his background as a prolific tech writer hints at an ability to communicate complex ideas clearly. Based in Zurich, he blends academic rigor with practical, safety-critical product delivery in aerial and vehicle autonomy.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Robotics at University of ZurichHigh School Degree Scientific Specialization, High School Degree Scientific Specialization at Liceo ScientificoMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Automation Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Automation Engineering at Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
English, Italian
Github Skills (20)
ignition9
gnome-shell9
pygobject9
planning9
robotics-simulation9
ros8
gnome8
robotics8
gtk7
python7
perception5
predictive5
mpc3
machine-learning3
model-predictive-control3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
davidefalanga/davidefalanga.github.io
May 2015 - Aug 2024
Contributions:65 pushes, 3 branches in 9 years 5 months
uzh-rpg/minimum_jerk_trajectories
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:2 commits, 2 pushes in 1 day
interceptionlow-costtrajectories
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