Daniele Pettenuzzo
VP Of Engineering at Voliro
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniele Pettenuzzo is a VP of Engineering based in Zurich with eight years of hands-on experience building and leading robotics and embedded software teams. He progressed through technical and management roles at Auterion and PX4, blending low-level firmware, device drivers and system configuration work with team leadership and delivery ownership. An active contributor to prominent open-source projects like PX4 and MAVSDK, he focuses on robust integration testing, sensor drivers and flight information features that improve autopilot stability. His engineering roots from EPFL and Politecnico di Torino combine with a management minor, reflecting a pragmatic mix of technical depth and product-minded leadership. Colleagues rely on him to translate hardware constraints into reliable software architectures while scaling teams for production-grade aerial robotics.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Double Degree Program Information Technology Engineering, Double Degree Program Information Technology Engineering at Tongji UniversityMaster Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Master Electrical and Electronic Engineering at EPFLInternational Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at International School of TurinBachelor's degree Electronic Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electronic Engineering at Politecnico di Torino
Italian, English, Spanish, Chinese
Github Skills (21)
c-language10
nuttx10
px410
system-configuration10
autopilot10
mavlink10
testing10
server-configuration10
hardware10
driver10
sys10
embedded10
configurations10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
Feb 2018 - Dec 2021
PX4 Autopilot Software
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1 review, 101 commits, 32 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Daniele made several contributions to the PX4 Autopilot codebase, focusing on hardware-specific configurations and driver implementations. These changes involved modifying board configuration files for the fmuv5 and crazyflie platforms, including disabling and enabling USART ports and adding support for SD cards and optical flow breakout boards. Furthermore, the user worked on low-level driver improvements, such as refactoring the pmw3901 optical flow driver, integrating sensor data through uORB, and cleaning the vl53lxx driver.
px4pixhawkuavuasdronecode
mavlink/MAVSDK
Nov 2019 - May 2020
API and library for MAVLink compatible systems written in C++ 20
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer/Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer/Test Automation EngineerContributions:7 commits, 4 PRs, 12 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Daniele primarily contributed to the `mavsdk` project by adding and modifying tests, particularly integration tests related to flight information. They implemented and refined functionalities within the Info plugin, including adding flight information retrieval and processing. Furthermore, the user addressed build and compile issues in the examples by correcting file paths. These changes demonstrate a focus on testing and ensuring the stability of the system.
cppmavlinkcpp17ardupilotpx4
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