Beat Küng
Lead Software Engineer at Auterion
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top expert inAutonomous Robotics and Computer Vision Development
Beat Küng is a Lead Software Engineer based in Zurich with 16 years of experience building embedded systems, robotics middleware, and full-stack tooling for autonomous vehicles. At Auterion he combines systems-level firmware and driver work with higher-level planner, simulator, and web app development, shipping improvements across PX4, MAVSDK, AirSim and related ecosystems. His open-source footprint shows deep expertise in real-time RTOS drivers, MAVLink integration, sensor fusion and computer vision—highlighted by contributions to Apache NuttX, libpointmatcher, OpenCV contrib and PX4 projects. He repeatedly optimizes for reliability and performance: removing heavyweight dependencies, tightening locking, and hardening logging and build systems for cross-platform CI. Colleagues rely on him to bridge low-level hardware nuances (UART inversion, DMA, ioctl) with robust middleware and tools for simulation, testing and flight review. He brings a pragmatic mix of embedded-hardware fluency and full-stack pragmatism that keeps complex robotic systems running in the real world.
15 years of coding experience
Github Skills (95)
opencv10
px410
unreal-engine-410
web-application10
python10
simulator10
dma10
gps10
server-configuration10
cmake10
c1110
file-operations10
c1710
mat10
device-driver10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
PX4/flight_review
Oct 2016 - Jan 2023
web application for flight log analysis & review
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:70 reviews, 390 commits, 185 PRs in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Beat appears to be a full-stack developer focused on enhancing the flight review web application. Their contributions involve the addition of new features like the plot application and upload pages, implying work on both the front-end (user interface) and back-end (server-side logic). Further, they implemented database setup and backup scripts, demonstrating involvement in database management and DevOps practices within the project.
flightflight-log-analysispythonweb-applog-analysis
PX4/PX4-GPSDrivers
Apr 2016 - Aug 2021
Platform independent GPS drivers
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:133 reviews, 87 commits, 85 PRs in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Beat primarily contributes to the development of GPS drivers within the PX4 autopilot project. Their work involves importing GPS drivers from PX4 Firmware, fixing compiler warnings, and addressing coding style issues in the UBX driver. The user also made enhancements to the ASHTECH driver, including adding RTCM parsing, heading offset, and the ability to configure base station settings. Furthermore, the user improved the driver's auto-detection capabilities and enabled RTCM output.
driversplatform-independentindependentgarmingpx
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