Maxime Venayre
Senior R&D Engineer • 20 years of experience
From microcontroller to cloud • HMI • Embedded systems
Profile
R&D Engineer with 20 years of experience in drones, robotics and IoT.
Versatile profile covering the entire technical stack.
Full-cycle expertise: architecture design, development and industrialization.
Proficient use of generative AI to accelerate development, with systematic technical supervision and decision-making.
Proven ability to lead projects from proof of concept to production deployment, in both startup and industrial contexts.
Key Skills
Languages
Tools & IDE
Applications & Interfaces
Embedded / Real-time
Data
Generative AI
Professional Experience
Head of Software R&D
Skydrone 2018 – present-
Ground control station for ground robots (firefighters/military)
- Modular Qt/QML architecture, real-time operator interface
- Telemetry, radio supervision, multi-stream HD video with recording
- Deployed in numerous critical operational theaters, including the Notre-Dame de Paris fire (2019)
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Major fork of QGroundControl and ArduPilot with custom features
- Communication protocol extensions, specific flight modes
- Custom sensor and actuator integration, field-adapted interfaces
- Solution deployed with multiple civil security and military services
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Firmware development for supervision and actuator safety boards on aerial systems (STM32, ESP32)
- Sensor/actuator drivers, real-time communication (CAN, UART, SPI)
- Safety logic and fail-safe, hardware and software watchdogs
- Redundancy management and degraded mode
R&D Software Consultant
Insensia 2022 – present- Firmware development for IoT sensors (CO₂, temperature, humidity, presence) with secure communication
- Backend & data architecture: MQTT ingestion, time-series (InfluxDB), processing pipeline and monitoring
- Supervision of web app design (project tracking, decision-making, consulting, mentoring)
Founder & Principal Consultant (freelance)
MVE Presta 2022 – 2024- Creation and management of a SAS company (legal, accounting, administrative)
- R&D missions: embedded, cloud, IoT integration
- Technical team mentoring
Head of R&D
Nano Racing 2015 – 2017- Ultra-low latency video/data transmission system (Wi-Fi injection) for racing: protocol and pipeline optimization
- Significantly reduced latency in real-world conditions
Head of R&D
Novalta 2014 – 2015- 2D video extraction from 360° streams; 3D reconstruction / SLAM; cloud-based processing
- Functional demonstrators and algorithm transfer to product POCs
Full-Stack Developer Analyst
MGDIS 2006 – 2013- Automated reporting tools and multi-format document management
- VB → C#/ASP.NET application migration; web development and financial data management
- Reduction of technical debt, application deployed in numerous organizations and local authorities
Notable Projects
Ground Robot Control Station
Modular architecture, multi-stream video, ArduPilot integration. Field-validated prototypes.
Ultra-low Latency Video Pipeline
Wi-Fi/injection optimization, measurement tools, significant latency improvement.
360° Vision → 2D + SLAM
Real-time processing chain, 3D reconstruction, cloud/edge shared execution.
Education
Engineering Degree
ESIEA (Laval, France)
2006
Computer Science, Electronics, Automation
Projects: 3D engine with AI, AI games (chess, Othello), underwater drone
Scientific Baccalaureate
Lycée François Ier (Fontainebleau)
2001
Mathematics specialization
Options: Computer Science and Economics
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