Marcelino Almeida
Applied Scientist at Amazon
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolMarcelino Almeida is a seasoned Applied Scientist and robotics specialist with a nine-year track record in academia and industry, focused on UAVs. He earned a PhD and a Master's in Aerospace Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, both with a perfect 4.0 GPA, and a Mechatronics/Robotics bachelor's from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Currently at Amazon, he translates advanced ROS-based motion planning, estimation, and perception into production-ready autonomous systems, after impactful roles at Pensa Systems, NASA's Astrobee, and CERN collaborations. His work spans motion planning, control theory (linear, nonlinear, optimal, robust), navigation, and SLAM for GPS-denied environments, backed by 19 research papers. Based in Sunnyvale, he also has teaching experience in Aerial Robotics and Flight Controls, demonstrating a rare ability to connect rigorous theory with practical, real-world engineering.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, GPA: 4.0/4.0, Master's degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, GPA: 4.0/4.0 at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Portuguese, English, French
Github Skills (81)
point-clouds10
simulator10
mouse10
unreal10
realsense10
in-app-purchase10
rgb10
ros10
cameras10
autopilot10
intel10
mavlink10
sdk10
control-systems10
computer-vision10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
marcelinomalmeidan/px4_control
May 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:47 commits, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
marcelinomalmeidan/mapper
Jun 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:16 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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