Philipp Oettershagen - Team Leader, Mechatronics System Engineering

Philipp Oettershagen

Team Leader, Mechatronics System Engineering

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Summary

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Philipp Oettershagen is a mechatronics systems leader with 11 years of hands-on experience bridging aerospace research and industrial spacecraft hardware development. After earning a Dr. sc. ETH in robotics and aerial systems, he led record-setting long-endurance solar UAS projects at ETH Zurich and moved into spacecraft mechanisms and robotics for Mars and sample-return missions at RUAG Space. Today he heads a team of ~10 engineers at Beyond Gravity building actuators, solar array drives and antenna pointers, combining systems thinking with practical low-level embedded expertise. He is also an active open-source contributor to prominent autopilot and ground-control projects (PX4 and QGroundControl), having improved energy-based flight control, RC handling and preflight safety checks. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic systems integrator who thrives on pushing European aerospace capabilities from algorithm to mechanism.

11 years of coding experience

10 years of employment as a software developer

Dipl.-Ing., Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, (with honors), Dipl.-Ing., Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, (with honors) at Universität Stuttgart

California Institute of Technology

Dr. sc. ETH, Robotics and Aerospace, Dr. sc. ETH, Robotics and Aerospace at ETH Zurich

Github Skills (11)

qml10

embedded10

drones10

c-language10

px410

cprogramming-language10

autopilot10

qt10

sys10

mavlink10

fixed9

Programming languages (7)

C++CCMakeTeXHTMLPythonPostScript

Github contributions (5)

PX4/PX4-Autopilot

Jul 2014 - Jul 2018

PX4 Autopilot Software

Role in this project:

Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer

Contributions:48 commits, 14 PRs, 85 comments in 4 years 1 month

Contributions summary:Philipp contributed significantly to the PX4 Autopilot software, primarily focusing on embedded systems and low-level control aspects. They implemented fixes and enhancements within the TECS (Total Energy Control System) module, including bug fixes, modifications to throttle control, and integrator adjustments. Additionally, the user made changes to the commander module, specifically related to RC signal handling, and added mappings for RC AUX channels and servo update rates.

multicopteravoidancedroneuasraspberry-pi

mavlink/qgroundcontrol

Oct 2014 - Jun 2018

Cross-platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows)

Role in this project:

Full-stack Developer

Contributions:9 commits, 3 PRs, 36 comments in 3 years 8 months

Contributions summary:Philipp made several significant contributions to the QGroundControl project, primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and improving the overall flight experience. These changes included refactoring the primary flight display to clearly separate airspeed and groundspeed, and also adding labels for vertical climb. Furthermore, the user implemented a preflight checklist feature, integrating autopilot health flags for automated checks. Also the user worked on the HIL (X-Plane) integration, allowing control of aircraft flaps.

linux-osios-androidiosdroneground

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