Tiziano Fiorenzani
Chief Engineer at AeroVironment
Simi Valley, California, United States
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Top SchoolTiziano Fiorenzani is a Chief Engineer specializing in UAV flight management, guidance, navigation and control with over a decade of hands-on experience across aerospace and autonomous systems. Based in Simi Valley and currently at AeroVironment’s Innovation Center in Boston, he blends advanced control theory, real-time GNC implementation in C/Python, and systems-level design for both rotorcraft and space vehicles. He holds an M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering, multiple patents (including GPS‑denied UAV following and an autonomous landing pad), and a Part 107 small UAS pilot license. His background spans end-to-end product delivery—from SolidWorks mechanical design and SI/PI simulation in Matlab/Simulink to ROS, computer vision, and embedded autopilot integration—and he also publishes practical drone and ROS tutorials on YouTube backed by accompanying control scripts on GitHub. Notably, he’s led cross-disciplinary programs integrating UAVs, USVs and launcher vehicle control, demonstrating a rare mix of space-flight experience and fielded drone autonomy.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Aerospace Engineer Space mechanics, Master of Science (MSc) Aerospace Engineer Space mechanics at Università di Pisa
English, Italian
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Github Skills (7)
autopilot10
python10
opencv9
computer-vision9
iot8
embedded8
sys8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
tizianofiorenzani/how_do_drones_work
Sep 2017 - Jan 2023
A collection of scripts from my totorials
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 4 PRs, 28 pushes in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Tiziano contributed to the development of drone control scripts, focusing on tasks like arming, takeoff, and autonomous navigation. Code changes include implementing waypoint navigation, circular trajectory tracking, and mission management. The user also created scripts for reading data from the RCBenchmark interface, likely for analyzing the drone's performance and for camera pose estimation using ArUco markers.
tizianofiorenzani/ardupilot
Jun 2021 - Mar 2025
ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover source
Contributions:189 pushes, 15 branches in 3 years 9 months
crosswordarducopterarduinoarduroverautopilot
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