Braulio Solano Rivas
About Braulio Solano Rivas
Braulio Solano-Rivas is a Staff Application Engineer ADAS/AD at NI in Heredia, Costa Rica, specializing in the measurement and testing of advanced vehicle systems.
Braulio Solano-Rivas at National Instruments
Braulio Solano-Rivas is currently working at NI (National Instruments) as a Staff Application Engineer specializing in ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and Automated Driving (AD). Based in Heredia, Costa Rica, he is part of the Americas' Application Engineering Team within the Transportation Business Unit. His role involves working on the measurement and testing of ADAS, AV, and Active Safety systems using virtual driving environments such as IPG CarMaker, CarSim, and monoDrive. Additionally, he is responsible for offering Data Record solutions to a wide range of customers, from start-ups to established OEMs and Tier 1s in the Americas.
Previous Roles and Experience of Braulio Solano-Rivas
Before his current role at NI, Braulio Solano-Rivas accumulated diverse professional experiences in various countries. He worked at AVL in the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2020 on a Master Thesis Project focused on Visual SLAM in Coventry. From 2018 to 2019, he served as a Layout Review Engineer at Intel Components in Belen, Costa Rica. His earlier professional roles include Research Assistant at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany, and Mechanical Design Engineer at AASA Automatizacion Avanzada in San Pedro, Costa Rica.
Education of Braulio Solano-Rivas
Braulio Solano-Rivas holds an MSc in Smart, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles from the University of Warwick, WMG, completed in 2020. Prior to that, he achieved a Licenciate in Mechatronics Engineering from Tecnológico de Costa Rica in 2017. His educational background provides him with a robust foundation in automotive engineering and advanced vehicle technologies.
Technical Specializations of Braulio Solano-Rivas
Braulio Solano-Rivas specializes in a variety of technical fields. His expertise spans Vision Systems, Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (VSLAM), Mechanical Design, Image and Video Processing, Equipment Maintenance, Embedded Systems, Semiconductors, Factory Processes, Lines of Production, Robotics, and Automation. His role at NI involves using virtual driving environments such as IPG CarMaker, CarSim, and monoDrive to measure and test ADAS, AV, and Active Safety systems.
Personal Interests and Soft Skills of Braulio Solano-Rivas
Beyond his professional and technical expertise, Braulio Solano-Rivas has a range of personal interests and has developed notable soft skills. His hobbies include volunteering, open water swimming, and scuba diving, which contribute to his adaptability and teamwork abilities. Coming from a big family has also played a role in developing his strong interpersonal and soft skills, aiding in his effective cross-functional collaboration involving support, sales, R&D, planning, and customer interactions.