Mehmet Inönü

Directing global AI supply chain and infrastructure initiatives for foundational models (Gemini/Gemma). Leading cross-functional efforts focused on resource efficiency, compute optimization, and technical governance. Spearheading the transition of AI research into production-ready, compliant environments.

Led product strategy and technical direction for the Waymo Simulator. Directed large-scale evaluation pipelines and safety-critical metric development for the Waymo Driver. Managed cross-functional organizations focused on infrastructure efficiency and simulation realism.

- Managed multiple pipelines that generated evaluation metrics for the entire Waymo stack, utilizing millions of miles of data and the Waymo Simulation engine (Data collection - simulation - triage of simulation results - producing eval metrics to make deployment decisions). Improving the Sim2real gap and simulation realism. - Managed and provided technical leadership for a 100+ person organization, successfully delivering on high-priority "code yellow" projects and company-wide objectives.

Executed 0-to-1 product launch for a complex, next-generation autonomous defense platform. Led engineering and design teams through full R&D cycles, from initial concept to large-scale contract.

- Led a multidisciplinary team developing Level 3 and Level 4 autonomous driving products, reporting directly to VP-level management. - Spearheaded the BMW-Intel-Mobileye partnership, establishing a systems engineering team and data infrastructure for global collaboration. - Managed a multi-million dollar annual budget, vendor relationships, and multi-year contracts

- Served as the product manager for BMW's ridesharing pilot with Lyft, overseeing hardware integration, system validation, and data ingestion pipelines. - Led technology scouting and advised BMW i Ventures on investment decisions that generated an 8x return on investment. - Implemented a Scrum working model from scratch to coordinate multiple teams and ensure high product quality

- Played a crucial role in securing major Tier 1 supplier contracts for LiDAR technology, accelerating BMW's adoption of advanced sensor systems. - Developed sensor requirement catalogs and executed component-level and automated performance tests to ensure adherence to rigorous safety standards

- Developed and implemented advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to enhance vehicle safety and driver experience, which are now standard in many modern vehicles. - Built an automated assessment and validation tool in MATLAB for ISO26262 and EuroNCAP compliance. - Designed control systems for autonomous emergency braking (AEB) and collaborated with Tier 1 suppliers on algorithm tuning. - Developed Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulations with embedded real-time code for rigorous testing and validation.

- Drafted ISO standard for requirements of manufacturing and testing autonomous cars. - Defined critical scenarios regarding Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL). - Experimented on volunteers how driving improves with real-time instructions.

Analyzed and decoded vehicle accident data for the Toyota Unintended Acceleration lawsuit. Produced and presented statistics to managerial board.

Mechanical Engineering with focus on Aeronautics and Astronautics, Autonomous Systems.

Experience with LLM and RAG optimization techniques such as model fine tuning, retrieval re-ranking, prompt engineering. Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP), Privacy Engineering, Statistics

Abitur '05