Istanbul

Ali Esat Gungor

Autonomous vehicle deployment intern and Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering student at ITU. I do hands-on SAE Level 4 commissioning: sensor calibration, field diagnostics and ODD validation. I also write my own route risk and point cloud tools, and co-founded Ufka Tech.

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Work

ADASTEC Corp.

Autonomous Vehicle Deployment intern (long-term intern)
Dec 2024 – present · International & remote

Level 4 fleet deployment. On-site commissioning, route validation, depot manoeuvres and autonomous road testing & operation of SAE Level 4 buses in Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Turkey.
Sensor integration and calibration. Vehicle-level extrinsic calibration, subnet configuration and time synchronisation for 3D LiDARs (Velodyne, Hesai, Ouster), HDR cameras and RTK GNSS/IMU units.
Field diagnostics. Drive-by-wire anomalies, SteerMap offsets, CAN bus faults and communication bottlenecks in live operation, using ROS / ROS 2 and Linux.
Compute and storage. Root-caused recurring fstrim stalls that blocked start-up on vehicle compute units. Ruled out thermal throttling, fragmentation and drive wear with SMART, iostat and e2freefrag, then applied a workaround.
Point cloud QA and HD maps. Inspected live point clouds, localisation confidence and HD vector maps in Foxglove Studio, RViz and CloudCompare during test runs.
ODD validation. Analysed boundary conditions (extreme weather, GNSS-degraded urban canyons, mixed traffic) to define safe operating envelopes and support route sign-offs, working with safety drivers and transit authorities.

Ufka Tech

Co-founder
2026 – present · Istanbul

Developing a three-tier line of near-space educational balloon kits for universities and high schools: tethered, ~30 km stratospheric, and imaging with live telemetry.
Own the technical architecture, the branding and the product site. Pursuing KOSGEB support for serial production.

Projects

2026 · Python, Flask, Leaflet.js, Overpass API, ReportLab

Autonomous bus route risk scoring tool

Full-stack tool that parses GPX/KML routes, queries OpenStreetMap and scores them across nine risk categories using ADASTEC's ODD methodology (log-normal handling, corpus-based z-scores, CDF-based 0–10 scale). Exports a PDF report.

Jun 2026 · Python, Open3D, PCL, CloudCompare

3D point cloud static object filtering pipeline

Automated removal of dynamic artefacts and ghosting from large LiDAR SLAM maps, to improve localisation and vector map alignment.

May 2026 · JavaScript, Web APIs, KML

High-precision GNSS route logger and KML exporter

Browser-based field utility that captures live GNSS telemetry and exports KML trajectories for quick site surveys.

2026 · TÜBİTAK 2209-A application in preparation

Ecological footprint software

Selects ballast uptake and discharge locations from the route and cargo condition, scored by ecological risk. Pilot case: bulk carrier, Black Sea – Marmara – Mediterranean.

Background

Education

Istanbul Technical University
B.S. Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, 2024 – present. Minor in Nuclear Engineering (starting).
Real-vehicle autonomous driving project in an ITU lab (ROS 2, GNSS over Ethernet); faculty engineering and design clubs.

Ortaca High School, Muğla
Science division, 2020 – 2024. Graduation GPA 96.45 / 100.

Skills

Autonomous systems: SAE Level 4 deployment, ROS / ROS 2, multi-sensor calibration, drive-by-wire SteerMap, ODD validation, HD maps, RViz, Foxglove, CloudCompare
Hardware: 3D LiDAR (Velodyne, Hesai, Ouster), automotive cameras, RTK GNSS/IMU, CAN bus, Ethernet / TCP-IP
Software: Python, C++, JavaScript, Flask, Open3D, Leaflet.js, Overpass API, Linux (Ubuntu admin, NVMe/SSD diagnostics), Bash, Docker, Git
Engineering: Naval architecture fundamentals, ballast water management, AutoCAD

Languages

Turkish (native) · English (B2/C1) · German (A1/A2) · Japanese (introductory)

Certification

IT Law & Regulatory Frameworks, BTK Academy, 2024

Contact

[email protected]

linkedin.com/in/aliesatgungor

Istanbul, Turkey