Luke Dempsey

Swoop Aero designs, deploys, and operates autonomous aircraft to enable sustainable, scalable, and efficient drone logistics networks worldwide. The company's technology supports medical supply deliveries, disaster response, and critical logistics in both remote and urban environments. Responsible for the design, development, and implementation of embedded systems—both hardware and software—for autonomous aircraft, with a focus on safety and reliability. Key Responsibilities & Contributions: - Electrical Architecture Define and implement the electrical system architecture to meet product requirements, overseeing execution through direct involvement or management of contractors and team members. - Prototyping & Field Testing Rapidly develop and test autonomous aircraft, iterating on designs based on field performance. - Hardware Development Lifecycle Manage electronic hardware from concept through to mass production, ensuring manufacturability and reliability. - Software Development & Team Leadership Lead a team of software engineers, coordinating development efforts to enable key product features. Focused on delivering high-reliability autonomous systems from concept to production through technical execution and leadership.