Paul Martin
Autonomy Engineer at Zipline
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Martin is an autonomy engineer with 12 years of experience blending academic robotics research and industry-grade autonomy systems, currently building autonomous delivery capabilities at Zipline after leading teams at Qualcomm. He holds a PhD and MS in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, with doctoral work on indoor localization for quadrotors that informs his practical expertise in perception, control, and embedded systems. Paul’s background spans hands-on research (U Penn, UCLA) and product-focused R&D at a major semiconductor company, giving him a rare mix of deep algorithmic insight and experience delivering scalable, real-world autonomy solutions. Based in Fort Collins, he pairs his technical work with an outdoors-oriented perspective—an avid fly fisher—which reflects a patient, optimization-driven approach to complex problems.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Electrical Engineering, PhD, Electrical Engineering at University of California, Los AngelesBSE, Electrical Engineering, BSE, Electrical Engineering at University of Pennsylvania
English, Spanish
Github Skills (12)
vivado8
lattice8
zynq8
xilinx8
icestorm7
synthesis7
fpga7
yosys7
toolchain5
firmware1
crazyflie1
nano1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
nesl/state_estimation
May 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:20 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 29 days
nesl/dr_client
May 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:8 commits in 3 days
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