Karl Buhr
Senior Software Engineer at German Design Consulting
Fremont, California, United States
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Top SchoolKarl Buhr is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in computer vision, digital image processing, graphics, and embedded systems, currently leading instrument cluster graphics for Lucid Motors. He combines deep C++ expertise with Qt/QML, OpenGL, OpenCV and GPU programming to ship production HMI and inference tools for automotive and consumer devices. Karl has founded a tech startup for educational assessment analytics and taught university courses in algorithms, graphics and vision, reflecting both entrepreneurial drive and academic rigor. His background includes GPGPU research, embedded Linux, and practical ML inference on constrained hardware—skills he leverages to optimize real-time systems. Based in Fremont, CA, he blends low-level performance tuning with polished UX work, and has a habit of reverse-engineering tricky problems and applying statistical insights to product features.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Applied Computers, MSc, Applied Computers at Universidade do Vale do ItajaíBSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina
Portuguese, English
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Github Skills (120)
opencv10
python10
image-processing10
qt-opengl10
deep-learning10
meter10
cpp10
qt10
linux10
youtube10
qml10
computer-vision10
opengl10
macros10
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
madplotlib/madplotlib
Jun 2017 - Apr 2021
A C++ wrapper of Qt Charts that looks, tastes and smells like matplotlib but isn't.
Contributions:9 commits, 3 PRs, 3 pushes in 3 years 10 months
c-wrapperchartsmatplotlibsmells
karlphillip/GraphicsProgramming
Dec 2012 - Apr 2022
Demos related to OpenGL, Qt/QML, OpenCV and other X technologies.
Contributions:69 commits, 2 PRs, 49 pushes in 9 years 5 months
qmlcppqt-opengltechnologiesqt-qml
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