Robert Kriener
Staff Software Engineer Tech Lead at Torc Robotics
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Kriener is a Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead with nine years of professional experience building autonomous systems and industrial automation solutions, currently leading teams at Torc Robotics from Roanoke, VA. He combines a strong electrical engineering foundation (MS, Clemson, summa cum laude) with hands-on software engineering, shipping safety-critical perception and control features for robotic vehicles and cranes. Robert has a proven track record of deploying LiDAR-based automation in the field, inventing a patented container-landing detection method, and driving company-wide adoption of new technologies. He also contributes to low-level C++ tooling and build systems—improving cross-platform builds and Windows Visual Studio integration for the well-regarded PcapPlusPlus packet-processing library. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic design trade-offs that bridge embedded, machine perception, and backend automation. His blend of field deployment experience and build-system craftsmanship makes him especially effective at turning research prototypes into robust production systems.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Magna Cum Laude at Clemson University College of Engineering and Science
Github Skills (9)
windows10
automation10
automations10
c-language10
visual-studio10
cprogramming-language10
makefile9
pcap9
multiplatform7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
seladb/PcapPlusPlus
Jul 2019 - Mar 2020
PcapPlusPlus is a multiplatform C++ library for capturing, parsing and crafting of network packets. It is designed to be efficient, powerful and easy to use. It provides C++ wrappers for the most popular packet processing engines such as libpcap, Npcap, WinPcap, DPDK, AF_XDP and PF_RING.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:63 commits, 14 PRs, 105 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily focused on improving the build process and fixing build-related issues in the project, particularly related to Windows make files and Visual Studio builds. They addressed issues with handling spaces in Windows make files and fixed the use of deprecated `auto_ptr` in Visual Studio builds, which were breaking builds with newer C++ standards. Furthermore, the user introduced enhancements to the build system, such as updating the `fetch-git-info` script for better integration within the Visual Studio editor. They also contributed to file stream operations.
packetstcp-reassemblyc-plus-plusdpdklibpcap
Dysl3xik/PcapPlusPlus
Jul 2019 - Mar 2020
PcapPlusPlus is a multiplatform C++ library for capturing, parsing and crafting of network packets. It is designed to be efficient, powerful and easy to use. It provides C++ wrappers for the most popular packet processing engines such as libpcap, WinPcap, DPDK and PF_RING.
Contributions:20 PRs, 46 pushes, 7 branches in 7 months
packetsc-plus-plusdpdklibpcappf-ring
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