# Felix Haimerl

> Guidance, navigation, and controls software at Astranis

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/felixhaimerl

Designer, programmer, problem solver, lifelong learner, tinkerer, and adventurer.

## Work Experience
### Guidance, Navigation and Controls Engineer @ Astranis Space Technologies
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Robotics, Mechatronics, Controls, and Embedded Engineer @ Balancing Robotic Cube (Master's Thesis Project & Beyond)
Jan 2017 – Present
• Designed the robot’s mechanical and electrical architecture, selected sensors, actuators, MCU and ADCs
• Developed real-time Matlab/Simulink-based code and integrated it with hardware
• Performed system bring-up: verified functionality of code and subsystems, configured and debugged I2C
• Currently implementing embedded system with FreeRTOS in C/C++ on ARM STM32 CM4
• Balanced a theoretical model of the cube on a corner with an LQG controller (incl. state estimator)
• Prototyped, manufactured and iterated to create the structural parts of the cube (CNC mill, laser cutter)
• Designed a PCB to handle power distribution, LiPo battery charging, and to simplify wiring harnesses

### Product Design Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023
Developed next-gen battery packs for iPhones to support the creativity and productivity of people around the world.

### Full-Stack Developer @ D.A.M. Engineering
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Jose, CA
• Created a control system to steer a set of actuators, collect data, and interface with a database
• Developed a GUI that displays system status information and can modify the control system’s behavior

### Product Design Intern @ Apple
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Cupertino, California
•	Engineered internal mechanical components for the iMac Pro and Mac Pro
•	Characterized systems and components for mechanical stiffness, thermal performance, electromagnetic behavior, failure boundaries, etc. to validate and inform design decision
•	Fixed a measurement discrepancy between the final assembly lines and a supplier’s lines by standardizing equipment, orchestrating golden parts exchanges, and visualizing large data sets in JMP
•	Participation in the majority of a product design and execution cycle
•	Concisely communicated designs and process improvements with the help of minimalistic, thoughtful, and to-the-point slides created in the Apple design language
•	Learned to analyze failures experimentally and statistically and implement sound improvement plans
•	Worked with overseas vendors and operations team to improve designs for ease of manufacturing and assembly

### Intern @ SSL (Space Systems Loral)
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Palo Alto, California
Created a combined static load fixture and thermal displacement simulator for testing of flight mechanisms

### Intern @ HepaWash
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Munich Area, Germany
Built testing equipment and certified a dialysis machine for compliance with the European norm for medical devices.

### Interpreter @ Herrenknecht AG
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Japanese-German-English interpreter and cultural ambassador


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Mechatronics, Control & Robotics
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Mechanical Engineering
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

### Certificate in C++ Programming & Data Structures
New York University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/fhaimerl

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Last updated: 2026-04-13