Michal Mečiar
Mechatronics student · Electronics tinkerer · Aspiring aerospace engineer
Bio
I'm a mechatronics student at Brno University of Technology. I build electronics, write code, and work toward a career in aerospace, designing the embedded systems and electronics that fly.
Programming came first, at SPŠE Hálova in Bratislava. Then electronics, then 3D printing, and from there it just snowballed. One project led to the next: a lab power supply, then a CoreXY printer I designed and built for my maturita, and now my own avionics PCB.
Why aerospace? I like planes, and I like engineering. Aviation is where those two meet in the most demanding way. I want to work on the electronics and control systems that keep aircraft flying: avionics hardware, guidance, navigation and flight control.
Today I study mechatronics at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Brno. I build propulsion tooling for Chicken Wings BUT, our SAE Aero Design team, and I work part-time on automation in a corporate transformation team. My trajectory lays out the rest of the plan, project by project.
Experience
- 2025-09 – present
Transformations Student (part-time)
- Automate Jira workflows and internal processes with Python and Bash.
- Built a tool that runs as a GitLab CI job.
- Work with AI tooling and prepare datasets for internal AI tools.
- 2025-01 – 2025-08
Editor & tech writer (part-time)
Vosveteit.sk
- Wrote technology news and articles for a Slovak tech news site.
Education
- 2026-09 – 2029 (expected)
BSc Mechatronics
Brno University of Technology — Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FME VUT) · Brno, Czechia
- Focus on electronics and programming.
- 2022 – 2026
Secondary technical school, electrical engineering
SPŠE Hálova 16 · Bratislava, Slovakia
Skills matrix
| Domain | Skill | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Embedded | Arduino · ESP32 · STM32 | Strong |
| C / C++ | Basic | |
| Electronics | Soldering & assembly | Strong |
| PCB design (KiCad) | Basic | |
| Mechanical | 3D printing | Strong |
| CAD (Fusion 360) | Strong | |
| Klipper firmware | Working | |
| Software | Linux | Strong |
| Python | Strong | |
| AI tooling & data preparation | Working | |
| Bash | Working | |
| Git | Working | |
| Jira | Working | |
| GitLab CI | Basic |