Nima Shafii
Senior System Software Engineer - Autonomous Driving at NVIDIA
Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolNima Shafii is a Senior System Software Engineer focused on autonomous driving at NVIDIA, bringing 11 years of industry experience and over 15 years working at the intersection of robotics and machine learning. He combines deep academic foundations—holding a PhD in Computer Science—with hands-on research and product engineering across European robotics projects, from collaborative assembly robots to autonomous wheelchair manipulators. At NVIDIA he bridges program management and technical enablement for automotive customers, turning research-grade perception and manipulation ideas into deployable systems. Nima’s background spans simulation, bipedal and mobile manipulation, and reinforcement learning, and he has a track record of winning robotics competitions and contributing to EU-funded initiatives. Based in Bavaria, he’s driven by building robots that safely and usefully work alongside humans in everyday tasks, with a particular focus on bringing autonomous driving robots into practical use.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Universidade do Porto
English, Portuguese, Persian, GermanGithub contributions (5)
nshafii/inesc_robotis_arm
Dec 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:28 commits, 28 pushes in 2 months
nshafii/Walking_Agent
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:18 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 15 days
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