Summary
Mahir Gulzar is a Senior Software Engineer and doctoral researcher in autonomous driving with 8 years of cross-domain experience spanning perception, computer vision, and machine learning. He has hands-on expertise in C++, C#, Java, Python and JavaScript, and has built systems across ROS, Unity and Unreal Engine for simulations, robotics, and real-world autonomy. At the University of Tartu he led research and engineering efforts in tracking, motion prediction and deep learning before joining Starship Technologies to work on Perception & Cognition for delivery robots. A former game developer, Mahir blends game-engine pragmatism with rigorous research methodology to prototype and productionize perception pipelines. Based in Tallinn, he focuses on practical, safety-driven solutions for autonomous systems and often leverages simulation-driven validation to bridge lab results and deployed behavior.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Intermediate in Computer Science, Computer Science, A, Intermediate in Computer Science, Computer Science, A at B.I.S.E Lahore
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, A, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, A at Government College University, Lahore
Masters, Computer Science, Masters, Computer Science at University of Tartu
English, Urdu, Punjabi, Estonian