Professional Experience
Embedded Software Intern
T3 Gemstone (Baykar • T3 Foundation), Istanbul, Turkey
- Developed and integrated ROS 2 Humble software for the Bumin unmanned ground vehicle on the T3 Gemstone O1 board, including LiDAR, RF2O odometry, SLAM Toolbox, IMU, motor encoder, GPIO and PWM-based motor-control components.
- Built and tested an autonomous indoor room-mapping pipeline in Gazebo/RViz and Docker.
- Participated in pre-packaging QA of nearly 500 Gemstone O1 boards in a five-person team; used TTL, multimeter, oscilloscope and continuity testing to isolate USB, connector and board-level faults.
Embedded Software Developer
Terranova UGV, Ankara, Turkey
- Created custom Gazebo simulation worlds, establishing repeatable environments for autonomous rover testing.
- Developed a browser-based ground-control station with live vehicle markers and telemetry/control interfaces.
- Implementing ROS 2 nodes for IMU, LiDAR, ultrasonic and GPS sensors for a six-wheel platform.
AI Developer
Part-time student in AYBU ÖĞMER, Ankara, Turkey
- Led development of an intelligent document-interactive AI agent using Llama 4 LLM with web interface published for university-wide access.
- Assigned tasks, conducted prompt engineering, designed modular architecture.
- Designed system architecture with real-time audio streaming and document embedding for knowledge retrieval.
Embedded Software Developer
PUSULA USV, Ankara, Turkey
- Developed and optimized autonomous navigation and control algorithms for embedded systems on NVIDIA Jetson platform using Python.
- Engineered systemd services and real-time system integration for launching multi-threaded ROS 2 nodes handling sensor data streams (Lidar, ZED Camera) and autonomous control.
- Integrated and debugged multiple embedded sensors: A2M12 Lidar sensor fusion, ZED 2 stereo camera processing, Pixhawk flight controller motor commands, and GPS.
- Collaborated with Electronics team on hardware-software co-design, conducting extensive real-world testing and optimizing system performance.
Avionics Team Member
Aybü HEZARFEN Club | Gökçen Rocket Project, Ankara, Turkiye
- Conducted research to determine suitable sensors for the system.
- Contributed to the flight control board and assisted in integrating sensors and components.
- Performed initial testing of the avionics system with team and documented the avionics system in detail for Teknofest.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkiye
Current GPA: 3.12/4.00
Activities and societies: AYBU Hezarfen Student Club & AYBU Turkish World Youth Club
High School Diploma
Tevfik İleri Anatolian High School, Ankara, Turkiye
Graduated with the grade of 96.43
Volunteering Works
Bootcamp Tutor & Student Mentor
AYBU, Ankara, Turkiye
- Led a summer bootcamp aimed at introducing college students to front-end web development.
- Represented my university at many international conferences.
Secretary & Member
Mimce University Counsil | Mimce Mühendisler Derneği, Ankara, Turkey
- Led Secretariat operations, overseeing formal communications with academic units and council representatives.
- Planned and coordinated engineering-focused events and student development activities in collaboration with the council team.
- Established and maintained structured record-keeping processes to ensure continuity and effective follow-up of council decisions.
- You can visit the official website of Mimce:
mimce.org
Podcast Host
Trio of Thought, Ankara, Turkiye
- Co-hosted the 'Trio of Thought' podcast discussing AI technologies.
- Trio of Thought (Spotify Podcast)
Writer & Editor
Civil Society Organizations in Ankara, Turkiye
- Writer and editor for school magazines, blogs, and local civil society organizations.
Talks & Presentations
Language as a Tool: A Challenge-Based Summer Bootcamp Model with Scrum Scaffolding to Develop Global Competencies
International Challenge-Based Learning Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
View paper →Language as a Tool: A Summer Bootcamp Model to Build Global Competencies
6th International English for Specific Purposes Conference, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
View post →Sharpen Your Arguments: Fallacy Fighters Workshop
5th FLE Joint Conference, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
View paper →Beyond Self: E-Portfolios and Ecological L2 Motivation
5th FLE Joint Conference, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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