Aerospace, perception, and AI engineer.

I’m Fidel, an Aerospace & Avionics Engineer based in Madrid with 10+ years of experience specializing in GNC, sensor fusion, computer vision, and safety-critical autonomous systems at Airbus Defence & Space and UAV Navigation. In my free time, I build open-source computer vision tools like PadelKit and explore 3D perception and visual-inertial navigation.

PadelKit

Court & Player Tracking

3D Vision & GNC

Relative Pose Estimation

OptimAir

Trajectory Optimization

Chattier

3D Avatar Blendshapes

Lima HCI

Facial Landmark Control

Intelligent Human-Computer Interactions

Desktop accessibility application for controlling the computer mouse cursor and keyboard from detected head movement, facial expressions, and voice commands using computer vision.

Aircraft Trajectory Optimization

Mathematical modeling, aerodynamics, quaternion kinematics, and nonlinear optimal control (direct collocation & genetic algorithms) for estimating minimum-time aircraft trajectories in the Red Bull Air Race.

Featured Open Source & R&D

PadelKitOpen Source

Modular computer vision & AI analytics framework for padel: camera calibration, court homography, and multi-object tracking.

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3D Vision Navigation PatentES-3036714

Vision-based relative 3D pose estimation algorithm using geometric terrain landmarks (Airbus Defence & Space, 2024).

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Work

  1. ADS
    Company
    Airbus Defence and Space
    Role
    Aerial Refueling Systems Engineer
    Date
  2. ADS
    Company
    Airbus Defence and Space
    Role
    Navigation & Sensors Engineer
    Date
  3. UAV
    Company
    UAV Navigation
    Role
    Flight Control Engineer — Sensor Fusion
    Date
  4. UAV
    Company
    UAV Navigation
    Role
    Flight Control Engineering Intern
    Date
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