Summary
Babak Jahromi is an Autonomous Systems Engineer and technical lead with eight years of experience designing and validating sensor fusion, scenario understanding, path-planning, and embedded control for self-driving ground vehicles. He combines a Ph.D. in Mechatronics with hands-on roles at leading autonomy companies (Aurora, Waabi, Cruise, Uber) and now General Motors, driving production-focused algorithms that prioritize safety and scalability. Comfortable bridging research and implementation, he has taught electronics and mentored graduate research, bringing a strong academic foundation to fast-moving product teams. Known for pragmatic system-level thinking, he focuses on making automated driving reliably interoperable with complex real-world traffic and vehicle platforms.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at University of Illinois Chicago
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at Sharif University of Technology
tajiki, Dari, Arabic, Spanish, English, Persian