Co-Founder & Senior Software Architect

M. Idrees

// Senior Software Architect · Computational Tool Engineer · C++ Expert

7+ years building high-fidelity simulation platforms, autonomous vehicle sensor systems, and computational engineering tools across Prague, Berlin, and Islamabad. Co-founder at Turing Intelligence. Currently building simulation infrastructure at Valeo for OEMs including BMW, Volkswagen, and General Motors.

C++ Expert Numerical Simulation ADAS / Sensor Modelling CUDA / HPC Python · MATLAB Physics-Based ML Digital Twins DSL Design
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7+
Years in Industry
5
OEM Clients
3
Countries
Work Experience

Industry Track Record

Valeo Mar 2023 — Present
(2+ years)

Prague, Czechia
VL
VALEO · Smart Technology for Smarter Mobility
Software Tool Developer (ADAS)
📍 Prague, Czechia
  • Core development of SIL, MIL and HIL validation solutions for BMW, Volkswagen, Renault, General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler.
  • Developed Valeo Midrange Radar ADAS functions: Blind Spot Detection (BSD), Lane Change Assist (LCA), Near Collision Warning, and Door Opening Warning.
  • Built end-to-end camera optronic simulation pipeline covering wavelength, codec compression (lossy & lossless), and image quality tuning for modern HDR automotive sensors.
  • Implemented radar signal pre/post-processing: range, velocity, azimuth/elevation estimation, clustering, tracking, length/width/orientation modules, and obstacle classification.
  • Developed camera-navigation fusion for Over Speed Protection and target tracking/fusion systems (single, multiple, and extended target tracking).
  • Front Camera end-to-end architecture and design pipelines for multiple OEM customers.
  • Performed specification reviews, software design reviews, and peer code reviews; led integration and system testing cycles.
C++ Python MATLAB / Simulink ADAS Radar Simulation Camera Optics SIL/MIL/HIL Target Tracking
Turing Intelligence Nov 2025 — Present
(6 months)

Prague, Czechia
TI
TURING INTELLIGENCE · Co-Founder
Senior Software Engineer (Simulation Platform)
📍 Prague, Czechia
  • Architecting and developing high-fidelity simulation platforms for complex physical and cyber-physical systems with scalable, modular design.
  • Designing Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) for modelling geometry, physics, sensor abstractions, and system behaviours.
  • Building C++/Python computational engines for multi-domain simulation: fluid, electromagnetic, and geometric systems.
  • Implementing first-principles (physics-based) sensor simulations ensuring cross-domain generalisation.
  • Integrating AI/ML and Scientific Machine Learning methods (Neural Operators, PINNs, probabilistic models) into simulation pipelines.
  • Optimising computational performance via parallel programming, GPU acceleration (CUDA), and efficient data structures.
  • Driving innovation in differentiable simulation, hybrid physics-ML systems, and next-generation compute paradigms.
C++ / CUDA PINNs Neural Operators Digital Twins DSL Design HPC SciML
Turing Intelligence May 2024 — Dec 2025
(1 yr 8 months)
TI
TURING INTELLIGENCE
Compiler Team Lead
📍 Pakistan
  • Led the compiler development team specialising in Domain-Specific Language (DSL) design and implementation.
  • Architected DSL pipelines enabling scientists and engineers to define, simulate, and validate complex physical systems through declarative modelling syntax.
Compiler Design DSL C++ Team Lead
AAI GmbH Jan 2020 — Mar 2023
(3 years 3 months)

Berlin, Germany
AA
AUTOMOTIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GMBH
Platform Developer
📍 Berlin, Germany
  • Led end-to-end toolchains including Critical Scenario Extraction — C++ tool for extracting and annotating critical driving scenarios from real-world sensor logs.
  • Contributed to Intelligent Traffic simulation mimicking naturalistic human driver behaviour at scale.
  • Developed physically accurate end-to-end camera, lidar, and radar simulation with raytracing (sensor simulation pipeline).
  • Built AAI Scenario Executor toolchain for OpenScenario 1.0 and OpenDrive 1.5 compliance.
  • Developed high-bandwidth log reader/writer system for real-time capture of vehicle spatiotemporal and sensor data.
  • Technical lead for EU-funded Berdiba Project — consortium collaboration between Berlin research institutions and companies.
  • Built ETL layer for the DeepScenario dataset enabling perception ML model training.
  • Won Best Employee Performance Award 2020.
C++ Raytracing OpenScenario OpenDrive Sensor Simulation EU-funded Research
Air University Aug 2019 — Jan 2020
(6 months)

