Michael Waeger
Senior Autonomous Vehicle Technician -- New Markets Launch Team at Cruise
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Waeger is a seasoned autonomous vehicle technician with six years focused on building and scaling driverless ride-sharing services from the ground up, currently leading new market launches for Cruise. He combines deep hands-on expertise in EV and AV electro-mechanical systems (LiDAR, RaDAR, cameras, IMUs, vehicle networking and firmware) with practical skills in Mac/Windows/Linux, Python/BASH scripting, and data-driven diagnostics. Michael routinely sets up facilities, sources tooling and parts, hires and trains local technicians, and establishes vendor relationships—bringing operational rigor to ambiguous, resource-constrained environments. His background in avionics and building automation informs a meticulous approach to safety, documentation, and systems troubleshooting. Based in Berkeley, he pairs field-level problem solving with program-level leadership, and his prior experience growing an Amazon channel highlights an unusual blend of technical, operational, and analytical strengths.
6 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Information Systems and E-Commerce Systems, Business Administration and Management, General, Information Systems and E-Commerce Systems, Business Administration and Management, General at San Francisco State University
Github Skills (12)
openid-connect10
auth10
keycloak10
authentication10
serverless10
cloud-native10
multitenancy10
scim10
authorization10
identity10
saml10
jwt10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
zitadel/zitadel
May 2020 - Mar 2022
ZITADEL - Identity infrastructure, simplified for you.
Contributions:1 review, 6 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 10 months
serverlesskeycloakzitadelbest-ofera
caos/zitadel-static
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
repository for static files used in zitadel
Contributions:1 branch in 1 day
zitadelstatic-files
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