UAS design, build,
and test

optimAero is a UAS design, build, and test house with roots in GA and CA. We provide consultation as well as short- and long-term engineering contracting for services including software, design, simulation, and testing, focusing on aerobotic vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicles. We combine our passion for flight with our skills in systems engineering, autonomy, robotics, optimization, controls, dynamics, piloting, and CFD to give our projects the best chance of success. We are FAA Part 107 certified.

• Website www.optim.aero
• Entity optimAero, LLC
• Email info@optim.aero
• UEI XJ2SJ1MAGAH8
• CAGE 83L16
• NAICS 488190, 488999, 511210, 541715, 541511
• Classification Small business
• Hiring See open positions →

• Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC), System Identification
• Autopilot and Ground Control Station (GCS) development
• Data- and Model-Driven Solutions: SciML, Model Predictive Control, and Reinforcement Learning
• Modeling and Simulation (flight dynamics, HITL/SITL, avionics)
• UAS sizing and design from the ground up, prototyping, and flight testing — primarily VTOL aircraft
• Automation, beyond-waypoint guidance, GPS-denied flight
• Multidisciplinary Optimization (MDO)
• Hardware and Software Architecture
• Systems Engineering (requirements management, integration, verification, and validation)

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• Dev environments, IDEs: Windows, Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Suse), Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, QT, Keil
• Software: CIFER, CONDUIT, MATLAB, Simulink, CATIA, SolidWorks, CFD, Ardupilot, PX4, DJI SDK, Git, SVN, CMake, digital and analog video processing (thermal/EO)
• Languages: C, C++, C#, Python, SQL, HTML, PHP, JSP, Java, XML, XSLT, YAML, VHDL, ASP.NET, Oracle
• Protocols: CAN, ARINC 429, serial, TCP/UDP, PWM, S.BUS, digital/analog IO, MIL-STD-1553
• Targets: ARM, Atmel, Intel, Gumstix, Beaglebone, Raspberry Pi, PowerPC
• System Test (HITL/SITL), real-time operating system (RTOS), unit test
• PCB design, in-house fabrication, and population (prototype level)
• Harness design and fabrication (prototype level)
• Rapid prototyping: laser cutting, water jetting, 3D printing, 4-axis CNC milling and routing
• Machining: welding (TIG: Al, mild steel), basic milling, lathing, metal, wood, plastics, composites
• Proposal support: BAA, SBIR, STTR, others
• Thrust stand design and testing including 6 DOF force/moment and electrical data for rotors up to 3.3 m / 11 ft in diameter
• Indoor tethered flight testing service for vehicles up to 350 lbs GTOW, 30×30×14′
• Flight test support for manned and unmanned aircraft

We look forward to hearing from you at info@optim.aero or via optimAero's LinkedIn.