Julien Lecoeur
Chief Technical Officer at Flybotix
Évian-les-Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolJulien Lecoeur is a CTO and former R&D lead with 14 years of experience specializing in aerial robotics, embedded systems, and flight-control software. Based in Évian-les-Bains, Switzerland, he holds a PhD from EPFL and has progressed through technical and leadership roles at Flybotix, shaping product R&D into strategic engineering direction. His hands-on background includes low-level firmware work on the widely used PX4 autopilot—fixing protocol issues, implementing stack analysis, and generating multirotor mixers—highlighting deep expertise in safety-critical IoT and control systems. Julien also consulted on novel human–machine interfaces and hover stabilization for jet-powered wings, a niche project that underscores his ability to translate cutting-edge research into flight-tested solutions. He combines academic rigor with startup pragmatism, bridging research, hardware, and product delivery.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Classe préparatoire aux Grandes Écoles MP, Classe préparatoire aux Grandes Écoles MP at Lycée Victor GrignardPhD Aerial Robotics, PhD Aerial Robotics at EPFLIngénieur Recherche et Développement Informatique, Ingénieur Recherche et Développement Informatique at Centrale Lyon
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (17)
px410
autopilot10
hardware-interface10
firmware10
microcontroller10
integrations10
sys10
system-integration10
embedded10
c-language9
tooling9
python9
cprogramming-language9
rotor8
mavlink8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
Jul 2017 - Jan 2021
PX4 Autopilot Software
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:27 reviews, 90 commits, 57 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Julien contributed to the PX4 Autopilot project, focusing on low-level system interactions and hardware-specific implementations. They addressed Python 3 compatibility issues in a boot descriptor tool, fixed a rounding error in the PX4IO interface protocol, and implemented worst-case stack usage analysis. Further contributions involved the generation of multirotor mixers and modifications to existing mixers. These efforts indicate involvement in flight controller firmware development and related tooling.
multicopteravoidancedroneuasraspberry-pi
jlecoeur/Firmware
Jul 2017 - Jul 2023
PX4 Pro Autopilot Software
Contributions:2 PRs, 85 pushes, 109 branches in 6 years
autopilotpx4raspberry-pi
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