Spearheaded technical initiatives and acted as architect and advisory to CTO and team leads• Led implementations of new functionality and validation metrics across SLAM and perception• Overhauled testing infrastructure, simplifying the writing and running of log-replay integration tests• Developed API for customers to command the robot using their hardware over serial and ethernet• Implemented company-wide software quality and architecture guidelines and best practices

Led the product development from proof-of-concept through to commercially viable product achieving sales of over 200 units. • Designed and implemented the navigation stack, including sensor integration• Wrote code for the foundations of SLAM, control, tracking, and supporting infrastructure• Built and led the technical team of 20+ engineers specializing in hardware, software, and robotics

Wrote code extensively for mapping, planning, sensor-fusion and systems in C++ and Python within ROS• Improved the state-machine, enabling successful autonomous store floor traversal missions• Developed autonomous exploration and mapping capability; showcased to internal stakeholders• Created visualization tools to show robot navigation and status over limited network availability

Developed automated target-free calibration for lidar-camera systems for autonomous vehicles• A statistical method for targetless calibration between a lidar and camera whose FoVs don't necessarily overlap [1]• Outlier rejection for natural scenes that don't provide enough statistical information for auto-calibration [2]• Lidar-camera calibration by matching image features[1] Scott T., Morye A., Paz L., Piniés P., Posner I. & Newman P. 2015Exploiting Known Unknowns: Scene Induced Cross-Calibration of Lidar-Stereo SystemsIEEE Intelligent Robots and Systems, Proceedings of[2] Scott T., Morye A., Paz L., Piniés P., Posner I. & Newman P. 2016Choosing a Time and Place for Calibration of Lidar-Camera SystemsIEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation, Proceedings of

• Set up and managed a production line which delivered 17 000 landmine roller wheels over a 5 month period.• Implemented quality control measures to meet strict military requirements• Automated a large part of the production by programming Fanuc robots for welding and CNC-lathe part placement automation• Designed the 30' x 50' steel rolling doors for a new warehouse built on the premises