Florent Martel
Manager at Craft and Theory
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorent Martel is a manager and technologist with 11 years of experience combining unmanned aircraft systems R&D, embedded software, and commercial operations. He founded and scaled a drone parts and software company serving 2,500+ customers including multinationals and research labs, negotiating international supplier and distributor agreements while running e-commerce, inventory, and AWS-hosted storefronts. Technically hands-on, he has shipped ArduPilot and embedded Linux drivers, designed UAV payload PCBs, and contributes to the well-known OpenTX open-source firmware with UI and Lua telemetry enhancements. Trained as both an engineer (M.S. in Electrical Engineering; Diplome d'Ingenieur) and a lawyer (J.D.), he bridged IP and commercialization early in his career—drafting a U.S. patent and working in tech transfer. He also brings practical mentoring experience in C++/STM32, soldering and drone assembly, and a track record of preparing teams for high-visibility challenges like NASA’s UAS Airspace Operations Challenge.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Master of Science, Electrical Engineering at The University of North DakotaDiplome d'Ingenieur, Industrial Systems Engineering, Diplome d'Ingenieur, Industrial Systems Engineering at EIGSI La Rochelle, Ecole d'ingenieurs generalistesJuris Doctor, Law, Juris Doctor, Law at The University of North Dakota School of Law
English, French
Github Skills (7)
firmware10
lua10
embedded10
sys10
lcd9
cprogramming-language7
c-language7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
opentx/opentx
Mar 2016 - Oct 2017
OpenTX custom firmware for Transmitters
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 14 PRs, 50 comments in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Florent primarily contributes to the OpenTX firmware, focusing on improvements and additions related to the user interface and Lua scripting capabilities. Their work includes fixing display issues on the LCD (specifically decimal point placement), implementing haptic feedback functionality within Lua scripts, and adding Lua methods for RSSI retrieval and setting telemetry values. Additionally, the user updates the documentation related to the LUA scripting features.
custom-firmwaretransmitterfirmwareopentx
craftandtheory/ardupilot
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:13 commits, 190 pushes, 127 branches in 14 days
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