Simone Silenzi

Control Systems Engineer @ Franka Robotics

About

Hello! My name is Simone, and I am currently a Robotics Engineer at Franka Robotics. I am a C++ and Python software developer, with a strong background in Control Systems. Previously, I worked as a research assistant in Deep Learning applications for Robotics, and as a Software Engineer on Embedded Systems in the field of Autonomous Driving. In my free time, I do some research activities in Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Manipulation.

Country

Germany

City

Munich

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Nonlinear Control, Robotics, Robotic Manipulation, Reinforcement Learning, Motion Planning, Prototyping, Algorithm Design, Motion Estimation, Software Architecture, Linear Algebra, Passionate about Work, Artificial Intelligence (AI), API Development, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), TensorFlow, Unified Modeling Language, Matlab, C++, Python, Controllo dei processi

Experience

Robotics Software Engineer

Franka Robotics

2024-11 - 2025-4 · 6 mos

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Part of the Motion & Tactility team, which is responsible for developing the algorithms and code for the Robot Control Unit of the robots produced by Franka. Author of the new robot collision detection system released since version 5.8.0 of the system image. In addition, I was maintainer together with my team of the libfranka, franka_ros2 and Franka MATLAB packages for communication with the Franka Control Interface used in robotics research.

Software Engineer

Kalpa

2024-6 - 2024-10 · 5 mos

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Development of a CAD software for the textile industry for an important group in the Brescia area. I implemented the new application license manager service in a Windows environment (C++, Qt, Visual Studio, Subversion).

Senior Software Engineer C++

EUROCONTROL

2024-2 - 2024-5 · 4 mos

Brussels Metropolitan Area

Surveillance Data Distribution System (SDDS) is a highly multi-threaded, hard real-time radar data management software. I was developing new core features in C++ and maintaining the existing code.

Research Assistant

University of Technology Nuremberg

2023-5 - 2023-11 · 7 mos

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Manipulation and Grasping using Vision Transformers and Large Language Models. Discontinued following a severe car accident.

Teaching Assistant

University of Technology Nuremberg

2023-5 - 2023-11 · 7 mos

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Created the assignments for the Mobile Robotics course. Forward Kinematics, Odometry, Laser Scanners, KF, EKF, SLAM.

Regular Software Developer C++

Luxoft

2022-1 - 2023-5 · 1 yr 5 mos

Torino, Piemonte, Italia

From March 2023: Validation of a Computer Vision framework for Autonomous Driving. Languages: C++, Python. Tools: ROS, GoogleTest, Docker. Agile methodology. Moreover, I was part of the C++ community chapter as a technical interviewer. Until February 2023: Development and bug fix of the Human-Machine Interface used in the cars of a luxury customer. Development of the Chinese keyboard for the car’s media player. Frontend: Qt. Backend: C++. Architecture: Yocto Linux.

Master's Thesis Internship

Centro di Ricerca "E. Piaggio"

2021-4 - 2022-2 · 11 mos

Pisa, Toscana, Italia

Master's thesis internship in the robotics laboratory, group of prof. Antonio Bicchi. Design and test a motion planner for manipulating objects in tightly constrained environments using an RRT-based algorithm. Languages: C++, Python. Tools: ROS, MoveIt, FCL, SciPy, pybind11.