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Kimia Naeiji

Mid-level AI/ML Engineer specializing in robotics perception and AR/VR systems

ForterraCornell UniversityRemote4 Years ExperienceMid LevelWorks On-Site

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AI engineer with robotics perception experience at Forterra, building and deploying moving-object/obstacle detection models into real-time robot pipelines. Addressed training crashes/latency via sub-batch training and optimizer tuning, and improved debugging using ROS/ROS2 tooling with 3D voxel visualization and color-coded validation.

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Key Strengths

  • Resolved training instability/crashes by implementing sub-batch training strategy
  • Practical real-time deployment and validation of ML models on physical robots
  • Strong ROS/rosbag troubleshooting (diagnosed missing prerequisites and fixed pipeline)
  • Debugging perception systems using 3D voxel visualization and color-coding to identify errors
  • Systems-minded approach to production real-time reliability (latency/resource constraints, hazards, safe-state behavior)
  • Deployed sensor-driven ML models onto real robots using ROS bags
  • Solved GPU/latency constraints by batching training and using F1-driven learning rate updates
  • Strong focus on real-time performance and avoiding runtime lag in robotics testing
  • Debugged post-deployment perception issues via hyperparameter tuning
  • Clear production mindset: modularizing research pipelines and validating via simulation + hardware-in-the-loop

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Experience

AI EngineerForterra · Jun 2025 – Sep 2025contract
Tech Fellow ManagerCodePath.org · Jun 2024 – Presentpart-time
Research AssistantNew Jersey Institute of Technology · Jun 2022 – Presentpart-time
Web Developer InternNewarkArts · Jun 2022 – Aug 2022internship
TechFellow, Pre-Assignment SupportCodePath.org · Jul 2023 – Presentpart-time
Executive Peer Advisor Liaison(E-PAL)New Jersey Institute of Technology · Sep 2020 – May 2023part-time

Education

Cornell Universitymaster, Computer Science (2024)
NJITbachelor, Information Technology (Game Development, Web Development) (2023)

Awards

  • Invitation to present at Cornell Tech OpenStudio (Fall 2023)

Languages

English

Publications

2 publications

Mixed RealityVirtual Humans / Intelligent Virtual AgentsSocial Presence and EmpathyCaregiving / GeriatricsHuman-Computer Interaction (HCI)

Memberships

  • ACM
  • IEEE

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Kimia NaeijiMid-level AI/ML Engineer specializing in robotics perception and AR/VR systems