Stefard Dsouza

Head of Autonomy @ Airbound

Country

India

City

Bengaluru

Industry

Aviation & Aerospace

Skill

Pixhawk, Production Planning, English, Electrical Engineering, Organization Skills, Written Communication, Communication, Root Cause, Engineering Change, Corrective Actions, Engineering Design, Design Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Quality Control, Research and Development (R&D), Avionics, Soldering, Piloting, Google Sheets, ArduPilot

Experience

Head of Autonomy

Airbound

2023-11 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Associate Engineer

Asteria Aerospace Limited

2022-1 - 2023-11 · 1 yr 11 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Training of personnel in flying UAVs both Defense and Civil Servicing UAVs post delivery both onsite and offsite Flight testing of UAVs Post servicing Undertake Factory Acceptance tests, and Customer Acceptance tests, Pre-JRI and JRI. Remote support to Clients and personnel Onsite Bench Testing and flight testing of payloads Debugging issues with UAVs, Radios and Payloads Experienced in flying Surveillance UAVs and Mapping Drones Experienced in setup and working of Handheld controllers such as Herelink In-depth knowledge on architecture of high endurance UAVs

Drone Pilot

2020-7 - 2022-2 · 1 yr 8 mos

Udupi, Karnataka, India

Freelance FPV Drone Pilot

Drone Technician

2020-7 - 2022-2 · 1 yr 8 mos

2+ years experience in building Custom Drones for Cinematography applications, SMD level flight controller and ESC Repairs, Drone Motor Rewindings to manufacturer/customer Specified KVs

Mechanical Design Engineer

2018-3 - 2022-2 · 4 yrs

Udupi, Karnataka, India

As a Design engineer I have undertaken Cad Designs and 3d renderings of products for various commercial as well as personal use. design of BMW k100 Mirror Plate, Custom 3 axis CNC, FPV Drone Parts, Gopro housings, Guitar Bridge, Carbon Fiber Drone frame, Wall clock etc.

Computer Numerical Control Programmer

2021-1 - 2021-12 · 1 yr

Design and 3 axis Cam Programming using Autodesk Fusion 360, Custom Cuttings/ Engravings in plastics and wood using the Toolpaths Generated.

Co-Founder

Badumtsh Music Solutions

2019-7 - 2020-12 · 1 yr 6 mos

Manipal

Market Research / Client Aquisition / Social Media Manager

Intern

Air India Limited

2014-7 - 2014-8 · 2 mos

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

summer internship, which involved maintenance aircraft such as Boeing -747, Boeing-777, Beoing-787. hands on experience in composite body panel repairs, engine maintenance, APU maintenance, Landing gear replacement and cabin maintenance.