Zachary Taylor
Senior, Strategic Technical Product Manager
Christiansburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Taylor is a Senior Strategic Technical Product Manager with eight years of hands-on experience in robotics and autonomous systems, currently shaping product and integration strategy at Torc Robotics. He blends embedded software roots and system integration expertise to lead cross-functional teams through design, testing, and roadmap execution for self-driving technologies. His contributions to the open-source CARMA Platform show practical backend work on ROS-based vehicle control, diagnostics, and PID handling, reflecting a comfort with low-level control and production-grade diagnostics. Known for turning ambiguous technical problems into measurable process improvements, he pairs critical thinking with a bias for implementation. Based in Christiansburg, VA and trained in computer engineering at Virginia Tech, he brings both workshop practicality from earlier mechanical roles and strategic product leadership to complex autonomy programs.
7 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech
English
Github Skills (7)
c-language10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
ros10
autonomous-driving10
pid-control9
testing8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
usdot-fhwa-stol/carma-platform
Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
CARMA Platform is built on robot operating system (ROS) and utilizes open source software (OSS) that enables Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) features to allow Automated Driving Systems to interact and cooperate with infrastructure and other vehicles through communication. Doxygen Source Code Documentation :
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Zachary's commits primarily focused on enhancing the `truck_controller` component within the CARMA Platform, a ROS-based system for autonomous driving. They implemented features related to robotic control, including enabling and disabling robotic functionalities, and sending control commands for speed and wrench effort. The user also made improvements to the system's handling of PID parameters, and adjusted the speed/accel commands to use m/s units. Furthermore, the user worked on diagnostic tools, including modifying the light status handling and added tests to verify code functionality.
automated-driving-systemsautomated-drivingrobot-operatingcode-documentationrobotics
usdot-fhwa-stol/carma-delphi-esr-driver
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:4 commits in 1 month
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