Prithu Pareek
Motion Planning Software Engineer II at YPO
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPrithu Pareek is a Senior Behavior Planning Software Engineer with nine years of experience building motion- and behavior-planning systems for autonomous vehicles and robots, currently shaping self-driving truck behavior at Aurora. Living with SEPN1 congenital myopathy, he brings a personal accessibility lens to his technical work, having transitioned from assistive-robotics research at Carnegie Mellon to production autonomy systems. His background includes breakthrough bimanual manipulation work at the Naval Research Laboratory, published accessibility research, and hands-on ROS/MoveIt motion-planning implementations. A student leader turned podcast co-creator and YPO social-impact board member, he blends technical depth with advocacy and real-world product delivery.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Sidwell Friends SchoolBachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Hindi, Chinese
Github Skills (5)
snips4
ros2
robotics2
nlu1
java1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
PARROT-Capstone/Robot-Controller
Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:29 commits, 16 pushes in 2 months
prithupareek/spotify-mood-playlist-generator
Nov 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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