Matej Frančeškin
Software Systems Engineer at Auterion
Slovenia
Summary
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RockstarMatej Frančeškin is a Software Systems Engineer from Slovenia with over 25 years in embedded and Linux systems and a decade focused on modern UAS and autopilot stacks. He brings deep low-level expertise in U-Boot, Linux kernel and drivers, ARM platforms, and device integration—skills honed porting Angstrom and numerous kernel subsystems early in his career. At Auterion and C-Astral he translated that expertise into reliable drone software, contributing to PX4 autopilot, GPS drivers (Septentrio support) and Android work on the popular QGroundControl ground station. He’s comfortable across the full embedded stack from bootloader to mobile UI and has a pragmatic eye for robustness—reset commands, null-termination fixes and component-aware Mavlink handling appear repeatedly in his commits. Notably, he blends long-term systems knowledge with active open-source contributions in the drone ecosystem, making him a strong bridge between hardware, firmware and platform-facing software.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
English, Slovenian, croatian, serbian, bosnian, Italian
Github Skills (16)
gps10
javas10
embedded10
drones10
c-language10
px410
device-driver10
cprogramming-language10
autopilot10
sys10
android-development10
mavlink10
java10
jna9
qt8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mavlink/qgroundcontrol
Nov 2018 - Sep 2020
Cross-platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows)
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:348 commits, 42 PRs, 24 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Matej primarily focused on Android-specific development within the QGroundControl project, addressing joystick input issues and incorporating support for TaiSync, a feature likely related to data synchronization or streaming. They implemented and refined components, including fixing mapping bugs and integrating new functionalities to support the Android platform. The user's commits demonstrate a solid grasp of Android development within the context of a drone ground control station.
androidioslinuxmacoswindows
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
Feb 2019 - Nov 2021
PX4 Autopilot Software
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 19 commits, 9 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Matej primarily focused on enhancements and bug fixes within the PX4 autopilot software, specifically concerning the GPS and Mavlink FTP modules. They implemented a GPS reset command with different reset types and improved Mavlink FTP functionality by processing messages with correct component IDs and handling directory errors. The contributions included addressing issues with the file transfer protocol, suggesting proficiency in embedded systems and communication protocols within the drone ecosystem.
px4pixhawkuavuasdronecode
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