Julius Hietala

Senior Applied ML & Robotics Systems Engineer

I build production ML systems for physical-world applications, connecting perception, simulation, control, and real-time inference into reliable software.

My work spans robotics, computer vision, sim-to-real pipelines, on-device ML, and research-to-production engineering. I've shipped applied ML systems, co-founded technical companies, and published robotics work at IROS and in IJRR.

Projects

Building ML systems that run in production, with a focus on robotics, computer vision, and real-time inference.

Top Articles

Notes and tutorials on machine learning engineering, computer vision, robotics, and software systems.

All Articles

Skills & Expertise

Technologies and domains I work with to build production ML systems

Core Languages

PythonRustC++JavaScript

ML Frameworks

PyTorchCore MLExecuTorch

Computer Vision

Object DetectionSegmentationVisual Control3D Vision

Systems & Tools

ReactROSDockerKubernetes

Research Areas

Reinforcement LearningSim-to-RealVLA ModelsRobotics

Contact

Interested in collaboration, research discussions, or have questions about my work?