Hi, I'm Benoni Cîrciu

ASSIST SOFTWARE

• Built end-to-end automation test suites in Playwright using Page Object Model (POM) and API session injection to reduce runtime.
• Wrote PRDs, created Figma wireframes, and managed Redmine backlog hierarchies (Feature/Story/Task) using MoSCoW prioritization.

ASSIST SOFTWARE

• Trained reinforcement learning models in NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab for autonomous point-to-point UGV navigation.
• Integrated 2D LiDAR modules to train the AI policy to reactively avoid obstacles and re-plan locally in real time.
• Developed an AI safety layer that refines manual joystick control, utilizing policy checks for instant emergency stops during fault detection.

ASSIST SOFTWARE

• Developed the backend of SummarySphere, a microservice that extracts text from documents (PDF, Word, TXT) and generates summaries using the OpenAI API.
• Implemented a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline to enable users to chat interactively with their uploaded files.
• Technologies used: Java, Spring Boot, Spring AI, PostgreSQL (pgvector), Microsoft Azure (Blob Storage), Apache Tika, and Git.

ASSIST SOFTWARE

Participated in a 2-week group internship, where we collaboratively developed an auction website using Java Spring.