# Ian de Vlaming

> Autonomy and Architecture at Zipline

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/iandevlaming

Trying to make a positive impact using robotics and AI.
Check out my github! https://github.com/iandevlaming

## Work Experience
### Autonomy Engineer @ Zipline
Jan 2024 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Saildrone Inc
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Alameda, CA

### Software Engineer - Planner Reasoning @ Waymo
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Senior Autonomy Engineer @ Shield AI
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Motion planning and control for autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) platforms:
  * Planned, designed, and implemented real-time motion planning algorithms on Edge AI system
  * Trajectory planning and optimization for fully autonomous flight and teleoperation
  * Control system design and tuning
  * Development of analysis and testing software into continuous integration pipelines
Leadership roles:
  * Interviewer for code pairs and technical challenge problems
  * Organized and led technical speaker sessions for AI topics
  * Scrum Master

### Autonomy Engineer @ Shield AI
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021

### Systems Engineer @ Higher Ground
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
Embedded software and hardware design for Agricultural WSAN

### Teaching Assistant @ Stanford University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Teaching assistant for AA 212: Advanced Feedback Control Design and ME 210:  Introduction to Mechatronics

### SIP R&D Undergraduate @ Sandia National Laboratories
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
•	Support for Solid Mechanics and Shock Physics Group

### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ Texas Instruments
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
•	Improve performance, efficiency, and automation of production line tools
•	Improve detection of process scatter
•	General support of semiconductor fabrication process in diffusion

### Research Assistant @ Polymer Nano Composite Laboratory
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
•	Make, modify, and test fire retardants, gas barriers, and Bragg Stacks
•	Initiated, led, and completed project to motorize cloth/foam wringers
•	Assist in design and construction of foam coating robot

### Peer Teaching Assistant @ Texas A&M University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
•	Assist the professor in teaching introductory engineering classes for freshman
•	Grade students’ work and hold office hours to assist in concept implementation


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

### Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ian-de-vlaming

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Last updated: 2026-03-23