Gianluca Savaia
Sr Controls Engineer at Tesla
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGianluca Savaia is a senior controls engineer with 11 years of experience designing robust vehicle control systems from research prototypes to production ECUs, currently building resilient controls at Tesla in Palo Alto. His background blends a PhD in Systems and Control with hands-on roles at Lamborghini and Rimac, where he led torque control, state estimation, and semi-active suspension projects and contributed to software architecture and functional safety. He has repeatedly taken algorithms from papers to road-tested implementations, personally calibrating and validating controllers with professional drivers and on proving grounds. Gianluca also brings machine learning experience—deploying reinforcement learning for self-calibration at Hyundai and working on large telematics datasets for insurance analytics—so he combines classical control rigor with data-driven techniques. Notably, his work spans both academic publications and real-world impact, including featured media coverage and collaborations across international research centers.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Systems and Control, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Systems and Control at Politecnico di MilanoMaster, Master at Alta Scuola PolitecnicaLaurea Triennale Ingegneria Informatica, Laurea Triennale Ingegneria Informatica at Università degli Studi di GenovaErasmus+ Systems and Control, Erasmus+ Systems and Control at Delft University of Technology
Italian, English
Github Skills (10)
pandas6
python6
scikit-learn5
parallel-computing5
dask5
parallel5
pydata5
scipy4
numpy4
scheduling3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
gsavaia/IN4085
Nov 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
stevengos/IN4073
Sep 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:1 PR, 58 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
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