Tom Scherlis
Robotics Software Engineer, Trajectory Planning at Zipline
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolTom Scherlis is a robotics software engineer with 11 years of experience building real-world autonomous systems, currently focused on trajectory planning at Zipline in San Francisco. He co-founded and led Carnegie Mellon’s TartanAUV, designing and shipping two competition-ready AUVs (3rd place internationally in 2022) and developing a ROS/Gazebo software stack spanning guidance, MPC-based control, perception, and mission planning. His background spans embedded avionics, distributed vehicle software, and hardware-integration—from NVIDIA Xavier and DVL sensors to custom PCBs and CAN/i2c drivers—demonstrating both systems-level architecture and hands-on implementation. He’s taught robotics and built interactive art projects across Pittsburgh and San Francisco, reflecting a playful, multidisciplinary approach to engineering.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Junior, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Junior at Carnegie Mellon UniversityShady Side Academy
Github Skills (40)
signal-processing10
rainbow10
raspberry10
strip10
music-visualizer10
esp82669
audio-processing9
music9
arduino9
python8
visualization8
model-view7
raspberry-pi7
graph6
evdev6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Tartan-AUV/TAUV-Hardware
Apr 2019 - Jan 2022
PCB designs for TartanAUV
Contributions:1 release, 32 commits, 30 pushes in 2 years 9 months
designspcb
Tartan-AUV/tauv-mono
Oct 2019 - Aug 2022
Contributions:259 commits, 50 PRs, 214 pushes in 2 years 10 months
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