Onboard Smarts - Melbourne, VIC
Swarm Group is the Australian specialist of drone applications (R&D, repairs, cinematography, Inspections with drones).Onboard Smarts is the R&D lab involved in the design of products for defence and commercial use within a wide scale of applications going from Inspection, survey and security issues. Onboard Smarts brings innovative solutions based on the latest technology available on the market. The company uses Machine to Machine solutions to build Airframes, COMMS network, training, maintenance, software and hardware Engineering. With a wide team accross various level of knowledge, the company is completely flexible with no limitation to build a solution. Designs do not rely on third-party manufacturers, so there is no limitation to what can be done. The lab develops its own hardware and applications for each specific problem to solve and build the Airframe in though an in-house composite lab.
Lead Development Manager - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles & Aircrafts
As the Lead Development Manager of a large R&D team, I have integrated the Electronics and the software research into the Airframe design of the drone that we designed. The advanced drones that we have developed run on manual and autopilot systems.
I have:
✔ Lead a team of 15 Engineers
✔ Set up a new research lab
✔ Integrated the software and hardware development with the Airframe design
✔ Developed a new line of drone applications
✔ Managed the research and development of the product
✔ Ensured the respect of the quality, versioning, and documentation
✔ Documented the project
✔ Scheduled the project
✔ Handled employees absences, reviews, salaries, and planning
✔ Kept the budget and the account of the project
✔ Ensured project requirement meets customer's expectations
✔ Given conferences & Business meetings in front of potential customers
✔ Tracked project progress using Agile methods, Scrum, Kanban/Wekan board and Gantt planning
Main projects:
✔ Micro-drone
✔ Shark detection pod
✔ Hornet Flying Wing
✔ Security drone
