Electronics & Control Engineer

Álvaro C.
Satué Crespo

I design and develop embedded and control systems for demanding applications — from modeling and simulation to firmware and validation on real hardware.

Seville, Spain Open to collaborations

alvaro@satuwell:~

$ whoami
alvaro-satue
$ cat profile.json
{
 "role": "Electronics & Control Engineer",
 "exp": 10+ // years
}
$ cat skills.txt
dev C/C++ · Python · Matlab/Simulink · Modelica
domains aerospace · e-mobility · uav
$ ./contact.sh
// drop your email — let’s grab a coffee and talk control, modeling, and programming
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About

Engineer by training,
scout by instinct

I'm an Electronics & Control Engineer from Seville with more than a decade of hands-on experience bridging the gap between physics and firmware. My work spans safety-critical avionics (DO-178B/C), high-voltage e-mobility powertrains, technical training and academic research — always with the same goals: systems that work when it matters most, and contribute to the scientific community.

The scout mindset — prepare, observe, adapt — shapes how I approach every project: I read the problem before writing a line of code, I keep a clean trail so the next engineer can follow, and I never ship something I wouldn't trust my own name to.

Outside work I'm drawn to renewable energy and circular economy, adventure sports — especially on wheels — and I'm a friend to all the animals in the woods.

10+ Years in electrics & electronics

3 Domains — aerospace · e-mobility · uav

DO-178 Safety-critical certification experience

ICUAS Best Paper Award 2022

Skills

Technical expertise

Programming Languages

Control and Systems Engineering

Control Strategies

System Dynamics

Protocols & Buses

Tools & Processes

Embedded Environments

Standards & Domains

Avionics

Electric Motorcycles

Experience

Career timeline

Embedded Software Engineer

Airtificial Aerospace & Defense

Aerospace June 2024 — present

Lead embedded software development for certified aerospace mechatronic systems under DO-178.
Design software architecture and define software requirements from customer specs.
Embedded C developer; implement CAN, SPI, 16-bit parallel, RS-422 and MIL-STD-1553 protocols.
Develop power converter control and Model-Based Design control for real-time embedded targets.
Build on-target test suites (Unity) and lab integration with hardware and mechanical teams.
Support aviation certification audits ensuring full compliance with aviation standards.

Electronic Engineer for e-Mobility

EEVAM Technologies

E-Mobility Aug 2023 — May 2024

Defined hardware requirements from high-level requirements and designed electronic circuits accordingly.
Programmed control units using MATLAB/Simulink; implemented control algorithms for power converters covering functional and safety features.
Defined software architecture and low-level requirements from high-level requirements.
Designed and executed functional tests for verification of electronic prototypes.
Managed supplier and customer relationships throughout development cycles.
Collaborated in prototyping, integration of electronic units and sensors as part of the development team.

Research Engineer — UAV Systems

University of Seville

UAV 2018 — 2020

Co-designed a bio-inspired ornithopter UAV; responsible for flight control and actuation electronics.
Implemented attitude estimation (EKF) and position hold on STM32.
Published research at ICUAS 2022, receiving Best Paper Award.
Mentored undergraduate students in embedded systems lab.

Electronic Engineering Intern

Skylife Engineering S.L.

Aerospace Feb 2021 — Aug 2021

Designed and simulated an isolated bidirectional power converter for the aerospace industry.
Conducted R&D MOSFET modelling for efficiency comparison across switching topologies.

e-Drivetrain Intern

KTM E-TECHNOLOGIES GmbH

E-Mobility Jul 2020 — Sep 2020

Assembly and testing of Li-Ion battery packs.
Commissioning and parametrization of electric vehicles, motor control units and vehicle control units.
Reverse engineering and benchmarking of electric motors and components.
Cost engineering of electric components.

Mechatronic Technical Specialist

Ecomobility Green World España

E-Mobility Mar 2017 — Aug 2019

After-sales service for electric powertrain and electronics on myPulse/EFUN scooters at the largest multibrand electric motorbike showroom in Spain.
R&D on powertrain and electronics quality control and technology validation for the myPulse brand.
Pre-delivery checks, spare parts management and diagnostics across brands including Energica, Zero Motorcycles, Volta, EFUN, Govecs, Kuberg and Gocycle.

Electronics Engineer & Marketing Manager

ARUS Andalucía Racing Team

E-Mobility Oct 2015 — Jul 2017

Electric Propulsion Team Leader (Oct 2016 – Jul 2017): led the department from founding, designing, modelling, simulating and manufacturing an electric propulsion system; developed technical solutions for motors, ECUs, VCU and accumulator to assess Formula Student 2018 feasibility.
Marketing Manager (Oct 2015 – Oct 2016): managed sponsor databases, secured new sponsorships, produced all graphic material (sponsorship dossier, video editing, 3D animation, car livery, roll-ups) and served as team Secretary (board minutes, statutes, internal regulations).

Maintenance Technician

Transpedal

E-Mobility Oct 2015 — Jun 2016

Refurbished an electric cargo tricycle for Transpedal, an eco-friendly courier company, returning it to operational service.
Repaired the 500 W BLDC motor and XZ48 motor controller.
Redesigned the full wiring harness, battery safety elements and modular connectors to minimise tricycle downtime.
Mechanical overhaul of braking and steering systems.

Portfolio

Selected projects

Aerospace 2024

FOC & Haptic Control

Field-Oriented Control and haptic feedback system Model-Based Design for a certified aerospace mechatronic actuator. Covers motor control, safety supervision and real-time embedded target development.

E-Mobility 2020

Bidirectional DC-DC Converter

Design and validation of a bidirectional DC-DC converter for EV auxiliary systems. Mixed digital-analog closed-loop control on TMS320 DSP, SIL testing.

UAV 2022

Manipulator Control for Ornithopter

Enhancement of a manipulation system through a composite control law: Linear Quadratic Regulator + feedback linearization + integral term for robustness. Implemented on STM32 for the Griffin ERC ornithopter UAV.

griffin-erc-advanced-grant.eu

E-Mobility 2017

ARUS Formula SAE Electric Car

Full-vehicle electronics architecture for a student electric racing car competing at Formula Student Spain. Designed the ECU/VCU topology, BMS integration and wire harness.

arusteam.com

Recognition

Awards & publications

Award 2022

Best Paper Award — ICUAS 2022

Received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS 2022) for research on bio-inspired ornithopter flight control.

ICUAS 2022 · Dubrovnik, Croatia

Publications

Research papers

Scissors-type dual-arm cooperative manipulator for plant sampling by an ornithopter — Robotica, 2023
Experimental energy consumption analysis of a flapping-wing robot — arXiv, 2023
Design, development and testing of a hybrid fixed-flapping wing UAV ⭐ — ICUAS, 2022
Body control after perching for flapping-wing robots: extending workspace for manipulation — ICUAS, 2023

Google Scholar profile

Open Source

GitHub contributions

Fork of ComfyUI — local AI model deployment and workflow automation.
motorcycle_classification — AI training pipeline for motorcycle component recognition.
Godot GDScript projects — 2D physics simulations and game mechanics.

github.com/Satutronico

Contact

Let's collaborate

Available for embedded systems development, software architecture certification consulting, research collaborations or custom technical training. Drop me a line and I'll reply as soon as possible.