# Muhammad Fareed, PhD

> Technology Leader | Autonomous Driving | VLM | AI Engineering & Product Management  | LLaMA  | Lidar | Radar  | DDS | RTOS | seL4 | NVIDIA/Qualcomm/NXP SoCs

Location: Fremont, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/muhammadfareedphd

Experience in Realtime and safety critical embedded software, Autonomous Driving, and implementation of AI algorithms on SoCs (NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and NXP). Engineering professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Engineering from University of Waterloo.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ NIO
Jan 2022 – Present | United States
Worked on:
- Award winning SkyOS operating system, currently deployed, on thousands of vehicles on road, across three brands—NIO, ONVO, and firefly—covering models ranging from high-end sedans to compact entry-level vehicles.
- Edge AI for In-Vehicle inference

### Senior Engineer @ Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | United States
Worked on 
- Autonomous Driving Vehicles (Perception, Communication, and Security)
- Android infotainment units for Stallantis Automotive Vehicles (Chrysler, Jeep, Fiat, Dodge)

### Embedded Software Manager @ Mircom Group of Companies
Jan 2016 – Jan 2021 | Vaughan, ON, Canada
Worked on FireLink-3 project.

### Research Fellow @ King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015

### Embedded Software Developer @ Mircom Group
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 | Vaughan, ON, Canada
Worked on digital audio paging and phone system for FlexNet.

### Research Assistant @ University of Waterloo
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009 | Waterloo, ON, Canada

### Visiting Lecturer @ Quaid-e-Azam University
Jan 2001 – Jan 2004 | Islamabad, Pakistan

### Software Engineer @ Elixir Technologies
Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 | Islamabad


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Waterloo

### AI Product Management
Duke University Pratt School of Engineering


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/muhammad-mehboob-fareed

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Last updated: 2026-04-12