# Gareth Ellis

> Planning and Control Software Engineer at Zoox

Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/gareth

## Work Experience
### Planning and Control Software Engineer @ Zoox
Jan 2020 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Intern, Planning and Control Team @ Zoox
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

### Software Engineer Co-op @ Tesla
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Palo Alto, California
- Developed software models for electro-mechanical components of the Model 3 in the HVAC and Battery/Drivetrain Cooling systems. 
- Integrated models with an automated test suite run on every firmware release for the Model 3.
- Assisted with identification, diagnosis, and resolution of firmware issues in real-time on the Model 3 production line.
- Validated new firmware features using software-in-the-loop testing.

### Software Lead @ UBC Snowbots
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | UBC
In charge of designing overall software architecture, training new members, and working on everything from computer vision to real-time mapping, using C++ and ROS.

Website: http://snowbots.ca/

### Co-op Student (Pointcloud, Vector, Raster Imagery Team) @ Safe Software
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Vancouver, Canada Area
- Added read/write support for 54+ new raster formats to company's flagship software
- Improved runtime of company's flagship software via algorithmic improvement in C++, in some cases by several orders of magnitude

### Junior Systems Analyst / Web Developer @ UBC Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
System Administration, Web Development


## Education
### Honours Computer Science in Minor In Mathematics
The University of British Columbia


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/garethellis0

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Last updated: 2026-03-29