Jakub Kákona
Executive Manager And Systems Architect at ThunderFly s.r.o.
Prague, Czechia
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Top SchoolJakub Kákona is an executive manager and systems architect with 20 years of hands-on experience building embedded and research-driven systems from Prague. He founded Universal Scientific Technologies and later ThunderFly to commercialize interdisciplinary R&D that blends laser/optoelectronics and aerospace systems expertise from CTU. Jakub has led robotics and radio astronomy teams, driven embedded engineering at Y Soft and be3D, and continues PhD research bridging academic rigor with product-focused system design. Known for turning complex physical problems into deployable hardware-software solutions, he combines entrepreneurship with deep sensor, avionics and optics knowledge often applied in niche scientific and aerospace prototypes.
20 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Electronic Control Systems, Electronic Control Systems at High school of Machines and Electrical Engineering in České BudějoviceBakalář (Bc.), Laser Technology and Optoelectronics, Bakalář (Bc.), Laser Technology and Optoelectronics at Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering CTU, PragueInženýr (Ing.), Aircraft and Space Systems, Inženýr (Ing.), Aircraft and Space Systems at České vysoké učení technické v Praze
Czech, English, Russian
Github Skills (200)
measurement10
px410
spectrogram10
gps10
spi10
ubuntu10
rescue10
ros10
iot-application10
autopilot10
qt10
mavlink10
linux10
pps10
modem10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
ThunderFly-aerospace/TFLORA01
Oct 2020 - Aug 2025
Pixhawk LoRa Telemetry extension.
Contributions:1 release, 24 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 10 months
loratelemetryuavlorawanlong-range
ThunderFly-aerospace/ec2
Aug 2022 - Jun 2025
SiLABS ec2 programmer
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 issues in 2 years 9 months
ec2silabs
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