Pierre-louis Tilak
Director - Senior Software Engineer at tilak.io
Toulouse, Occitania, France
Summary
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Top SchoolPierre-Louis Tilak is a hands-on software director and engineer with 11 years of experience building embedded systems, drone software, and ML-enabled aerial solutions from firmware to frontend. He has led product and software roadmaps, shipped real-time onboard inference (TensorFlow Lite, Google Coral) and improved UX for the widely used QGroundControl ground station, demonstrating both low-level C/RTOS expertise and thoughtful UI work. At tilak.io he helps teams bridge gaps in C/C++, Python, Qt and Docker to deliver practical engineering outcomes under tight constraints. His background in autopilot firmware, control laws and cross-compilation toolchains gives him a rare end-to-end perspective that accelerates prototypes into deployable systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Bachelor's degree, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at Chulalongkorn UniversityMaster's degree, Génie Electronique et Informatique, 5ème Année, Master's degree, Génie Electronique et Informatique, 5ème Année at Institut national des Sciences appliquées de Toulouse
English, French, Spanish, Thai
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Github Skills (16)
qml10
uid10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
qt10
graphical-user-interface10
mavlink9
drones9
git6
windows-subsystem-for-linux6
cmake6
raspberry-pi6
gitbash6
compilation6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mavlink/qgroundcontrol
Jul 2019 - Nov 2019
Cross-platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:65 commits, 19 PRs, 116 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Pierre-louis primarily focused on enhancing the user interface of the ground control station. They implemented an option to switch between instrument panels, fixing resizing issues, and renaming settings texts. The user also added indicators to the compass, introduced settings for these indicators, and made further refinements to the UI layout and component arrangements, demonstrating a focus on improving the user experience and information presentation.
linux-osios-androidiosdroneground
tilaktilak/Inebriator
Feb 2016 - Mar 2019
Contributions:1 PR, 29 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 1 month
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