Summary
Daniele Molinari is a Deep Learning Engineer with 12 years of experience building perception, planning and decision-making systems for autonomous vehicles and, more recently, generative AI at Apple. He blends applied research and production engineering—holding a PhD in Information Technology—with hands-on expertise in post-training and reinforcement learning for large-scale models and autonomous systems. His career includes senior R&D roles at Toyota Research Institute and full-stack algorithm development for VisLab, where he led lane detection, trajectory planning and vehicle control projects. Comfortable moving models from research into robust, real-world deployments, he has driven high-level decision making for safety-critical autonomy. Based in California, he pairs academic depth with product-focused delivery and an uncommon mix of planning/control theory and modern deep learning practice.
13 years of coding experience