Section 04 · Flight plan

Trajectory

A public roadmap: what I've achieved, what I'm working on now, and the path toward becoming an aerospace engineer who builds embedded systems and flight electronics. I keep it updated, and it holds me accountable.

Achieved
03
In progress
05
Next
05
Long-term
06
  1. P1 Achieved
    1. 2022–2026

      SPŠE Hálova, electrical engineering

      Programming came first, then electronics and 3D printing, and it snowballed from there.

      education
    2. 2025

      Editor & tech writer at Vosveteit.sk

      work
    3. 2026-06 project
  2. P2 Current position ◀ you are here
    1. 2026-09 →

      BSc Mechatronics, FME, Brno University of Technology

      education
    2. 2026-09 →

      Chicken Wings BUT, SAE Aero Design Micro Class

      Building OpenPropulsionMatch, the team's propulsion optimiser.

      project
    3. 2026-08 → project
    4. 2025-09 →

      Transformations student (part-time)

      Automation with Python, Bash, Jira and GitLab CI, plus data for AI tools.

      work
    5. 2024-08 → project
  3. P3 Next
    1. Year 1–2

      Connect with the Institute of Aerospace Engineering at FME

      Ask about the aerospace master's, electives, and student positions on research projects.

      goal
    2. Project 2

      Model rocket flight computer

      Launch and apogee detection, LoRa telemetry to a self-built ground station, a 3D-printed avionics bay, flown with a rocketry club.

      project
    3. Project 3

      Attitude estimation and sensor fusion

      Complementary and Kalman filters on my own hardware, compared against a known reference.

      project
    4. Project 4

      Own drone flight controller

      Custom PCB and a cascaded PID attitude controller, tuned on a 1–2 axis test rig before flying.

      project
    5. Year 2+

      Part-time job or summer internship in aerospace

      goal
  4. P4 Long-term
    1. Project 5

      Thrust vector control

      A servo-driven, 3D-printed gimbal controlled by my flight computer, tested on a static stand first.

      project
    2. Project 6

      Satellite attitude control testbed

      A reaction wheel on a suspended platform, and later magnetorquers built into the PCB.

      project
    3. Project 7

      CubeSat-style subsystem board

      A power system or onboard computer in CubeSat form factor.

      project
    4. 2029 education
    5. 2029 →

      Master's in aerospace engineering

      education
    6. Goal

      Aerospace engineer in aviation, working on avionics hardware, GNC and flight control

      goal