Summary
Junwoo Hwang is a drone R&D researcher and embedded systems engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building autonomous aircraft and PX4-based flight control solutions. He led the design, build, and flight testing of a stratospheric reusable radiosonde glider to improve weather forecasting and has contributed to PX4 development, community management, and mission-critical features like package delivery and Follow-Me. Currently serving in the Republic of Korea Army’s future innovation research center while freelancing on PX4/Ardupilot projects, he blends field testing, avionics software, and systems integration expertise. His background includes internships at Auterion and UVify, exchange research at ETH Zürich, and leadership of student mechatronics projects—evidence of both academic rigor and practical prototyping skills. Notably, he drove community tooling and migration efforts for PX4, showing an inclination for improving developer ecosystems as well as vehicle performance.
11 years of coding experience