I’m Charles Pyrce – an engineer who builds systems that actually work.
I came up the hard way: no degree, no shortcuts, just raw capability, first-principles thinking, and an obsession with understanding how things function down to the last bolt, byte, and waveform.
At SpaceX, I started as a temp. Within a year, I was running operations, solving problems senior engineers couldn’t crack, and building automation tools that entire production lines depended on. Not because anyone handed me the opportunity; but because when something breaks, jams, misfires, or refuses to cooperate, I’m the one who can look at it, understand it, and fix it.
My work spans everything from UAV platforms to embedded electronics, SCADA control systems, RF telemetry, robotics, flight-stack tuning, firmware modification, and custom engineering solutions built from scratch. If it moves, flies, talks, pulses, or computes, I can rebuild it, optimize it, and make it run better than it ever did out of the box.
My Engineering Philosophy
Everything is a system – and every system has a root cause.
I don’t guess. I don’t hope. I don’t band-aid.
I solve problems by breaking them down at the fundamental level:
signals, forces, interference, feedback loops, energy flow, failure modes.
Whether I’m tuning a 10-inch quad to eliminate instability under high-speed descent, rewriting firmware on a Parrot Disco to push its capabilities way past factory limits, or building SCADA dashboards that bring order to chaotic production environments – my approach is the same:
Understand the physics.
Understand the constraints.
Shape the solution.
Where I’m Going
I’m building towards the kind of engineering work that defines the next decade – not the last.
My focus is on:
- Advanced autonomy
- High-reliability UAV systems
- Real-time embedded controls
- Robotics and intelligent systems
- RF-based communication and telemetry
- High-precision manufacturing automation
- And eventually, my own engineering company
I want to create technology that people rely on. Not because it’s pretty, but because it works flawlessly where it matters.
I’m not here to maintain the status quo.
I’m here to push the boundary of what small, fast, and smart systems can do.