David Devassy

Overseeing the creation and development of drone technologies, fine tuning the product, testing and validation of Products, focusing on innovation, Team development, project management, and strategic implementation.

Projects:

1. Swarm Drones for Airforce Meharbaba Competition Top 10 Shortlisted companies).

Headed a team of 11 members who made swarm of 15 drones Medium category with following features.

• AI based Flying(Obstacle Avoidance and path planning)
• SLAM for GPS denied flying(Indoor & Outdoor)
• Self Healing Network
• RFD & Herelink based Dual Redundant Communication System.(Full HD transmission up to 9KM+)
• Max Range of 30+KM & 40 Minutes Endurance.
• Onboard Processing (NVIDIA JETSON Board)
• Pixhawk Cube Orange + based Flight Controller.

2. Kamikaze Drones for military Purposes.

• 280g weight,220mm airframe, 120mm folding propellers,40+ minutes flight time, powered by Qualcomm QRB5165, Integrated flight controller PX4 based.
• Advanced Autonomy, Visual Inertial Odometer to navigate in GPS denied environments, Visual Obstacle Avoidance to fly safely in tight spaces
• 3D Mapping and Path Planning to fly hands-off in dynamic environments.
• TFLite Neural Networks run object classification, detection, and other models, Doodle Lab & ELRS based Long Range communication Systems.

3. Nano Drones.

• FPV Drones with 15Km range and High Speed 35mph+,30 minute Endurance and 720P Video Transmissions.

4. Anti drones.(Visual and Audio)

• Acoustic and visual Based Drone Detection upto 500 m & 5km radius.
• YOLO v5 based AI detection and identification.

5. VTOL UAV.

6. Agriculture Drones.

7. PID tuning Rig for Multi rotor Drones.

8. High Altitude Surveillance Drone for Military Purposes.

• Streamlined operations to consistently deliver on targets
• Boosted operational efficiencies through forecasting and budget management
• Analyzed customer data to identify opportunities and improve relationships
• Built customer and employee loyalty by implementing effective operational strategies
• Hired and evaluated associates and management staff
• Managed team of dedicated employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees
• Trained and mentored new engineering and production team members on best practices
• Prepared and participated in project design reviews
• Provided engineering technical support to designers of prototype RPA
• Created successful training courses based on evaluation of Employee needs
• Analyzed strategic, core and support processes, recommending improvements to streamline or automate procedures
• Commanded various RPA's (Multirotor & fixed Wings), covering Mapping and Surveillance Projects safely and professionally.

Major Projects:

• Confidential Water Sampling and testing of Reservoirs Dubai using Drones associating with TRIDEL Dubai.
• HALE Development for Company(Confidential) Philippines
• Development of Smart Interactive Learning systems with Interactive Touch panels (cerebro) for Sunsara Tech Pvt ltd.

• Used extensive management and leadership experience to inspire and motivate high-performing operational managers and wider teams
• All other Works performed as Drone Tech and Service Engineer.

Projects:

• Tamarabharani River Encroachment Survey TN.
• Paalayar Encroachment survey TN.
• Telegana land Survey.
• HALE Fixed Wing Drone Design & Development.
• Hand Thrown AVIAN type Fixed Wing Drone R&D.
• Assisting development and assembling of Fully Autonomous Underwater Vehicle .
• Assisting on Development of Unmanned Ground vehicle (>50Kg category)

• Supported team leader in improving operations and resolving issues to deliver top-notch customer service
• System integration, testing and validation of UAV FIXED WING & ROTOR CRAFTS
• Troubleshooting and fault identification of UAV and its equipment's
• Perform PCB level soldering and rework according to PCB schematics and layout files
• Perform Flight test & evaluation of prototypes
• Perform piloting of drones for survey and surveillance mission
• Prepare tender documents, costing of equipment in MS tools
• Present Product to Client
• Electrical diagnostics, Electrical assembly, PCB layout design, Schematic drawings, Circuit board repairs, Electrical circuit troubleshooting.
• Drone Piloting, assembling, Servicing
• Computer Hardware & software Trouble shooting and Servicing.
• Website Development.

• Provide training to students at various institutions on CATIA, AEROMODELLING, and basics of drone servicing and maintenance.

Projects:

• Sounding Rocket for Student Projects(Tested upto 11km Height).
• Assisted in NIU SAT project(Nano Satellite Developed and send to space along with noorul islam university TN and ISRO)
• Provide training on Aeromodelling, CATIA and Ansys to Students of Noorul Islam University, PARK engineering college Coimbatore, Regional Institute of engineering Trivandrum. and CUSAT cochin, Kerala

• Provide Expert advises to the management on developing and maintaining their products quality, marketing strategies etc
• (products: Cerebro Digital Interactive Board, IP Camera Security Systems, Teaching software's.)

• Provide Necessary advises to the union Heads and guide them technically (modernizing their boats and equipment's to get more results and to survive during accidents)