Brendan Whitfield
Software Engineer at Zeromatter
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan Whitfield is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building autonomous driving systems and simulation tooling, now based in Palo Alto and currently engineering at Zeromatter. He advanced from simulation roles into senior and staff positions at Tesla and Aurora, contributing at the intersection of vehicle software and Autopilot simulation. Brendan excels as a generalist who ships production-grade systems that bridge simulation and real-world vehicle behavior, and he has practical experience scaling software for self-driving fleets. His background in interactive media and early work building custom theatrical software give him a creative approach to engineering problems. Known for making "computers do cool things," he combines hands-on implementation with system-level thinking to solve complex sensing and control challenges.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) New Media Interactive Development, Bachelor of Science (BS) New Media Interactive Development at Rochester Institute of Technology
Github Skills (90)
projection10
python10
temperature10
audio10
openframeworks10
obd-ii10
computer-vision10
opengl10
hal10
battery-level10
prototyping10
battery10
user-friendly10
power-management10
qbcore-framework10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
brendan-w/portfolio
Oct 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:235 pushes, 4 branches, 1 comment in 9 months
brendan-w/collector
Feb 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:178 pushes, 6 branches, 15 issues in 3 months
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