Jakob Egan

Background

About Jakob Egan

Jakob Egan is a senior consultant within EY's AI & Data sector with over seven years of experience in physical AI and functional safety. At EY, he leads innovation and solution development for autonomous vehicle, quadruped, and humanoid simulations. Utilizing the power of NVIDIA toolchain, these solutions include setting up world foundation models, integrating digital twins, and training robots with sim-to-real protocols. Previously, Jakob worked at Argo AI developing simulations for their self-driving robotaxis. He was in charge of root cause analysis with failures being bucketed into localization, perception, prediction, motion planning, or motion control. Jakob also did route verification for the publicized Miami Experience ensuring a smooth demo for local officials and reporters. To stay up-to-date with the industry, he was a voting member for SAE’s ORAD committee and led the Behaviors and Maneuvers Task Force. Contributing to thought leadership, Jakob took the stage at Integrate 23 to discuss the impact of properly defined system architecture.