Julius Kammerl
Staff Software Engineer at Google
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolJulius Kammerl is a Staff Software Engineer based in Munich with 15 years of experience at the intersection of robotics, 3D perception, and real-time systems, currently shaping large-scale engineering at Google. He has a PhD from TU Munich and a strong research background, having led projects in telepresence, haptics, and perceptual coding before transitioning to industry roles at Willow Garage and Open Perception. Julius is a prolific open-source contributor to foundational robotics projects—most notably implementing the octree component and ray-tracing methods in the widely used Point Cloud Library (PCL) and enhancing visualization and plugin infrastructure in RViz for ROS. His work blends deep algorithmic insight with practical engineering: from point-cloud data structures and compression to shader fixes and image-transport robustness. Known for surfacing hard-to-find bugs and stabilizing complex systems, he brings both academic rigor and production-hardened delivery to cross-disciplinary teams. Colleagues rely on him to turn sophisticated 3D sensing research into reliable, usable tools.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.), Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.), Electrical Engineering at Technical University of Munich, TU Munich
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Github Skills (22)
c-language10
visualization10
moveit10
octree10
ogre10
3d10
computer-vision10
visualizations10
point-cloud10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
image-processing9
data-structure9
data-structures9
point-cloud-library8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
PointCloudLibrary/pcl
Mar 2011 - Aug 2015
Point Cloud Library (PCL)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:306 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Julius implemented and added the octree component to the Point Cloud Library (PCL), a library for processing 3D point cloud data. This involved creating the octree, including its tutorial, and developing new methods like those related to ray tracing, as well as implementing dynamic structure and centroid calculations. They also corrected and improved existing code and data structures to address a previous bug.
cpppoint-cloud-libraryc-plus-pluscomputer-visionpcl-library
ros-visualization/rviz
Aug 2012 - Mar 2013
ROS 3D Robot Visualizer
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:34 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Julius primarily contributed to the ROS 3D Robot Visualizer, adding and modifying plugins, improving functionality, and fixing shader problems. Key changes included adding a "depth cloud" plugin, making properties public, and integrating a multi-layer-depth structure. They also addressed image transport issues, improving error handling and overall usability of the visualization tools.
gazebosimroboticsvisualizerrosbagrobot
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