Payam Katoozian
About
Payam Katoozian is from Alameda, California, United States. Payam works in the following industries: "Computer Software". Payam is currently ADAS Test Operator at Tesla, located in Fremont, California, United States. Payam also works as Co-Founder at Auteur, a job Payam has held since Jan 2020. In Payam's previous role as a R&D Test Specialist at Cruise, Payam worked in San Francisco, California until Jan 2020. Prior to joining Cruise, Payam was a Co-founder/Software Engineer at Revi Technologies LLC and held the position of Co-founder/Software Engineer at Santa Cruz, California. Prior to that, Payam was a Engineering Intern at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc., based in Sunnyvale, CA from Jun 2017 to Sep 2017.
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Payam Katoozian's current jobs
* Tested daily Autopilot software builds via ad-hoc freestyle driving and pre-designed routes * Analyzed test data and triaged software issues and abnormal vehicle behaviors using proprietary Tesla software * Documented and escalated issues and communicated with engineers to understand or clarify vehicle behaviors * Designed test specs and created software performance evaluation criteria using Atlassian XRAY
* Created a framework of an iOS app with SwiftUI and Firebase that attracted 3 additional developers to the team * Designed product roadmap to prioritize development and release of most important features for beta testing * Outlined a search system that uses ElasticSearch, MongoDB, and AWS
Payam Katoozian's past jobs
* Performed black-box testing of autonomous vehicle (AV) software on the streets of SF (autonomously and manually) with a constant emphasis on safe public operation * Took notes on AV behavior and monitored system status as AV passenger * Communicated AV behavior patterns to engineers and escalated issues in a timely manner * Performed troubleshooting on AV software * Improved operational efficiency by 30% by assisting with implementation of improved vehicle checkin/out system
*Developed a capstone project app to release a working and useful app as part of a team of five *The app was a hybrid web/mobile app for car owners to keep track of MPGs and fuel costs *Connected app to Firebase data storage to keep track of multiple users and vehicles’ info *Designed and implemented a trip‐planning component using the Google Maps API
*Created a system to log data from predictive navigation software on the car’s head unit *Improved bug-finding rates by 10% by enabling troubleshooting of module boot-time bugs *Prepared and flashed daily software builds from Stuttgart onto pre-production vehicles *Collaborated with German engineers at Stuttgart HQ to understand vehicle systems *Developed testing plan for obscure bugs *Reviewed and updated technical documentation on Confluence