Kiril Vidimče

Kiril Vidimče has extensive work experience in various roles related to engineering and technology.

Kiril is currently the Director of Engineering at Woven by Toyota, where they lead the Advanced Autonomous Driving/ADAS program. Kiril oversees planning and execution, working with a cross-functional team and coordinating activities with stakeholders at Woven Japan and Toyota.

Prior to this, Kiril worked as the Senior Engineering Manager and Head of Perception at Lyft from 2019 to 2021. Kiril managed the LiDAR/Perception team and contributed to all aspects of the Autonomy stack and ML/data infrastructure.

Before joining Lyft, Kiril was the Founder and VP of Engineering at Inkbit from 2016 to 2019. Kiril led a multi-disciplinary engineering team in building a next-generation industrial 3D printer with a focus on manufacturing medical devices.

Kiril also gained experience as a PhD student and Research Assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2012 to 2017, where they focused on computational fabrication and 3D printing.

Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Graphics Architect at Intel from 2008 to 2012, contributing to real-time rendering R&D. Kiril also worked at Pixar Animation Studios as a Graphics Software Engineer from 2000 to 2008, where they developed new techniques for modeling, animation, lighting, and rendering.

Kiril began their career as a Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology in 1999, focusing on mesh simplification and remeshing. Kiril also had internships at SRI International and SGI, where they worked on terrain visualization and software engineering projects.

Overall, Kiril Vidimče's work experience showcases their expertise in engineering, technology, and autonomous systems.

Kiril Vidimče completed their education in a chronological manner. Kiril started at Caltech in 1999 and ended in 2000 but did not obtain a degree or specify a field of study during that time. Later, from 2012 to 2014, they pursued a Master's Degree in Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Finally, from 2012 to 2017, they pursued a PhD in Computer Science at MIT as well.