Oran Ellis
Head Of Engineering at Airspection
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolOran Ellis is a Head of Engineering and UAV specialist with a decade of experience designing, developing, and validating flight systems for fixed-wing and UAS platforms. He combines hands-on firmware and flight-control algorithm development with systems integration, Linux-based tooling, and hardware optimization—having built entire software stacks and piloted prototypes from internship to leadership roles. Known for coordinating cross-disciplinary teams, he translates feasibility studies into robust architectures and manages testing programs from simulation to flight trials. At Gibson Robotics he drove innovations across embedded systems, networked services, computer vision integration, and manufacturing improvements, then scaled that expertise into a leadership role at Airspection. Based in Glasgow, he brings a pragmatic automation mindset and startup-hardened experience in co-development and partner engagement that accelerates product delivery.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
(MEng) Masters in Aeronautical Engineering, (MEng) Masters in Aeronautical Engineering at University of Glasgow
Github Skills (8)
satellite7
cube6
autopilot4
xcode1
swift1
ios1
package-control1
collaboration1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
oranellis/openSatCon
Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
An open-source real-time satellite control package from University of Glasgow students.
Contributions:2 releases, 79 commits, 2 PRs in 3 months
university-of-glasgowsatellitepackage-controlglasgowreal-time
oranellis/mmm
Feb 2024 - May 2026
Contributions:97 pushes, 1 branch, 31 tags in 2 years 3 months
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