Rahul Rajan
Prototype Engineer at Zellerfeld Shoe Company Inc.
Hamburg, Germany
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Top SchoolRahul Rajan is a prototype engineer with eight years of hands-on experience in digital fabrication, CNC and UAV platforms, currently developing 3D-printed footwear at Zellerfeld in Hamburg. He has a track record of rapid prototyping—from delivering a small-format CNC milling machine for the Open-lab Starter Kit in two months to building open-source fixed-wing UAVs for aerial mapping. With roots in Fab Academy and years at Kerala Startup Mission running fab labs and supporting startups, he blends practical machine design with documentation and workshop leadership. Known as a "hardware guy pretending to know software," he pairs mechanical engineering rigor with a curiosity for software and systems, and publishes his process notes at rahulsrajan.com.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Principles and Applications in Digital Fabrication, Digital Fabrication, Principles and Applications in Digital Fabrication, Digital Fabrication at Fab AcademyHigh School, Mathematics and Computer Science, High School, Mathematics and Computer Science at Arya Central SchoolBachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering, 8.09, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering, 8.09 at University of Kerala
Hindi, Malayalam, English
Github Skills (19)
cnc-machine10
flight-simulation10
radio-control10
arduino9
drones8
autopilot7
mavlink7
px47
cnc6
roamresearch5
knife2
freecad2
git2
cnc-controller2
3d-models2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rahulsarchive/FOS_UAV
Jun 2018 - Jul 2021
A DIY Open-source Fixed-wing aerial reconnaissance and mapping platform
Contributions:46 commits, 3 PRs, 41 pushes in 3 years 1 month
flight-simulationfixed-wingreconnaissancediymapping
rahulsarchive/Monarch-230-Quad
Feb 2018 - Jul 2021
A 230 size quad with fully protected propellers, safe for indoor flight
Contributions:1 PR, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
flightprotectedcomputer-graphicsandroidindoor
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