Islamabad, Pakistan
AU
AIR UNIVERSITY · HEC Technology Development Fund
Research Assistant — Paraplegic Robotics
📍 Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Contributed to HEC Technology Development Fund project building an indigenous mobile platform for paraplegic patients.
  • Designed and implemented feedback control of sit-to-stand mechanism with clinical patient trials.
  • Participated in electrical and mechanical design, component sourcing, and system integration.
Robotics Control Systems Research
TMR Consulting Jul 2019 — Aug 2019
(2 months)

Islamabad, Pakistan
TM
TMR CONSULTING (PVT.) LIMITED
Machine Learning Intern
📍 Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Implemented and trained Deep Q-Networks (DQNs) on complex OpenAI Gym environments for reinforcement learning research.
  • Optimised training via experience replay and target network updates, achieving significant improvements in learning stability and convergence speed.
Deep Q-Networks Reinforcement Learning Python
Technical Expertise

Core Skill Set

Languages & Runtimes
C++ (Expert) Python MATLAB Simulink CUDA
Simulation & Modelling
Numerical Simulation Multiphysics (CFD, EM) Digital Twins Sensor Simulation Raytracing Mathematical Modelling
ADAS & Autonomous Systems
Radar Systems (FMCW) Camera Pipeline Lidar Simulation Target Tracking V-SLAM SIL/MIL/HIL
AI / ML & Scientific Computing
PINNs Neural Operators Deep Q-Networks SciML Bayesian Inference MLOps
Architecture & Tools
DSL Design Compiler Development OpenScenario / OpenDrive OSI Standard CI/CD HPC Clusters
Languages (Human)
English (Full Professional) Urdu (Native) Czech (Elementary) German (Elementary) Hungarian (Limited)
Certifications

Credentials

🧮

Solving ODEs with MATLAB

MathWorks Certification

📐

Numerical Methods for Engineers

Professional Development

🤖

IEEE RAS Summer School — Multi-Robot Systems

IEEE Robotics & Automation Society

🚗

Self-Driving Car Nanodegree

Udacity

🧬

Mathematics for Engineers Specialisation

HKUST · Coursera · 2022

☁️

ML Engineering for Production (MLOps)

DeepLearning.AI · Coursera · 2023

🌍

Computational Methods for Climate Science

Climatematch Academy · NeurIPS 2023

🔬

Spring School 2025: Nanobiosensors

Palacký University Olomouc · 2025

Honours & Awards

Recognition

🏆

Best Employee Performance Award 2020

Automotive Artificial Intelligence GmbH, Berlin

🥇

Winner — Robotic Competition (×2)

Robotics Design & Algorithm Competition

💡

Best Algorithm Design

Engineering Excellence Award

🎯

EME Award — NERC 2018

National Engineering Robotic Competition

🧩

CS50x Puzzle Day 2019 — Winner

Harvard CS50 Online Competition

Publication
📄

Understanding Vulnerabilities in Cyber Physical Production Systems

Peer-reviewed publication

Get in Touch

Let's Work on
Something Hard Together

Available for consulting on ADAS toolchain architecture, high-performance simulation systems, and technical advisory roles. Based in Prague — open to remote collaboration globally.

Email (Work)
idrees@turing-intelligence.com
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/midrees321
Phone (Work)
+420 723 436 708
Speaking Profile
sessionize.com/idrees-m
idrees_m — profile.sh
# Engineer Profile
name = "M. Idrees"
role = "Sr. Software Architect"
location = "Praha, Czech Republic"
 
stack = [
  "C++(Expert)",
  "CUDA",
  "Python",
  "MATLAB/Simulink"
]
 
experience = 7 # years
companies = 4 # Valeo, AAI, TI, Air Uni
 
✓ Available for consulting
✓ Open to collaboration █