Jose Barreiros
Research Scientist, Robotics at Toyota Research Institute
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJose Barreiros is a research scientist in robotics with 11 years of multidisciplinary experience spanning academic research, startups, and industry R&D, currently at Toyota Research Institute in San Francisco. He holds MS and PhD-level training from Cornell in robotic and systems engineering and has contributed to robotics labs at ETH Zürich and Facebook Reality Labs. Jose blends systems thinking across computer science, electrical, and mechanical engineering to build practical robotic platforms and sensors, from multispectral UAV cameras to warehouse automation. As an entrepreneur and early founder of multiple education and hardware ventures, he brings product-minded execution and hands-on engineering—PCB design, embedded firmware, and system integration—alongside advanced research. Notably, his background bridges field experiments and large-scale industrial research, enabling rapid translation of prototype ideas into deployable systems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, New Venture Development, Certificate, New Venture Development at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor’s Degree, Electronics and Control Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Electronics and Control Engineering at Escuela Politécnica NacionalMaster of Engineering - MEng, Systems Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Systems Engineering at Cornell University
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (4)
robot3
robotics2
planning2
noise1
Github contributions (5)
JoseBarreiros/RobotSocialNavigation
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:12 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
JoseBarreiros/CellDecomposition
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:10 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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