Moneer Hijaz

Software Lead · Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition 2027

• Lead software work for an autonomous ground vehicle, using ROS 2 for perception, localization, planning, and control.
• Work with OpenCV, cameras, 2D LiDAR, and IMU data to support navigation, lane following, and obstacle avoidance.

Lead Programmer · IEEE RAS Robotathon 2025

1st Place · Most Creative Code

• Integrated and calibrated sensors while collaborating across software, mechanical, and electrical teams.
• Built an autonomous navigation pipeline around IR, line-array, and color sensors, motor drivers, Bluetooth, and bang-bang control.

Lead Programmer · ECLAIR Makeathon 2025

1st Place

• Engineered the only robot to complete the full course within the 48-hour competition window.
• Integrated multiple IR sensors and PID control for precise, high-speed course navigation.

Multi-threaded Operating System

C++ · Assembly · Systems programming

• Implemented cooperative and preemptive context switching, synchronization primitives, and smart pointers with strong, weak, and unique ownership semantics.

CPU Emulator

C · Systems programming

• Implemented a five-stage pipelined CPU emulator with instruction and data caches, LRU replacement, and data forwarding, reaching four times the execution speed of simple sequential execution.

Self-Hosted Containerized Server

Docker · Linux · Nginx · Networking · YAML

• Built a Debian server hosting more than 20 containerized applications with Docker Compose, Nginx reverse proxying, and Cloudflare-managed DNS and encrypted traffic routing.