Matthieu Scharffe

Engineer · AI & Robotics · Building

🇫🇷 France • matthieu.scharffe@gmail.com

Who am I?

Fresh graduate from CentraleSupélec and EPFL with a Master's in Mechanical Engineering. Did cutting-edge AI research at 👑 Rolex and at VITA Lab at EPFL. I'm now exploring how to build the next generation of hardware components for physical AI systems - while shipping software side projects on the side because shipping fast is how I learn.

Work Experience

VITA Lab, EPFL•Lausanne, Switzerland

Created SynthDriveEval benchmark with 1,500+ videos and 7,000+ questions for autonomous driving
Evaluated Vision-Language Models for autonomous driving perception and reasoning
Developed tool-augmented agent that improved accuracy from 21% to 40.7%
Published dataset on HuggingFace and codebase on GitHub

GitHub HuggingFace

👑 Rolex•Geneva, Switzerland

Developed an algorithm to build a shape search similarity engine for CAD models
The algorithm takes a 3D model as input and outputs the most similar models in a database using AI methods

CentraleSupélec•Paris, France

Wrote exercises to help students succeed in a challenging course, leveraging my passion for physics
Managed classroom behavior, creating a positive learning environment for 20+ students
Assisted with grading assignments and provided constructive feedback

Side projects

Shipping products, learning fast

View Project

Helping people bulk with an intelligent algorithm that tracks progress and generates personalized weekly meal plans

FastAPINext.js

View Project

AI agent to help build CGI animations shorts

Next.jsGenerative AI

Academic Projects

Led a team of 6 students for two years. Built an autonomous hexacopter and a 1.8m wingspan VTOL to perform onboard person recognition missions using state-of-the-art technology.

Aero-Elastic Behavior of Aerial-Aquatic Robots preview

Modeled the mechanical behavior of a flapping wing using PDEs from continuum mechanics. Solved using finite differences in Python and conducted DIC experiments.

Education

EPFL

Master of Mechanical Engineering - Lausanne, Switzerland

▹Graduated 2025 | Average: 5.3/6
▹Relevant Coursework: Control Theory, Fluid Mechanics, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence

CentraleSupélec

Master of Engineering - Paris, France

▹December 2025 | GPA: 4.17/4.33 (Top 20/1000)
▹Coursework: Statistics, PDEs, Optimization, Numerical Simulations, Quantum Mechanics, Aircraft Design, HPC, Additive Manufacturing

Technical Skills

AI & Machine Learning

PythonPyTorchScikit-LearnGymnasiumSB3

Development & Tools

Next.jsFastAPIReactTypeScriptLinuxGitMATLABSolidWorks

Languages

French (Native)English (Fluent)

Matthieu Scharffe

Who am I?

Work Experience

Master's Thesis Researcher

ML Research Intern

Quantum Mechanics Teaching Assistant

Side projects

FuelTheGains

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