# Caitlin Stanton > Device Software Engineer @ SPAN | TEDx Speaker | Hackathon Founder Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/caitlinstanton Caitlin Stanton is a graduate of Cornell University with Masters of Engineering and Bachelors of Science degrees in electrical and computer engineering with a focus in robotics and embedded systems. On campus she was the founding president of the Beta Chi chapter of the engineering sorority Alpha Omega Epsilon, an executive board member for Women in Computing at Cornell, a teaching assistant for the ECE department, and an undergraduate researcher for the Collective Embodied Intelligence lab. She has interned at places including Samsung Research America and Microsoft, and specializes in autonomous vehicle development with roles at Cruise and formerly Lyft. She's an advocate for diversity in tech through her public speaking and social media initiatives, and thoroughly enjoys opening up all kinds of students to the power of technology. ## Work Experience ### Device Software Engineer @ SPAN Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Senior Software Engineer @ Cruise Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area - Fully established as Platform Acoustics Component lead for the Cruise custom silicon program and the ridehail program, creating and executing quarterly objectives with Cruise teams and external vendors - Commanding expertise of the A2B framework for development of features and maintenance of hardware/software in Acoustics across all vehicle programs - One of two ICs on eFPGA development used in Cruise's custom silicon programs, and specifically supporting as the eFPGA Acoustics Lead - Designing and executing regression testing across all sensor programs to improve efficiency in test development and increase test coverage - Building quarterly execution plans for all acoustics hardware (boards, microphones, ultrasonics, touch sensors) to meet hardware and software requirements for milestones, and delivering them to completion across various Robotics teams, including Component Testing, Systems Testing, Hardware in Loop, ES Acoustics, HW Acoustics, and Manufacturing - Bringing up and validating acoustics hardware and developing the necessary Linux device drivers to meet milestone and feature requirements - Collaborating with acoustics vendors for sourcing, bringup, verification, and debugging of sensor hardware - Leading knowledge sharing sessions on various technical topics with the Accelerators team and Embedded Systems department - Driving the Cruise mission as a member of the Culture Accelerators program - Representing Cruise at various speaking engagements ### Software Engineer @ Cruise Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area - Acted as Platform Acoustics Component lead for the Origin program and the ridehail program, creating and executing quarterly objectives with Cruise teams and external vendors - Brought up, verified, and developed DSP features for the ultrasonics sensor program - One of two ICs on eFPGA development used in Cruise's custom silicon programs, driving development of FIFO modules and accompanying testbenches - Built quarterly execution plans for all acoustics hardware (boards, microphones, ultrasonics, touch sensors) to meet hardware and software requirements for milestones, and delivered them to completion - Brought up and validated acoustics hardware and developed the necessary Linux device drivers to meet milestone requirements - Led knowledge sharing sessions on various technical topics with the Accelerators team and Embedded Systems department - Delivered acoustics features for two-way calling, emergency vehicle detection, and collision detection for the Origin program - Coordinated board development and feature validation across various Robotics teams, including Component Testing, Systems Testing, Hardware in Loop, ES Acoustics, HW Acoustics, and Manufacturing - Collaborated with acoustics vendors for sourcing, bringup, verification, and debugging of sensor hardware - Initiated as a member of the Culture Accelerators program, which develops and empowers participants to model inclusive behaviors and allyship and to draw out those behaviors in others to create a more inclusive culture - Represented Cruise at various speaking engagements ### Associate Software Engineer @ Cruise Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area - Designed and delivered acoustics FPGA features to improve data quality for two-way calling, emergency vehicle detection, and collision detection for the Origin program - Transitioned into the Origin acoustics program as component Lead for FPGA development - Developed FPGA and kernel framework features to execute two-way calling - Led validation for two-way calling, collaborating across ES Devices, Component Testing, Systems Testing, Hardware in Loop, Vehicle Integration, and HW Acoustics teams - Validated acoustics boards to meet manufacturing and feature milestones - Solved bugs to unblock Acoustics manufacturing for the Origin program, and started Embedded Systems conversations with the Operations and Manufacturing teams to streamline this process ### Electrical Engineering Intern @ Samsung Research America (SRA) Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, California, United States - Member of the Think Tank Team, ideating and prototyping ideas and future strategies for Samsung business opportunities - Collaborated with a team of 10 other researchers on a commercial robot - Assembled motorized servos and adjusted robotic control system design - Investigated sensor viability for a sustainable electronics project ### Electrical and Computer Engineering Teaching Assistant @ Cornell University College of Engineering Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Ithaca, New York Area FALL 2018 - Teaching assistant for Professor David Albonesi in ECE 2300: Digital Logic Design and Computer Organization - Providing in-lab assistance for debugging and checking the completion of labs - Holding office hours to provide students with one-on-one assistance for labs, homework, and overall grasp of the material - Moderating online discussion boards - Grading labs, assignments, and exams SPRING 2018 - Teaching assistant for Professor David Albonesi in ECE 1210: Computing Technology in Smartphones - Assisted students during lectures with various questions regarding lecture material and labs - Held office hours to provide students with one-on-one