Hello, I'm Hoang
Building Autonomy
On Wheels.
I build autonomy on wheels, from AMRs to self-driving cars. I own the stack from sensors to planning/control to deployment.
Featured Projects
Overcooked MARL
Overcooked Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning environment using Multi-Agent PPO algorithm.
Python PyTorch MAPPO Reinforcement Learning
System Identification with Deep Learning + MPC
System identification from data using deep learning and MPC controller. This clip shows the car travel at 20km/h.
Pytorch MPC Acados
Deepracer Autonomous Racing
End to end autonomous racing on AWS Deepracer platform using reinforcement learning.
AWS Deepracer Reinforcement Learning PPO Computer Vision Tensorboard
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Work Experience
Robotics Software Engineer
01/2026 - Present dConstruct Robotics Singapore
- Built MCAP-based sensor logging for on-robot debugging, replay, and field-data analysis across the robot sensor stack
- Developed a proof of concept backend for robot delivery system
- Developed an on-robot Qt/QML operator GUI for robot status, field operation, and deployment workflows
- Developed a direction-aware routing system on multiple undirected graphs for an autonomous towing robot
Robotics Software Team Lead
06/2024 - 01/2026 OTSAW Singapore
- Led the development of the robotics software stack for a new production healthcare AMR
- Designed and implemented a 2D localization algorithm from scratch with Ceres Solver and Kalman filter, then tuned and tested it at customer site
- Developed a task manager to translate and dispatch fleet manager commands to the appropriate robot controllers
- Developed path-following controllers for AMR, enabling smooth navigation and obstacle avoidance in real-time
- Built simulation environments to test and validate robot behavior before real-world deployment
- Implemented and field-deployed a real-time 3D localization system that fused ICP pose estimates with wheel odometry using a Kalman filter for an outdoor delivery robot
- Convert part of the 3D localization module to CUDA C++, achieving a 20% speedup in point cloud processing
- Pointcloud clustering and line extraction for obstacle avoidance using CGAL library
Senior Engineer - Planning & Control
08/2022 - 06/2024 Motional Inc Singapore
- Profiled, optimized and enhanced the autonomous vehicle's planner to reliably execute in sub 20ms
- Designed and implemented a multi-layer cost structure for flexible routing
- Designed and implemented an algorithm to dynamically adjust the search graph to efficiently avoid obstacles
- Conducted simulation and real-vehicle testing to validate routing and navigation algorithms
Senior Robotics Software Engineer
09/2019 - 08/2022 OTSAW Singapore
- Led the development of the outdoor last-mile delivery robot
- Led the development of the robotics software stack of the outdoor security robot
- Led the development of a healthcare disinfection device
Senior Robotics Software Engineer
08/2018 - 08/2019 GT Robots Singapore
- Optimized and enhanced ROS navigation stack to improve performance in tight spaces
- Integrated open-source ML model for real-time face detection and recognition
- Redesigned robot-GUI communication using Protocol Buffers over WebSockets, reducing message overhead and improving data-transfer efficiency
Senior Software Engineer
05/2015 - 08/2018 ITX Electronics Singapore
- Developed a proprietary LIN auto-addressing algorithm and successfully deployed it for customers
- Engineered an ultra-compact embedded firmware for ultrasonic parking sensor, slashing memory footprint to 4 KB, 50-75% smaller than the typical 8-16 KB baseline
Technical Skills
Languages
C++ Python
Robotics
ROS/ROS2 Nav2 Autoware Gazebo Sensor Fusion SLAM TEB MPC
ML & AI
PyTorch Reinforcement Learning OpenAI Gym CUDA
Build & Tools
Linux Docker CMake Bazel
Libraries & Frameworks
Eigen Ceres Solver CGAL OpenCV PCL Acados GTSAM protobuf
Education & Awards
Education
Master of Science in Computer Science (Online)
Georgia Institute of Technology
2025 - 2027 (Expected)
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
National University of Singapore
08/2011 - 05/2015
Awards & Honors
Singapore AUV challenge 2013
IEEE OES Singapore
2nd place with team BBAUV
16th RoboSub Competition (San Diego, US)
RoboNation & the Office of Naval Research
First-time finalists, 7th place and Best New Entry Award with team BBAUV
Faculty of Engineering Innovation & Research Award
National University of Singapore
Merit Award with Radhakrishnan Vivek, Tran Thanh Quang and Huang Yongchang
Autonomous Vehicle Alternate Destination Finder
US Patent (Pending)
PCT/US2026/017302