Tony Najjar
Staff Robotics Software Engineer - Autonomy at Dexory
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolTony Najjar is a Staff Robotics Software Engineer based in Munich with eight years of hands-on experience across the full autonomy stack—control, navigation, localization, behavior, and perception—primarily focused on automated mobile robots. He blends deep ROS2 expertise in Python and C++ with strong software architecture principles and a track record of improving widely used projects like the ROS 2 Navigation2 framework (nav2), contributing both code and technical documentation. Tony moves fluidly between field deployment, remote operations, and backend automation, having led operations centers and commissioned production robots in unstructured environments. He’s also a practiced communicator and mentor who can convince diverse stakeholders and accelerate junior engineers’ growth. Notably, his background spans practical mechanical skills from a family automotive business to designing inspection robots at CERN, giving him an uncommon operational perspective on production robotics.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Building Arduino robots and devices Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Arduino, Building Arduino robots and devices Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Arduino at CourseraHigh School Scientific - Emphasis: Mathematics, High School Scientific - Emphasis: Mathematics at Lycee Alphonse de LamartineLearn Computer Vision and Image Processing in LabVIEW Computer Vision, Learn Computer Vision and Image Processing in LabVIEW Computer Vision at Udemy AlumniSelf-Driving Cars with ROS and AutowareBachelor’s Degree Mechatronics Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Mechatronics Engineering at Lebanese American University
French, English, Arabic, Spanish, German
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Github Skills (14)
navigationbar10
behavior-tree10
ros10
python10
navigationview10
navigation-drawer10
documentation10
cprogramming-language9
c-language9
docker8
dockers8
automated-tests7
github-ci6
githubaction-workflow6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ros-navigation/docs.nav2.org
Nov 2020 - Sep 2022
https://docs.nav2.org/
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:5 reviews, 9 commits, 23 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Tony primarily contributed to documentation within the ros-navigation/docs.nav2.org repository. Their commits focused on adding and updating documentation for the Commander API, behavior tree plugins, and features related to the Humble release. Several commits addressed adding and fixing documentation across multiple files, demonstrating a focus on providing clear and accurate information for users.
roboticsros2ros-navigationnavigation2ros
ros-navigation/navigation2
Nov 2020 - Sep 2022
ROS 2 Navigation Framework and System
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:162 reviews, 8 commits, 48 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Tony primarily focused on improving the `nav2_simple_commander` package by adding functionalities such as recovery behaviors (backup and spin), and incorporating options for all action commands. They refactored code for the `use_sim_time` parameter and improved diagnostics. They also contributed to other areas like the `nav2_costmap_2d` and `nav2_behavior_tree` packages by adding features such as collision avoidance and enhanced parameter handling, demonstrating skills across the overall framework.
roboticsros2autonomous-robotsrosnavigation
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