Mohammad Khayatian
Staff Robotics Software Engineer at Vecna Robotics
Tempe, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolMohammad Khayatian is a Staff Robotics Software Engineer with eight years of experience building autonomy and cyber-physical systems, currently leading robotics software at Vecna Robotics. He holds a PhD in Computer Engineering from Arizona State University, where his graduate research produced safe and robust algorithms for cooperative connected autonomous vehicles. His background spans academia and industry—from an assistant professorship to hands-on embedded and control systems work—bridging rigorous research with production autonomy stacks. Mohammad focuses on time-sensitive and embedded control for mobile robots and AVs, bringing a deep understanding of safety, control theory, and real-world deployment constraints. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatist who translates formal methods into reliable, deployable software for complex robotic platforms.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Electrical Engineering - Control Systems, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Electrical Engineering - Control Systems at Shiraz UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering at Arizona State University
English, Persian
Github Skills (35)
apollo10
self-driving-car9
autonomous-vehicles9
autonomous-driving9
occupancy9
elevation9
terrain8
baidu8
ros8
api8
zynq8
autonomy8
machine-learning8
rviz8
simulator8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mkhayatian/Traffic-Intersection-Simulator-for-Autonomous-Vehicles
Dec 2017 - Dec 2019
Contributions:23 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
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