Arek Sredzki

Experience

My learning is supplemented through high-value projects.

Senior Autonomous Controls Engineer - Path/Motion Planning / August 2017 - Present

Bringing fully autonomous cars to fruition by developing novel planning, control, and perception algorithms.

Developed an efficient, real-time-safe robotics software framework and middleware that replaced ROS in the L4 system.
Created rich developer-facing tooling for real-time diagnostics as well as data recording, replay, processing, and visualization, enabling teams to iterate at a rapid pace
Architected and implemented many of the core L4 stack libraries
Acted as the de facto software engineering/C++ expert for all AD/AI SW teams
Optimized algorithm designs and implementations across the full AD stack
Designed and implemented the base object fusion solution (multi-modal, multi-target)
Established and co-managed the L4 SW testing release process

Software Developer Intern / May - August 2016

Contributed to improving Chrome Autofill for 100M+ users
Refined global compatibility with improved pattern matching for element detection
Created an automated integration testing suite for Autofill in Chrome
- Removed the need for tedious manual reliability/website compatibility testing
Experimental investigation of future directions for Autofill
- Prototyped a next-gen automated checkout solution during an internal two-day hackathon

Software Engineering Intern / January - April 2016

Co-developed a new CAN requirement spec. format for company-wide usage w/ Model 3
- Replacement for DBC, designed for data de-duplication, flexibility, and auto-optimization
Created a fully-featured JCAN editor application (Canode), used by all firmware teams
- Natively multi-platform, fully asynchronous, loosely coupled and highly cohesive
- Provides instantaneous bus analysis results and input feedback for improved workflow
- Automatic updates served by a full-featured release server
Advised on and enabled data driven decision-making for Model 3 CAN architecture
First week: built and deployed a release artifact service with LDAP authenticated web app

Software Lead / September 2013 - July 2017

Highlights

Record for the furthest fully autonomous boat crossing of the Atlantic Ocean
Won the International Robotic Sailing Regatta in 2014, 2013, and 2012
Optimal real-time motion planning with dynamic obstacles in the complex sailing domain
Efficient, optimal global path planning considering weather data for performance and risk
Created a novel marine obstacle detection system using computer vision applied to thermal imaging
Developed a fully redundant sensor system with intelligent failure-resistant firmware
Power management for an embedded system, accounting for solar charging
Managed a 17-person software team with Agile methods (Scrum)

Next Generation System Overview

Industry-standard hardware architecture
Distributed real-time control system connected over CAN
Navigation system on Nvidia Jetson TX1 (same processor as the Drive PX 2)
Intelligent power system with on-board solar charging
Server-side planet-level path planning with dynamic risks (forecasted weather)
Real-time "global" and "local" motion planning with dynamic obstacles (trajectory prediction)
DNN for computer vision applied to both infrared and visible light for long-range obstacle detection
Resilient close range object recognition using LiDAR
Robust sensing system with anomaly detection, sensor fusion and hardware failure redundancy
3x redundant networking (SBD Satellite, LTE/3G, Wi-Fi)
Simulation for validation and neural net training

Lead Developer & Founder / September 2011 - Present

Reached 2.5 million unique users in 5 months with an MVC web app (AdCraft.co 2011)
Created and deployed a fast, scalable and responsive image sharing website
PostgreSQL & MongoDB optimization and management
Long-term software consulting to Water Wall Turbine Inc. (Web Development / Graphics)
Operating a registered business and negotiating deals with client organizations

CTO & Co-Founder / May - August 2015

Designed a distributed stack consisting of Angular.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis
Created a responsive real-time single page application using Angular.js and Socket.io
Allowed for scalable deployment with a stateless RESTful API backend using JWT authentication

Advising on AI powered safety features

Empowering Novel Marine Commuting.