Ralf Kaestner
Senior ML Engineer at Apple
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolRalf Kaestner is a Senior ML Engineer based in Zurich with 18 years of experience bridging academic research and industrial machine learning at institutions including ETH Zurich, IBM Research Zurich and Apple. He holds a Doctor of Sciences in Robotics, Systems, and Control from ETH Zurich and has a strong track record in robotic perception, SLAM, and applied ML, moving ideas from European research projects into production-grade software. At Apple he applies research-grade rigor to scalable ML systems, building on prior roles leading DARPA-related change-detection work at Stanford and advanced perception projects at IBM. Beyond algorithms, Ralf brings practical systems skills—Linux/cloud administration, software engineering and student supervision—enabling him to shepherd projects from prototypes to deployable services. A detail that sets him apart is his long history of cross-disciplinary contributions, from AFM tip reconstruction publications to autonomous robotics and space-flight data systems.
18 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur (University-entrance diploma), Mathematics, Chemistry, 1.0/A+, Abitur (University-entrance diploma), Mathematics, Chemistry, 1.0/A+ at Georg-Samuel-Dörffel GymnasiumDoctor of Sciences, Robotics, Systems, and Control, Doctor of Sciences, Robotics, Systems, and Control at ETH ZurichDiploma, Computer Science, 1.2/A+ (with distinction), Diploma, Computer Science, 1.2/A+ (with distinction) at TU Ilmenau
English, German, French
Github Skills (40)
pcl10
opencv10
robotics10
rqt10
autoconf10
cmake10
3d-mapping10
rviz10
automake10
ubuntu10
terrain10
cpp10
elevation10
lidar10
ros10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kralf/ros-disthelper
Apr 2013 - Jul 2015
Contributions:10 commits, 3 pushes in 2 years 2 months
jmaye/libvelodyne
Nov 2010 - Jul 2013
Contributions:13 commits in 2 years 8 months
velodynecppc-plus-plushdl
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