Blayze Millward
Senior Research Engineer at Opteran
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBlayze Millward is a Senior Research Engineer and founder with 11 years of hands-on experience blending 3D computer graphics, machine learning, and robotics to tackle real-world perception problems. Currently at Opteran and running his own company Blayze Tech Limited, he is completing a PhD at the University of Sheffield that reverse-engineers insect eyes to inform novel sensing and vision algorithms. His career spans industry research roles at Lockheed Martin and EA, practical robotics consulting, and early-stage software development, giving him a rare mix of academic rigor and product-focused engineering. He publishes research and technical writing (blayze.tech) and maintains an active online research profile via ORCID, reflecting a commitment to reproducible, explainable systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at The University of Sheffield
Github Skills (21)
openscad9
wifi8
robot8
cnc8
cnc-controller8
robot-control7
jekyll7
hardware7
gcode7
3d-printer7
3d-printing7
code-generator7
documentation6
firmware6
atmel6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
BrainsOnBoard/compound-ray
Apr 2020 - Nov 2022
A hardware-accellerated compound eye perspective renderer
Contributions:2 releases, 197 commits, 56 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Blayzeing/blayzeTechUtils
Apr 2015 - Jun 2020
Contributions:79 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
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