Summary
Samuel Nyffenegger is a software engineer with nine years of experience bridging robotics, control systems, and production-grade software, now based in Chur, Switzerland. He has led software development and R&D roadmaps for KEMARO AG, helping scale an autonomous-robot product line and enabling a tenfold sales increase by improving navigation, perception, and production tooling. Skilled in C++, Python, ROS and control theory, Samuel has built end-to-end navigation, planning and perception pipelines from thesis prototypes to deployed robots and coached cross-functional teams through webinars and training. His background in medical imaging and control research shows a knack for turning complex sensor data into actionable models, and he pairs academic rigor from ETH Zürich with hands-on engineering across simulation and hardware. Now contributing at IMT, he combines curiosity, attention to detail and a focus on maintainable architectures to move ideas toward reliable real-world systems.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Application of Mathematics / Physics, Application of Mathematics / Physics at Gymnasium (Academic High School) Liestal
English, German, French