Changsheng Shen
Software Engineer at Waymo
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChangsheng Shen is a seasoned full-stack robotics engineer with 26 years of experience designing and shipping real-world autonomous systems across hardware and software, currently focusing on behavior reasoning for autonomous driving at Waymo. He has deep expertise in motion planning, decision making, perception, and multi-sensor fusion, gained through roles at Waymo, Amazon Lab126, Apple, and research at Carnegie Mellon where he built complete robotic platforms from sensors to control. Changsheng’s hands-on background spans embedded electronics, LiDAR+IMU mapping, ROS-based navigation, and manipulator kinematics, reflecting a rare ability to bridge system-level engineering with low-level implementation. Notably, he founded and led a multi-robot competition team and designed sensor pods and autonomous decluttering robots, demonstrating both leadership and practical innovation. Based in Bellevue, WA, he combines academic rigor (MS in Robotic Systems Development, 3.94 GPA) with production-grade autonomy experience.
26 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Shenzhen Foreign Languages SchoolOverseas Exchange Program, Overseas Exchange Program at University of MichiganMaster of Science in Robotic Systems Development, 3.94, Master of Science in Robotic Systems Development, 3.94 at Carnegie Mellon UniversityHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Chinese, English
Github Skills (20)
dji-sdk8
64-bit7
bit6
ros6
trajectory-optimization6
sdk6
imu6
depth-camera6
robotics6
lidar5
camera5
ubuntu5
rover4
ros-driver4
deep-learning3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
bobbyshashin/Exciting-Robotics
Aug 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:11 commits in 7 months
bobbyshashin/RoboMasters
Jul 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:16 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year
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