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Ozan Akyıldız

Ozan Akyıldız

Robotics Engineer

Çankaya, Ankara, TR
+90 552 449 2411
English, Turkish

Background


About

About

Experienced Robotics Engineer proficient in designing and deploying systems. Expertise includes ROS, embedded platforms, perception pipelines, and developing the crucial hardware and software infrastructure to accelerate platform development. Known for quickly acquiring new skills and resolving technical challenges to deliver robust systems in fast-paced environments.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • ADAS & AI Engineer

    Dec, 2023 - Present

    ADAS perception and automation development on TI SoCs and test vehicles.

    • Deployed production-ready perception pipelines on TI TDA4 SoCs, transitioning AI prototypes into a full C++ stack with TIDL.

    • Redesigned the radar software stack using metaprogramming to provide a driver framework.

    • Established CI/CD pipelines and containerized infrastructure for algorithm development and testing.

    • Spun-up ROS2 nodes for test control, data handling, and visualization, integrating with FastDDS middleware.

    • Brought up ADAS cameras and enabled video pipelines using GStreamer and custom drivers.

    • Served as Product Owner for High-Beam Assist, developing a hardware-aware lighting module with scalable features.

    • Provided technical leadership and support on system design, development stack setup, and troubleshooting for the team.

  • Drive-by-Wire & Perception Lead

    Mar, 2019 - Dec, 20223 years 9 months

    Led development of a drive-by-wire EV kit.

    • Led design and implementation of an autonomous drive-by-wire EV kit, integrating electro-mechanical systems with ROS middleware, embedded CAN controllers, and perception modules.

    • Acted as the key technical lead, guiding and instructing voluntary contributors to ensure consistent architecture and progress.

    • Developed MCU firmware, prototyping infrastructure, and testing interfaces that accelerated vehicle integration and validation.

  • Robotics Engineer

    May, 2020 - Dec, 20211 year 7 months

    Converted industrial scanning equipment into robotic platforms.

    • Converted a radiation-scanning cart into a robotic platform with live LIDAR-based SLAM, dynamic URDF model, and diagnostics.

    • Automated radiation data collection with continuous binning and 3D visualization, and added radiation messages to ROS.

    • Designed and built sensor circuits for gas supply control; implemented I2C drivers for Arduino and Embedded PCs.

    • Built a source test bed with an rPi-controlled precision actuator, custom-boot Ubuntu, and a JavaScript touchscreen interface.

  • Research Assistant

    Nov, 2017 - Feb, 20191 year 3 months

    Supported research on teleoperated nursing robot systems.

    • Supervised graduate research and undergrad project teams regarding perception and motion of a teleoperated nursing robot.

    • Deployed the robotic system, implemented various controllers for the ROS robotic platform, and maintained the lab’s Git collection.

    • Recreated a user study to reduce training time from 9 hours to 2, with improved user performance.

    • Enhanced ROSJava camera libraries and created a mobile app with a master Linux app to monitor perception experiments.

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

  • Jan, 2022 - Nov, 20231 year 10 months

  • Dec, 2021 - Dec, 20221 year

  • Sep, 2017 - May, 20188 months

  • Jul, 2017 - Aug, 20171 month

  • Jul, 2017 - Jul, 20171 day

  • Aug, 2016 - Jun, 201710 months

  • Aug, 2015 - May, 20169 months

  • Jan, 2015 - Feb, 20151 month

Skills

Skills

  • Programming

    C++

    Python

    JavaScript

  • Frameworks

    ROS2

    FastDDS

    OpenCV

    ONNX

    TIDL/TIOVX

  • Platforms

    TI TDA4VH

    NVIDIA Jetson

    Embedded Linux

    CAN

    SPI

    I2C

  • Robotics

    ADAS

    Mobile Platforms

    Perception/Vision

    Control Systems

    SLAM

    HMI

  • Methodology

    System Design

    Prototyping

    Instrumentation

    DevOps: Git & Docker

    HIL/SIL

Education

Education

  • Robotics Engineering, Master of Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

    Aug, 2017 - May, 2019

    3.3
  • Robotics Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

    Aug, 2012 - May, 2016

    3.54
Awards

Awards

  • Presidential Scholarship , Turkey

    Awarded on: Jul 01, 2012

    33rd and 7th in the nation.

  • Charles O. Thompson Scholar , WPI

    Awarded on: Dec 01, 2013

  • Dean’s List , WPI

    Awarded on: May 01, 2013