Software Engineer at MathWorks

Umut Zengin

Bringing imagination to life through software, systems, and computer vision.

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Experience

Engineering across product, research, and applied systems.

Jan 2026 - Present Natick, MA

Software Engineer

MathWorks

Modernization from C/C++ to MATLAB for Digital Filters.

May 2025 - Aug 2025 Natick, MA

Software Engineering Intern

MathWorks

Developed tabular math functions in MATLAB for structured data analysis.
Extended date/time types for financial modeling across MATLAB and C++ source code.
Created unit tests and test plans covering functional and edge-case behavior.

Mar 2024 - Jul 2024 Istanbul, Turkey

Software Engineer

Koc University

Built a PyQt GUI for managing multiple embedded devices from one interface.
Integrated threaded device control and live OpenCV video processing for real-time use.

Sep 2022 - Jun 2024 Istanbul, Turkey

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Koc University

Developed an end-to-end OpenCV pipeline for a novel medical image scoring system.
Processed data from more than 250 videos and built a custom surgeon annotation workflow.

Aug 2022 Ankara, Turkey

Machine Learning Intern

HAVELSAN

Improved TensorFlow model accuracy by 21% using augmentation and optimization.
Refactored Python functions into NumPy implementations, improving performance by 3x.

Jul 2021 - Sep 2021 Ankara, Turkey

Software Engineering Intern

Turkish Aerospace Industries

Designed and implemented an embedded FTP server supporting 10+ simultaneous clients.
Reduced subprocess wait times by 50% through targeted Python multi-threading.

Project

SnapAnemia

An iOS patient monitoring and diagnosis app combining Swift interfaces, C++ vision code, and Firebase services.

Mobile product

Built the app experience in Xcode and Swift for doctors and patients.

Vision integration

Connected C++ computer vision tasks into Swift for diagnosis workflows.

Cloud services

Integrated Firebase database and authentication for secure user flows.

Education

Academic foundation in computing, electronics, and systems.

Aug 2024 - Dec 2025

Georgia Institute of Technology

MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Atlanta, GA

Jan 2022 - Jun 2024

Koc University

BS, Computer Engineering (Double Major)

Istanbul, Turkey

Aug 2019 - Feb 2024

Koc University

BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Istanbul, Turkey

Technical Skills

Tools for building across the stack.

Java Python C C++ MATLAB Julia JavaScript PyTorch PyQt TensorFlow Firebase Xcode OpenCV