Elena Carver, PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto, specializes in autonomous systems, sensor fusion, and real-time firmware design for drones. She spent eight years at VectorAero Labs leading the hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing program and later served as Principal Firmware Architect at SkyForge Robotics, overseeing ESP32 and Raspberry Pi-based flight controllers. Elena has authored over 40 peer-reviewed papers on low-latency communication, motor control, and safety-critical drone software, and holds certifications in ISO 26262 functional safety for automotive-grade firmware. Her current work focuses on architecture-level guidance for drone platforms, including ESP32, Jetson, and Raspberry Pi ecosystems, with an emphasis on verifiable benchmarks, robust debugging methodologies, and reproducible hardware schematics.