About Camille
Aerospace & Autonomous Systems Engineer | Flight Control & Autopilot Expert
I am a Control and Flight Dynamics Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing flight control systems, autopilots, sensor-fusion algorithms, and performance-optimization tools for aerospace systems and drones. I help teams model, simulate, and validate advanced control laws to improve stability, safety, and autonomy.
Core Expertise
- Flight control & autopilot design
- Control law tuning (PID, LQR, MPC, Kalman filtering)
- Drone dynamics modelling & stability analysis
- Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC)
- Sensor fusion (IMU, GPS, magnetometer, vision)
- Matlab/Simulink, embedded C/C++
- System modelling, simulation, HIL testing
Impact & Achievements
- Designed and validated flight-control loops improving drone stability
- Developed sensor-fusion algorithms (EKF / UKF) for autonomous navigation systems
- Worked with aerospace leaders such as Parrot and ArianeGroup on high-reliability control systems
- Led a team of engineers aiming to improve drone flight endurance by 20%
I support companies developing autonomous aerial systems, aerospace control software, or drone flight-control architectures, from R&D to validation.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Conversational
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Toulouse (up to 50km), Montpellier (up to 50km), Marseille (up to 50km)
Experience
- ParrotFlight and motors control technical leaderAVIATION AND AEROSPACEJanuary 2022 - February 2023 (1 year and 1 month)Paris, FranceTechnical leadership of a team of five engineers specializing in flight control and actuators.Defined the roadmap, planned activities, coordinated with project management, and led weekly scrum meetings.Main responsibilities- Technical oversight of the design, implementation, tuning, and validation of flight-control algorithms ensuring drone stability, precision, and robustness.- Flight-performance optimization: expanding the flight envelope, sizing control authority, and tuning parameters to maximize aerodynamic efficiency.- Technical interface with the propeller and propulsion teams to ensure full coherence between control algorithms, mechanical design, and actuator dynamics.- Drafting technical specifications for subcontractors (motors, stabilized gimbal), monitoring production, and performing functional validation of motors.- Design and implementation of BLDC motor-control algorithms and integration of Hall-effect sensors for position and speed measurement.- Recruitment, mentoring, and technical guidance of team members.- Weekly reporting on activities and technical progress to the project leadership.Impact & expertise- Established an efficient agile organization, improving responsiveness and software quality.- Achieved significant gains in flight stability and endurance through joint optimization of control laws and the propulsion system.- Developed strong expertise in embedded control, flight dynamics, and BLDC motor control.
- ParrotFlight Control EngineerAVIATION AND AEROSPACEDecember 2019 - January 2022 (2 years and 1 month)Île-de-France, FranceI design, validate, and optimize flight-control algorithms that ensure the stability, precision, and performance of drones—from early simulation stages all the way to flight testing.My goal is to deliver safe, reliable, and high-performance flight behavior while accelerating the transition from prototype to production.Key skills- Control-law design & simulation using MATLAB/Simulink- Embedded C++ development (control algorithms, filtering, state estimation)- R&D and continuous improvement of flight performance- Flight and bench testing, data analysis, and parameter tuning- System integration and close collaboration with mechanical, electronics, and software teams- Iterative development approach: from prototype to production, incorporating user and customer feedbackWhat I bring to your projects-End-to-end expertise in the full flight-control development cycle-A rigorous, results-driven approach grounded in both simulation and field validation-A systems-engineering mindset ensuring full coherence between hardware, software, and real-world flight performance
- ArianeGroupLauncher flight control engineerAVIATION AND AEROSPACEOctober 2016 - December 2019 (3 years and 2 months)78130 Les Mureaux, FranceWithin ArianeGroup, the propelled-flight control department is responsible for controlling the launch vehicle during atmospheric flight and throughout the first and second stages.Main responsibilities:-Design of the launcher’s flight-control laws and onboard algorithms-Modeling of the autopilot function and its interactions with launcher dynamics-Development and validation of control-law synthesis and numerical verification tools-My activities within the department included:Preliminary flight-control and guidance studies for the vertical landing of a reusable launcher.Development of simulation tools, design of flight-control algorithms, analysis of flight qualities and vehicle controllability, and formulation of specifications for the propulsion teams.As part of the Ariane 6 team:Flight-control studies for atmospheric flight and the second-stage phase, design of control algorithms, and evaluation of controller performance.Contribution to the evolution of the control-law synthesis and validation tools, as well as to the associated validation documentation
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Education
- Ingénieur spécialisé en automatique et en systèmes autonomesISAE-SUPAERO2016Ingénieur spécialisé en automatique et en systèmes autonomes
- Génie AérospatialUniversité de Montréal - Ecole polytechnique de Montréal2015Génie Aérospatial