Alessandro Zanardi
Senior System Engineer at Embotech
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolAlessandro Zanardi is a Senior System Engineer based in Zurich with eight years of experience bridging robotics research and autonomous driving systems. Trained at Politecnico di Milano and ETH Zürich (MSc, PhD), he has worked as a researcher and postdoc on multi-modal computer vision and event-based sensing, mentoring students and running experiments on an autonomous go-kart platform. He transitioned into industry with roles at Embotech focused on system engineering for autonomous driving, applying control, optimization and deep learning from lab prototypes to deployed systems. His background includes a visiting research stint at MIT and hands-on experience building automated analysis tools in power systems, reflecting a blend of theoretical rigor and practical tooling. Colleagues would note his taste for unconventional, societally impactful problems and a habit of exploring sensor modalities beyond standard RGB to squeeze performance from novel inputs.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Ingegneria meccatronica, robotica e dell''automazione, Bachelor's degree, Ingegneria meccatronica, robotica e dell''automazione at Politecnico di MilanoMaster of Science (MSc), Robotics, Systems and Control, Master of Science (MSc), Robotics, Systems and Control at ETH ZürichHigh School, liceo Classico PNI (piano nazionale informatico), High School, liceo Classico PNI (piano nazionale informatico) at Liceo Classico Beccaria
English, Italian
Github Skills (34)
simulation10
multi-agent10
lidar10
motion-planning10
robotics9
visualization9
slam9
ros9
ros-driver8
basler8
perception8
lexicographic7
algorithms7
pool6
python5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
PDM4AR/exercises
Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:22 reviews, 56 commits, 109 PRs in 2 months
idsc-frazzoli/dg-commons
Sep 2021 - Feb 2023
Driving games common tools
Contributions:9 reviews, 137 commits, 145 PRs in 1 year 4 months
gamedrivinggamesroboticssimulation
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