Braxton Lazar

Software Engineer

HRL Labratories•  July 2019 - Present

Developing scenarios and simulations for an autonomous vehicle platform using CARLA, SUMO, AirSim, and Metamoto as base platforms. Tasks include developing scenarios modeled after real-world locations and sensor data capture in Unreal 4 and management, developing AI agent models to generate realistic behavior for pedestrians and vehicles, creating datasets to train and neural networks to perform and adapt in unusual traffic scenarios. Using an array of open source and proprietary software packages and assets in order to realistically simulate real-world behaviors.

Jr. Software Developer

MedPOINT Management•  March 2019 - July 2019

Made internal applications to streamline and improve processes and frameworks to a key pillar in the Healthcare Industry. Worked with Angular, TypeScript. .Net, C#, and SQL on a daily basis. Maintained legacy software written in mainly in .NET Core and C#. Learned the intricacies of .NET, LINQ, and Microsoft SQL Server. Developed new Front-End Web Pages with TypeScript and AngularJS with a .NET RESTful API to read and write data. Designed User Interfaces to help standardize the company look to all software and help increase user productivity and ease of use.

Research and Development Intern

Rapiscan Systems•  June 2017 - August 2017

Worked in Research and Development at Rapiscan Systems, where I am helped develop new software and tools to increase the efficiency of future Rapiscan products. I was working with the senior software developers and managers to develop a first prototype Touchscreen Application using a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino Micro developed in Python and C. This project will go on to be further developed and an iteration will be used in future image processing systems.