Rana Khalil

Rana Khalil is a seasoned professional focused on building autonomous real-time embedded robotic systems with a diverse educational background and extensive experience in various technological roles.

Rana holds a BS.C in Information Systems with a User Centered Design Track from Carnegie Mellon University, an Astronautical Engineering Certificate in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from UCLA Extension, a Nanodegree in Self-Driving Car Engineering from Udacity, and completed the Deep learning part 2 International Fellowship from Fast.ai.

Throughout Rana's career, she has held positions such as Software Engineer in Autonomy at Voyage, Embedded Software Engineer at Amazon, Software Development Engineer in Robotics at Amazon, Self-Driving Car Engineer NanoDegree Mentor at Udacity, Software Engineer II at Rapid7, Interactive Software Engineer Contractor at Bolder Games, Software Engineer at Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Software Engineer at Reunify, Software Engineering Intern in Research & Development at Walt Disney Imagineering, Human-Robot Interaction and endoscope usability validation at Qatar Science & Technology Park, Co-Founder at Onigiri: Game for diabetes, UI/UX researcher for the redesign of the Thrill Android experience for the US market at LG, Thesis Project on capturing the day of a child with Autism at Autism Schools, studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, work in the Organ Donor Compatibility Matching System at Carnegie Mellon - HMC Organ Donation Lab, Technology Consulting in Global Communities, and Research Intern at Silatech and Fuego Digital.