Muhammad Yusuf / Selected work

UAV Project
Portfolio.

My work in team leadership, electrical systems, and flight testing at Bayucaraka ITS UAV Research.

Surabaya, Indonesia
February 2023–April 2025

Featured projects are from April 2024–April 2025, when I held both VTOL Team Leader and Electrical & Electronics responsibilities.

SAFMC 2025 / CATEGORY D2AUTONOMOUS
Testing with the teamTEAM TRIALS
Up to 15Team members
3Competition projects
5UAVs developed by the team
2 rolesLeadership & electronics

01 / Experience

My contributions

Responsibilities across the VTOL team, covering project coordination and hands-on electrical and electronics work.

APRIL 2024 — APRIL 2025

VTOL Team Leader

  • Led up to 15 members across programming, electronics, and mechanics, coordinating resources, priorities, and project milestones.
  • Led UAV development and technical decisions across three competition projects, resulting in five UAVs.
  • Coordinated reviews of mission duration and success rates to identify issues and prioritize performance improvements.
  • Led the VTOL team during a period that included a SAFMC 2025 D2 runner-up finish and KRTI 2024 first-place and best-design awards.

FEBRUARY 2023 — APRIL 2025

Electrical & Electronics — VTOL

  • Designed UAV electrical systems, payload-control systems, and wearable controllers using custom PCBs and integrated sensors.
  • Analyzed flight logs to troubleshoot issues and tune flight-control parameters for more stable autonomous flight.
  • Configured PX4 and ArduPilot, calibrated sensors, and carried out pre-flight checks with the team.

Sole role: February 2023–April 2024.
Continued alongside VTOL Team Leader responsibilities from April 2024–April 2025.

02 / Selected projects

Competition projects

Mission requirements, field layouts, and footage from team trials and competition runs.

3 projects shown

03 / Working process

Planning, testing, and review

The activities connecting team coordination with flight readiness.

01 / PLANNING

Coordinate the work.

Align programming, electronics, and mechanics tasks with available resources and project milestones.

Team reference

Bayucaraka ITS UAV Research

See the team’s activities and competition updates on Instagram.

Team Instagram

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