Juxi Leitner
Applied Science Manager at Amazon
Melbourne, Victoria, Germany
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolJuxi Leitner is an applied science manager and roboticist with 16+ years turning cutting-edge research in robotics, AI, and computer vision into deployed products and startups. Currently leading Amazon Robotics’ Vulcan Pick effort, he coordinates cross-disciplinary teams to scale prototypes to hundreds of systems serving millions of customers. He co-founded LYRO Robotics and has taken teams from 0-to-1 and prototype-to-production, raising VC funding and making the company cash-flow positive within years. An academic with a PhD in AI & Robotics, Juxi has taught over 1,000 students at Monash and led award-winning manipulation work that helped win the 2017 Amazon Robotics Challenge. His background spans space robotics at ESA and humanoid platforms like iCub, reflecting a rare blend of hands-on hardware, deep learning, and systems-level product delivery.
16 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of TechnologyErasmus Exchange Programme, Computer Science, Erasmus Exchange Programme, Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyEuropean Master, Space Science & Technology, European Master, Space Science & Technology at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolanUniversity of TokyoEuropean Master, Space Science & Technology, European Master, Space Science & Technology at Luleå University of TechnologyEuropean Master, Space Science & Technology, European Master, Space Science & Technology at The Julius Maximilians University of WürzburgPhD, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics, PhD, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics at USI Università della Svizzera italiana
English, German, Italian, Swedish, Japanese, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
1reputation
0reached
0answers
0questions
Github Skills (31)
robotics10
robot10
nlopt9
ros8
lists8
ruby7
multi-objective-optimization7
linux7
homebrew7
gsl7
ipopt7
macos6
model-state6
optimization-methods6
optimization5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Juxi/iCub
Mar 2013 - Sep 2015
Contributions:25 commits, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
Juxi/icVision-Android
Mar 2013 - Feb 2014
Contributions:10 commits in 10 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.