Ergin Ozkucur
Robotics Software Engineer - Perception at Apptronik
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolErgin Ozkucur is a robotics software engineer specializing in perception, with over a decade of hands-on experience in SLAM, state estimation, sensor fusion, and point cloud processing across autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots. He has led perception teams and delivered production-grade lidar-based detection, tracking, and calibration systems at companies like Locomation and Apptronik, and drove IMU and multi-sensor calibration as a Staff Engineer at Latitude AI. His background blends deep academic training (PhD work in robotics/computer science) with practical R&D—building robotic arm prototypes, HD-map localization layers, and recommendation engines—giving him a rare cross-domain perspective. Based in Austin, he is comfortable moving between research and production, optimizing algorithms for real-world sensor rigs and multi-robot deployments. A not-obvious strength is his continuity across the stack: from low-level calibration and ICP to system-level world modeling and team leadership, enabling reliable perception pipelines in safety-critical systems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Marmara UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Robotics Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Robotics Computer Science at Boğaziçi University
Github Skills (1)
autopilot2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
eozkucur/dcstad
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:45 commits, 20 pushes, 6 tags in 15 days
aslanoba/recommendation-engine
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:18 pushes in 27 days
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