Joshua Manela is a founding engineer and seasoned perception specialist with 11 years building sensor fusion, geometric computer vision, and low-latency ML systems for autonomous vehicles and robots. He has driven long-range sensor fusion strategy and led large cross-functional teams at Waymo while still shipping models and writing production C++/Rust code. At Argo and Uber he built end-to-end perception stacks—from labeling and model optimization with TensorRT to onboard deployment and firmware collaboration for custom lidar—and contributed published stereo vision research. Now at Bedrock Robotics he focuses on field-deployable robotics middleware and learned-behavior policies, bridging research-grade perception with safety-critical production constraints. Based in San Francisco, he combines deep algorithmic expertise with hands-on systems engineering and an unusual habit of staying deeply involved in implementation even while leading programs.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering at Michigan Technological University
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Bloomfield Hills High School
English, java, c++11 and above, matlab/ simulink, assembly (x86 or risc), labview, shell (bash/ zsh), latex, python, rust, c
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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Joshua Manela - Founding Engineer at Bedrock Robotics