Simon Dossegger MSc

Simon was born in Aargau, Switzerland. He studied mechanical engineering with a focus on robotics and distributed system control at ETH Zurich in the Autonomous Systems Lab and the Institute of Dynamic Systems & Control.

While he was there he worked on a number of projects: a ballbot capable of balancing and driving on a single sphere, a cube that uses a distributed control system to stabilize itself on one of its edges or corners, and a distributed flight array consisting of multiple autonomous ground vehicles that randomly dock with their peers and then are able to drive and even fly in coordination.

During his studies, Simon completed an internship at ABB in Mannheim, Germany, and went on to lead the ETH spin-off Skybotix as CEO. Skybotix designed camera-based sensing and collision avoidance solutions for drones to enable industrial inspection and surveying of infrastructure. After just 2.5 years in operation, GoPro acquired the start-up. At GoPro, Simon held the position of product and technology manager for aerial platforms. As a part of the management team in Switzerland, he focused on integrating and scaling the team while providing product management for parts of GoPro’s aerial products.