Matthew Alvarado
Director Of Software at Carnegie Robotics LLC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Alvarado is a Director of Software with 12 years of experience specializing in robotics software for unmanned ground and surface vehicles. He leads software teams at Carnegie Robotics, bringing hands-on expertise from multiple engineering roles there and from autonomy work at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group. His background blends MRSD robotics training from Carnegie Mellon with electrical and computer engineering fundamentals, enabling him to bridge low-level sensors, FPGA drivers, and high-level autonomy stacks. Early research on autonomous pursuit and trimodal sensor fusion for surface vessels demonstrates a longstanding focus on integrating LIDAR, IMU, and control systems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic leader who still dives into device drivers and on-board communications when projects demand it. Based in Pittsburgh, he builds reliable, field-ready robotic systems that emphasize safe autonomy and real-world deployability.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringMRSD Robotics, MRSD Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (22)
opencv10
robotics10
geometry10
image-processing10
deep-learning10
driver10
3d10
computer-vision10
cpp10
2d10
slam10
ros10
theory9
3d-mapping9
lidar9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
carnegierobotics/multisense_ros2
Mar 2022 - Jul 2026
ROS2 driver for the Carnegie Robotics MultiSense cameras
Contributions:2 releases, 7 reviews, 48 PRs in 4 years 4 months
driverroboticsros
mattalvarado/LibMultiSense
Dec 2024 - Dec 2025
A C++ library for interfacing with the MultiSense S family of sensors from Carnegie Robotics
Contributions:34 releases, 71 PRs, 277 pushes in 1 year
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