Rômulo Cerqueira
Manager, Software Simulation & Framework Development
Bahia, Brazil
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Top SchoolRômulo Cerqueira is a robotics software leader with 11 years of hands-on experience designing and delivering autonomy for underwater vehicles, now managing Software Simulation & Framework Development at Kraken Robotics. He has driven end-to-end development across three AUV platforms and a specialized robotic tool, coordinating multinational collaborations with Shell, DFKI, Oceaneering and SAIPEM. Technically fluent in C/C++, Python, ROS1/ROS2, Gazebo and sensor virtualization, he builds simulators, device drivers and perception pipelines that bridge research prototypes to sea-ready systems. Holding a PhD in Mechatronics and over 25 papers and patents, he blends deep academic rigor with practical sea-trial experience and team leadership. Notably, he has repeatedly led cross-disciplinary teams to industrialize research (e.g., JIRo and JellyFish) and contributed core elements of Kraken’s simulator and sensor models.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at Universidade Federal da BahiaBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Universidade Estadual de Santa CruzPostgraduate Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Postgraduate Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações - Inatel
Portuguese, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (92)
cv-template10
cpp10
ros10
robotics10
rendering10
resume10
physics10
physics-engine10
simulation10
gazebosim10
imaging10
driver10
robot-simulator10
jekyll10
jekyll-theme10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
romulogcerqueira/sonar_simulation-package_set
Aug 2017 - Jul 2020
Sonar simulation package set
Contributions:10 PRs, 19 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 11 months
simulation
Brazilian-Institute-of-Robotics/gui-rock_widget_collection
Sep 2015 - Dec 2017
Contributions:9 PRs, 85 pushes, 26 branches in 2 years 2 months
rockwidgetguiwidgets
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