# Anass Al-Wohoush > Software Engineer @ Facebook / Oculus Location: Menlo Park, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/anass Roboticist. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Facebook Jan 2018 – Present | Menlo Park, California ### Software Engineer @ Oculus VR Jan 2018 – Present | Menlo Park, California ### Research Assistant @ McGill Centre for Intelligent Machines Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Montreal, Canada Area ### Drone Software Lead @ McGill Robotics Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Montreal, Canada Area Built an autonomous fixed-wing aircraft for the international AUVSI SUAS 2017 and 2018 competitions. • Lead a team of 18 software members per year. • Designed and maintained the project’s software architecture. • Prepared and presented robotics tutorials to onboard members. • Mentored new members and iteratively reviewed their code. • Managed the team by defining and delegating tasks to all members. • Implemented an autonomous navigation system to avoid stationary and moving obstacles using deep reinforcement learning. ### Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Electrical and Software Member @ McGill Robotics Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Montreal, Canada Area Built an autonomous submarine for the international RoboSub 2014 and 2015 • Developed a microphone array for locating an underwater sound. • Developed an open-source ROS driver for the Tritech Micron sonar:. • Involved in the planning, designing, and launching of the team’s main website. • Designed and developed computer system deployment scripts to automate and streamline the setup of robots' and developers’ software environment. ### Artificial Intelligence Course Mentor @ McGill University Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Montreal, Canada Area As a Tomlinson Engagement Award for Mentoring (TEAM) awardee, I mentored and assisted students in McGill's Artificial Intelligence course (ECSE 526) under the supervision of Professor Jeremy Cooperstock. ### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ McGill University Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Montreal, Canada Area Designed and developed a set of new assignments for McGill's Artificial Intelligence course (ECSE 526) under the supervision of Professor Jeremy Cooperstock. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Facebook Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Menlo Park, California Worked with the Data Security Systems team to secure user data from internal attacks by authenticating requests to backend services, including Messenger and Location Services. ### Software Developer Intern @ Microsoft Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Designed, developed, and released Hearing AI – a mobile application for the deaf and hard of hearing community – under the sponsorship of Microsoft Research and the Windows and Devices Group. • Implemented real-time audio processing algorithms to classify the sound environment and determine when to notify the user of sudden changes in sound. • Featured at the Assistive Technology Conference where IEEE called my project "life-changing". • Filled a patent ### EEDP Software Engineering Intern @ GE Lighting Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Montreal, Canada Area Awarded GE Lighting’s Q1 Edison Creativity Award. • Designed and developed a multi-threaded web server for real-time monitoring and debugging of the LightGrid mesh network. • Developed a set of scripts that helped perform critical operations on three live customer deployments. • Implemented an auto-provisioning server for the LightGrid gateway. ## Education ### Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Honours Electrical Engineering, Computer Science Minor McGill University ### Diploma of College Studies in Pure and Applied Science Marianopolis College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/anassinator - GitHub: https://github.com/anassinator - Portfolio: https://anassinator.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/anass JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/anass/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11