Autonomy Project Highlight
Featured flight demo showcasing integrated autonomy, controls, and real-world testing.
Project detailsFlight Controls Engineer
Mark Agate, Flight Controls Engineer
Mark Agate is a flight controls engineer. He works on safety-critical systems, AI-assisted development workflows, and compound engineering.
I build and test aerospace systems, focusing on autonomy, novel vehicles, and safe real-world deployment.
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About
GNC engineer with experience across government, academia, and private industry. I focus on data-driven test plans, automation, and safe flight operations.
Focus areas
- Flight controls design and verification
- Autonomy validation and data analysis
- Experimental airframe performance
Tools
- AI agentic workflows
- Python, C++, MATLAB
- Simulation and hardware-in-the-loop
Projects
Selected work spanning test flights, experimental programs, and autonomy demos.
NASA Greased Lightning
Flight controls support for electric VTOL concepts and transition profiles.
Project detailsMicro'Canes Reduced Gravity
Reduced-gravity experiments for dispersion and payload behavior.
Project detailsQuadrotor Collision Avoidance
Hardware-in-the-loop validation for autonomous avoidance.
Project detailsWriting
I publish essays on engineering leverage, autonomy, and experimental programs.
Latest essay
Autonomy Is a Feedback Loop.
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