Andrei Vatavu
Principal Software Engineer, Product Owner - Near-Field Fusion, Parking Perception at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.
United States
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Top SchoolAndrei Vatavu is a Principal Software Engineer and Product Owner with 11 years of experience specializing in near-field sensor fusion and parking perception for autonomous vehicles at Mercedes‑Benz R&D North America. He combines deep academic roots—a PhD in Computer Science and years as a university researcher and lecturer in stereo vision and image processing—with hands-on production work building object tracking, grid-based fusion, and localization systems for AD. Andrei has progressed from research assistant to principal engineer, blending recursive Bayesian estimation and real-world sensor integration to drive U.S. autonomous-driving product readiness. He is comfortable translating complex perception research into robust subsystems and mentoring cross-disciplinary teams through technical and product decisions. A less obvious strength is his long-term pattern of turning European-funded research prototypes into deployable automotive features, reflecting both scientific rigor and pragmatic engineering. Based in the United States, he bridges academia and industry to deliver perception solutions that work in messy, real-world environments.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
High School Physics and Mathematics, High School Physics and Mathematics at “Liceul Republican Universitar cu Profil Real” high school, Chisinau, Rep. MoldovaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Github Skills (15)
kalman-filter9
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kalman9
particle-filter9
computer-vision6
pytorch6
machine-learning6
autonomous-driving6
self-driving-car5
deep-learning5
java2
javascript2
python2
data-structures2
algorithms1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
vatavua/udacity-git-reflections
Jan 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
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