Simon Schmeisser
Software Engineer Robotics And 3D Vision at Optonic GmbH
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolSimon Schmeisser is a software engineer with 19 years of experience specializing in robotics and 3D vision, currently building industrial bin-picking and handling solutions (MIKADO) at Optonic GmbH. He combines deep C++/Qt and Python engineering with practical system integration of ROS, MoveIt and OpenCV, contributing bug fixes, Qt5 ports, and documentation to flagship open-source projects like MoveIt and rviz. His background spans research-grade simulation and data analysis at Fraunhofer ISE to backend infrastructure work, giving him a rare mix of scientific rigor and production-focused pragmatism. Comfortable managing pilot customer projects, he evaluates technology stacks and improves upstream components to reduce deployment risk. An understated strength is his attention to reliability—fixing memory leaks, crash scenarios and build/configuration issues that materially increase stability for robotic systems.
19 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im BreisgauBachelor's degree (not finished), Computer Science, Bachelor's degree (not finished), Computer Science at Fernuniversität HagenAbitur, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, 1.0, Abitur, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, 1.0 at Max-Steenbeck-Gymnasium Cottbus
German, English, French, Swedish
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Github Skills (27)
c-language10
qt10
sphinx10
collision-detection10
cmake10
moveit10
ogre10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
documentation10
opengl9
engine9
operating-system9
cpp9
vulkan8
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
moveit/moveit_tutorials
Jul 2017 - May 2022
A sphinx-based centralized documentation repo for MoveIt
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:18 reviews, 5 commits, 6 PRs in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Simon's contributions primarily focus on updating and creating documentation for the MoveIt tutorials. This includes adjusting existing documentation to reflect new features and configuration options, such as the addition of CHOMP and STOMP planning pipelines. They also created a new tutorial for the OPW kinematics plugin and corrected package names and links within the existing documentation, ensuring accuracy and clarity for users. The user's work significantly enhances the accessibility and usability of MoveIt by providing detailed instructions and examples.
centralizedpythonmoveitsphinx
ros-visualization/rviz
Aug 2015 - Mar 2021
ROS 3D Robot Visualizer
Role in this project:Software Engineer
Software EngineerContributions:17 reviews, 9 commits, 19 PRs in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the `rviz` project by porting it to Qt5 while maintaining Qt4 support. They modified several source files, including `render_widget.cpp`, `display_factory.cpp`, `add_display_dialog.cpp`, `property.cpp`, `render_widget.h`, `render_system.cpp`, and test files, adapting the codebase for the newer Qt version. Additionally, they added functionality to disable keyboard focus on mouse move and updated the project to use assimp for loading STL files. Further, the user fixed a crash when handling empty text within interactive markers and enabled mouse tracking for the render panel.
gazebosimroboticsvisualizerrosbagrobot
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