assistance for labs, homework, and overall grasp of the material - Moderated online discussion boards - Graded exams ### Hardware Engineering Intern @ Lyft Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 - Member of the Level 5 Hardware Compute team - Researched neural network accelerator chips for the sensor analysis of self-driving vehicles - Spearheaded meetings with various engineers and sales reps from chip makers - Benchmarked chips for future use within Lyft L5 ### Electrical Engineering Intern @ Microsoft Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Redmond, WA - Investigated roaming, network selection for the WiFi/Bluetooth DVSE team - Ideated and developed framework to characterize WiFi algorithm behavior - Streamlined team’s workflow by cutting down testing time by 50% - Worked with routers, attenuators, Wireshark, Batch, Powershell, and C# ### Software Engineering Intern @ Qualcomm Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater San Diego Area - Intern on the 4G LTE Software Integration team - Worked with the automation testing of phone chip software for future production - Created visualization dashboard for errors and metrics logged during testing - Reduced 1000s of lines of debug statements to a single concise, elegant graph - Worked with Java, Atlassian APIs, and internal Qualcomm products ### Co-Founder and Head Organizer @ FwdCode Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 - College hackathon for unity and social good - Co-founded and grew the organizing team - Managed the logistics, sponsorship, public relations, and hacker relations directorships in involvement with our fall hackathon event - Developed skills in team management, collaboration, networking, and negotiation ### Co-Founder and Head Organizer @ ProgramHers Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 - Hackathon organization founded to immerse females in all aspects of the tech industry, from gaining skills, to attending events, and pursuing career choices - Co-founded and grew the organizing team - Managed the logistics, sponsorship, public relations, and hacker relations directorships in involvement with our fall hackathon event - Developed skills in team management, collaboration, networking, and negotiation ### Co-Founder and Head Organizer @ def hacks() Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area def hacks() is a hackathon that was founded as my computer science initiative for the SHE++ fellowship program. It is a biannual and bicoastal hackathon meant for and run by high school students. Originally founded in the heart of New York City, it has expanded to incorporate hackathons across the country, each allowing nearly a hundred hackers from all different types of backgrounds and coding experiences to come together and code. We have been sponsored by companies such as Goldman Sachs, Facebook, AOL, Mozilla, and ThoughtWorks. - Founded def hacks() along with Emily Redler - Contacted sponsors to help increase def hacks()'s reach and quality - Conducted outreach for hackers and mentors - Expanded the def hacks() hackathon network with organizing teams in different areas across the country ### Innovation Fellow @ Girls Who Code Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area - Was tasked with the development of a new product to support the tens of thousands of Girls Who Code alumni - Conducted audience research to determine the issues faced by alumni, so as to properly ideate and design a product - Worked with a fellow intern to design and develop a technical event finder - Presented the finished prototype to the Girls Who Code internal team - Worked with Flask, Python, JavaScript, event finder APIs, and HTML/CSS ### Communications and Marketing Lead, Head Organizer @ PixieHacks() Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 PixieHacks() is an all-female hackathon meant to immerse female coders in the technology industry, through mentorships, company tours, and possible internship opportunities. It was held in July of 2016 at the Tumblr Headquarters in New York City, hosting nearly 70 hackers and mentors and producing a dozen projects using various technologies. PixieHacks is not only a hackathon, but a supportive network of females interested in tech who grow their knowledge through workshops and meetups. - Contact and secure sponsors - Determine the logistics for food and venue - Recruit hackers and mentors - Conduct outreach on social media ### Software Engineering Intern @ ASK Applications Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 - Created a program to check the server information and see whether the user is seeing the most updated version of a product - Attended meetings regarding the development and maintenance of various products - Tested existing code with JUnit Testing - Worked with Java - Worked with other interns to create emotiscope, an iOS app that takes user emotion to recommend content ### #BUILTBYGIRLS Technical Intern/Ambassador @ AOL Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 - Coded new features and updated the design for the AOL Cambio site - Worked with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Twig - Contributed content on the site through the Cambio Col[lab] initiative and social media - Attended the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon and Startup Alley in San Francisco - Represented the #BUILTBYGIRLS brand ### Student @ Girls Who Code Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 The mission of Girls Who Code is to inspire, educate, and equip girls with the computing skills to pursue 21st century opportunities and close the gender gap in STEM fields. Here we learn technical skills, like coding in several different languages, including Scratch, Python, and JavaScript, working on graphics design with HTML, and tackling problems with logic, as well as soft skills such as dealing with frustration, presenting concepts to people, and working with others. ## Education ### Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering Cornell University ### Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering Cornell University ### High School Stuyvesant High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/stantoncaitlin - Portfolio: http://codercaitlin.io - GitHub: http://www.github.com/caitlinstanton --- Source: https://flows.cv/caitlinstanton JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/caitlinstanton/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11