Joaquin Opazo Yentzen

Software Engineer · Embedded Systems · Robotics

Understand, then solve.

Experience

C++ / Python Software & Automation Engineer

ITER Systems · La Motte-Servolex, FranceJul 2025 – Present

  • Built the C++/Qt architecture for 2D/3D display and control communication of a 3-component software suite.
  • Set up the ROS architecture used to pilot uncrewed surface vessels.
  • Use AI agents and Claude Code daily to speed up development and optimize pipelines.
  • Automated testing and enterprise file parsing in Python to modernize 3 major software modules.
  • C++
  • Qt
  • ROS
  • Python

Software & API Integration Engineer

Dassault Systèmes · Vélizy-Villacoublay, FranceApr 2024 – Oct 2024

  • Final-year internship: designed a new control panel in C++ and Python to automate HDR and 360° image generation.
  • Integrated AI agents and REST APIs to optimize visual workflows, fully automating the processing pipeline and cutting parallel computation time.
  • C++
  • Python
  • REST API

R&D Engineer, Data Processing

CNRS, Lab-STICC · Brest, FranceApr 2023 – Jul 2023

  • Research internship on satellite image interpolation to estimate sea surface height.
  • Wrote Python and PyTorch scripts on Linux to automate the evaluation of machine learning models (4DVarNet), making analysis 25% faster on real datasets.
  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • Linux

Teaching Assistant, Software Engineering & AI

UTFSM · Valparaíso, ChileAug 2019 – Dec 2022

  • Taught and mentored students in software engineering and deep learning, supporting 75+ students per term.
  • Automated the grading of coding assignments and built algorithm visualization tools in Python and C++.
  • Python
  • C++
  • Deep Learning

Robotics Systems Integration Engineer

Robomotic SPA · Santiago, ChileNov 2020 – Mar 2022

  • Designed, programmed and assembled control software for custom drones.
  • Automated flight tests, calibrated onboard sensors and handled the technical client relationship, reaching a 100% pass rate in hardware/software validation.
  • Drones
  • Embedded
  • Testing

Awards

1st Prize, 4th Thales RISC-V Student Contest

Thales, CNRS · FranceSep 2023 – Apr 2024

  • Optimized a handwritten digit recognition algorithm (MNIST) on a RISC-V platform.
  • Implemented it on a Zynq 7000 FPGA using hardware and software development tools.
  • RISC-V
  • FPGA
  • Vivado
  • Verilog
  • Vitis
  • Linux
  • MNIST

Education

Master's-level Engineering Degree (Diplôme d'Ingénieur)

IMT Atlantique · Brest, FranceJul 2022 – Feb 2025

  • Double degree in computer engineering, specialized in software development and embedded systems.
  • Programming (Python, C++), software design and hardware/software integration.

Telematics Engineering Degree

UTFSM · Valparaíso, ChileMar 2017 – Feb 2025

  • Double degree focused on software development and embedded systems.
  • Image processing, computer vision, digital systems, OOP, databases and electronic design.

Leadership

President, International Students Office (BDI)

IMT Atlantique · Brest, FranceJan 2023 – Jan 2024

  • Led a team of 6 volunteers helping ~100 international students settle in: ~6 events, group management and day-to-day support (arrival, paperwork, campus life).