Agneev Guin is a Research Engineer for the environmental perception of autonomous driving at Volkswagen AG. Having received his Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation and Control Engineering from India, Agneev worked with Tata Services for 2 years. He received his Master’s degree in Robotics Engineering from KTH University, Sweden. He further pursued his career into autonomous driving with the heavy duty vehicles at Scania in Sweden and advanced into the development of the perception of autonomous driving for the research vehicles at Volkswagen. Belonging to the field of neural networks, he is involved in the development of panoptic segmentation and currently diving into large language models for the use in autonomous driving.

The Pop in Your Job
The pop in my job lies in the exciting challenges, constant learning opportunities, and the ability to make a positive impact. There are several aspects that contributes to this: Innovation and Creativity: Opportunities to think creatively, problem-solving approaches and innovative solutions. This can be usually highly engaging and includes lots of research; Collaboration and Teamwork: Working with a supportive and collaborative team helps me build relationships, brainstorm together, and achieve shared goals; Impact: The possibility to work for a future allows my work to be meaningful and contributes to bringing a great sense of satisfaction and joy; Personal Growth and Development: Learning new skills, taking on challenging projects, and advancing in one’s career contributing towards a sense of fulfillment and enjoyment.

The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group is made up of twelve brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN. The Group operates 120 production plants in 20 European countries and a further eleven countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa. Each working day, around 630,000 employees worldwide produce some 43,000 vehicles, are involved in vehicle-related services or work in the other fields of business. The Volkswagen Group sells its vehicles in 153 countries. Our goal is to make mobility sustainable for us and for future generations. Our promise: With electric drive, digital networking and autonomous driving, we make the automobile clean, quiet, intelligent and safe. At the same time, our core product becomes even more emotional and offers a completely new driving experience. It is also becoming part of the solution when it comes to climate and environmental protection. In this way, the car can continue to be a cornerstone of contemporary, individual and affordable mobility in the future.