Philippe Couvignou

Philippe Couvignou has extensive work experience in the fields of software engineering, robotics, and control systems. Philippe has held various senior roles in companies such as Satelles, Couvignou Science and Engineering, iRobot, TuSimple, Brain Corp, ESI Group, Ethertronics, Renault-Nissan Group, and Carnegie Mellon University.

At Satelles, they currently work as a Senior Embedded Software Engineer since April 2023. Prior to that, they served as a Principal Consultant at Couvignou Science and Engineering from November 2022 to April 2023.

Their previous role was at iRobot, where they held the position of Technical Director, Robotics Software Architecture from March 2021 to November 2022. In this role, they were responsible for software architecture, software infrastructure, and robotics middleware. Philippe also conducted software quality testing and reporting using cloud-based solutions and tools.

Philippe also worked as a Senior Research Engineer at TuSimple from June 2020 to October 2020, where they focused on the development of feedback control systems and optimization of control parameters. Philippe collaborated with international automotive suppliers for project-related tasks.

Before that, they served as a Research Scientist/Software Engineer at Brain Corp from March 2018 to June 2020. Their work there involved various aspects of robotics, including robot state estimation, feedback control, and trajectory path following.

Prior to their time at Brain Corp, Philippe worked at ESI Group for twenty years, from June 1998 to March 2018. During their tenure, they held various roles, including Senior Software Engineer and Development Manager. Philippe managed multiple software development projects, ensuring adherence to budgets and deadlines. Philippe also played a significant role in achieving ISO 9001 certification and CMM Level 3.

From 2011 to 2014, they worked as a consultant at Ethertronics. Earlier in their career, they served as an R&D Manager for Advanced Electronic Systems at Renault-Nissan Group from September 1990 to June 1998. In this role, they led a team in conceptualizing and prototyping real-time control systems and contributed to the development of innovative products and patents, such as the first ESP system for heavy-duty commercial vehicles.

Finally, from December 1990 to April 1992, Philippe worked as a Visiting Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University. During this time, they focused on developing visual servoing algorithms and published research papers on the topic.

Overall, Philippe Couvignou's work experience showcases their expertise in software engineering, robotics, control systems, and research.

Philippe Couvignou completed their education as follows:

From 1983 to 1985, they attended Lycee Janson de Sailly in Paris, France, where they pursued preparatory courses for competitive entrance exams of "Grandes Ecoles." Their field of study included subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English, Literature, and Industrial Drawing.

Starting in 1985 and concluding in 1988, Philippe studied at Mines Paris, earning an M.S. (Ingénieur Civil) degree. During this period, they covered a diverse range of subjects, including Robotics, Control Theory, Mathematics, Quantum Physics, Geology, Law, and Executive Management.

For the next two years, from 1988 to 1990, Philippe attended the Institut Supérieur d'Informatique et d'Automatique, MINES ParisTech, located in Sophia-Antipolis, France. Here, they pursued a specialization degree (M.S. Ingénieur de Spécialité) in Computer Science. Their field of study encompassed topics such as Control Theory, Computer Vision, AI, Intellectual Property, and Project Management.

In addition to their formal education, Philippe has achieved several certifications. These include "Running Jenkins on AWS" from LinkedIn (obtained in November 2021) and a certificate in "Art and Science of Machine Learning" obtained from Coursera in December 2020. Philippe has also completed other Coursera certifications such as "Feature Engineering," "Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine," "Machine Learning with TensorFlow on Google Cloud Platform," "How Google does Machine Learning," "Launching into Machine Learning," and "Introduction to Tensorflow," all obtained in 2020. Moreover, Philippe holds martial arts certifications, including "Nidan" obtained from Shotokan Karate of America in June 2014 and "Shodan" received in June 2009.