Hashir Zahir
Software Engineer at Waymo
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHashir Zahir is a software engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building navigation, perception, and behavior-planning stacks for autonomous robots across domains from underwater and surface vessels to indoor robots and aerial drones. He has led navigation teams and improved real-world robot reliability and safety—driving a 50% improvement in software error stability and shipping planning features that reduce how often robots get stuck. Comfortable across drivers, sensor fusion (radar, lidar, camera), localization, and mission planners, he moves ideas from simulation to fielded vehicles and has set up end-to-end vehicle integration on multiple platforms. Now based in Sunnyvale and working at Waymo, he pairs deep robotics systems know-how with practical product delivery experience, and his background as a firefighter-informed technologist hints at a pragmatic, safety-first mindset under pressure.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Honours in Mathematics and Physics Major in Chemistry and Economics, Honours in Mathematics and Physics Major in Chemistry and Economics at NUS High School of Mathematics & ScienceBachelor's Degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Computer Engineering at National University of Singapore
English, Hindi, Malayalam
Github Skills (49)
facebook-messenger-bot10
datasets10
ignition9
robotics-simulation8
facebook-chat8
open-datasets8
gazebo-simulator8
fact-checking8
robotics8
data-quality8
simulation8
gazebosim8
facebook-messenger7
robot-simulator7
robustness7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
HashirZahir/FIFA-Player-Ratings
Feb 2016 - Sep 2018
Contributions:26 commits, 1 PR, 32 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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HashirZahir/transfer-learning
May 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 5 issues in 8 months
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