M Rafique
Senior Software Engineer at Zoox
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolM Rafique is a Senior Software Engineer and machine learning researcher with 8 years of experience building production-grade computer vision systems for autonomous robotics, large-scale image processing, and multi-modal understanding. He holds a PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and has moved from academic novel-view synthesis and satellite image fusion to industry roles delivering scalable ML pipelines and evaluation systems. Currently at Zoox, he focuses on ML for robo-taxis after leading vision and data infrastructure efforts at Bastian Solutions and R&D work at Kitware. His strengths include continual learning, vision-language models, and designing robust data collection and training pipelines that bridge research and deployment. Notably, his academic work achieved state-of-the-art results on KITTI and informed practical solutions for outdoor and overhead imagery. Based in Mountain View, he combines deep research pedigree with hands-on production experience to drive real-world AI impact.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of KentuckyMaster's degree Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Master's degree Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
Github Skills (7)
modeling2
generative2
pytorch1
generative-model1
generative-adversarial-network1
stylegan1
deep-learning1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Usman-Rafique/sentiment-prediction
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:29 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 12 days
mvrl/weakly-supervised-image-fusion
Apr 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:7 commits, 3 pushes in 2 months
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