Scott Satkin
Founding Engineer at Various Startups
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Satkin is a founding engineer and robotics PhD with two decades of expertise in computer vision, simulation, and product-driven research, currently accelerating a stealth Vibe Robotics startup in Palo Alto. He has led simulation and autonomy teams at Kodiak and Lyft, co-founded a VR/mental-health startup as CTO, and contributed to Google’s Street View and lightfield projects, demonstrating a rare blend of industry research and shipping products. Scott’s work spans patents and top-tier publications, and he routinely bridges deep technical problems and practical deployments for early-stage companies as a consultant and angel investor. He excels at turning academic rigor into production systems—often owning the full stack from perception research to scalable simulation infrastructure. An understated strength is his track record of transforming research collaborations into commercial IP and repeatable engineering practices.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Washington University in St. LouisDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (7)
libfdk-aac6
vaapi5
vms4
plugin4
ffmpeg3
playback3
docker3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
LimbixHealth/limbix-docker-ffmpeg
Sep 2017 - Aug 2018
Dockerized ffmpeg container with H.265 and Transform360 support
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 7 pushes in 10 months
libfdk-aacvmsdockervaapiffmpeg
RenderHeads/UnityPlugin-AVProVideo
Jan 2019 - Feb 2019
AVPro Video is a multi-platform Unity plugin for advanced video playback
Contributions:1 comment, 1 issue in 12 days
video-playbackunity-pluginpluginplaybackmulti-platform
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