Lorenz Meier
Chief Executive Officer at PX4
Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top expert inAutonomous Robotics and Computer Vision Development
Lorenz Meier is a veteran founder and CEO with 16 years building open-source flight control software and commercial robotics solutions from the ground up. As co-creator of Pixhawk, PX4, MAVLink and QGroundControl and co-founder of Auterion, he has translated academic research in visual computing into industry-standard autopilot stacks adopted by Dronecode, ARM and Intel. He combines deep embedded and systems expertise—firmware, bootloaders, GPS and sensor fusion—with full-stack contributions to cross-platform ground stations and simulators. Based in Virginia, he leads efforts to bring open-source robotics into government and enterprise while still contributing hands-on code to core repos. Less obvious: his background spans low-level bootloader and hardware integrations through high-level protocol design, giving him rare end-to-end fluency in autonomous systems.
16 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Engineering at Universität KonstanzMaster of Science (MS), MSc ETH Computer Science / Visual Computing, Master of Science (MS), MSc ETH Computer Science / Visual Computing at ETH Zürich
Github Skills (62)
bootloader10
filterlist10
simulation10
uart10
c-language10
px410
mavlink10
simulations10
firmware10
c-programming10
abstraction-layer10
c1110
microcontroller10
kalman-filter10
networking10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
mavlink/c_uart_interface_example
Aug 2012 - May 2018
Simple MAVLink to UART interface example for *nix systems
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:21 commits, 3 PRs, 5 pushes in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Lorenz contributed to a bare-metal UART to MAVLink bridge example. They updated the MAVLink version, reflecting their familiarity with the MAVLink protocol and potential for working with flight control systems. The user adjusted code to use the new highres sensor message, which indicates a focus on sensor data integration and the ability to adapt to MAVLink protocol changes. The user also added an example of sending commands, showcasing an understanding of command handling within the system.
uartmavlink
mavlink/mavlink
Apr 2010 - Mar 2021
Marshalling / communication library for drones.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & API Integrator
Back-end Developer & API IntegratorContributions:22 reviews, 633 commits, 322 PRs in 11 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Lorenz contributed to the MAVLink communication library for drones, making enhancements to message definitions and API functionality. Their work involved extending MAVLink message specifications by adding support for image-related messages and updating waypoint messages. They also made several fixes, like those for protocol errors, and fixed compile warnings. The user also implemented a file transfer capability to support image-related messages.
communication-librarydronescommunicationmarshalling
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