Oleg Potkin
Head Of Autonomy Systems Engineering at Yandex
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolOleg Potkin is a systems engineering leader with 11+ years building safe, scalable autonomous driving software, currently heading Autonomy Systems Engineering at Yandex after directing a 100+ engineer department at NAVIO Auto that launched commercial autonomous trucks in 2023. He combines deep hands-on expertise in sensor fusion, perception and ADAS architectures with proven delivery of ISO 26262 and ISO 21434–compliant systems across OEM and supplier ecosystems. His background spans Continental, Elektrobit and Hyundai, where he shipped key Sensor Fusion and Automated Valet Parking components, and early web-service work that attracted 20K users and a Ministry grant highlights his product instincts. A perpetual learner with postgraduate studies in AI and ongoing coursework, he blends research curiosity (robotics and object-tracking internships) with pragmatic Agile leadership to turn complex autonomy research into production-grade vehicles.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Software and Computing Systems, Diploma Software and Computing Systems at Zavolzhye Technical CollegePostgraduate Degree Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Postgraduate Degree Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at Moscow Polytechnic UniversityExchange student School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Exchange student School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at University of UlsanBachelor's degree Information Systems and Technologies, Bachelor's degree Information Systems and Technologies at Moscow State University of Mechanical Engineering (MAMI)
Russian, English, Korean, German
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Github Skills (32)
point-cloud8
pcl8
kalman8
kalman-filter7
filter7
azerothcore7
1c7
computer-vision7
cpp7
tcpdump6
pthreads6
googletest6
ply6
googlemock6
python6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
olpotkin/CarND-Traffic-Sign-Classifier
Mar 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:18 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
olpotkin/corioManager
Sep 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:34 commits, 22 pushes in 8 months
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