About

Matt Timmons-Brown is a highly skilled and accomplished Software Engineering Intern at Arrival, a hyper-growth electric vehicle startup. He is currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, where he is also an undergraduate research student and researcher at the Robotics Laboratory. Matt is a published author of the book "Learn Robotics with Raspberry Pi" and a popular YouTube creator with over 6.2 million views and 70k subscribers on his channel, "The Raspberry Pi Guy." Matt has a strong technical background and is skilled in Python, C++, Machine Learning, and more. He has previously worked as an intern at Amazon, Huawei, and Arm, where he gained valuable experience in software engineering and machine learning. At Amazon, he worked as a Machine Learning Software Engineer Intern in London, while at Huawei, he worked as an intern in Beijing/Shenzhen. As an undergraduate research student at the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, Matt worked on long-term funded software research projects with researchers in the Machine Learning & Motor Control Research Group under Prof. Sethu Vijayakumar. He contributed to open-source projects and frameworks, such as the EXOTica motion planning library, and worked on motion planning, computer vision, collision avoidance software, and simulation interfaces. Matt also played a key role in a human-robot research project with industry, where he helped endow robots with complex behaviors. Matt's education history includes a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh, which he is set to complete in December 2022. He also attended Hills Road Sixth Form College and Linton Village College. Matt's tech stack includes Software Engineering, Research Science, Machine Learning, Python, and Computer Vision. With over two years of relevant experience, he is a highly motivated and dedicated individual who is passionate about technology and its applications.