# Michael Vernier

> Software Engineer, Embedded Systems

Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelvernier

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Muon Space
Jan 2022 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Staff Software Engineer @ Lyft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
Firmware architect and hardware lead for in-vehicle Bluetooth devices. Maintainer of bicycle docking hardware. Design and deployment of hardware in the loop testing infrastructure.

### Software Engineer @ Lyft
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
Firmware architect and hardware lead for in-vehicle Bluetooth devices.

### Software Engineer, Level 5, Autonomous Vehicle Division @ Lyft
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Palo Alto, CA
Wait, why does this car not have a driver in it?

Level 5 is Lyft’s self-driving division with offices in Palo Alto, California; Munich, Germany; and London, UK. Our mission is to build the leading self-driving system for ridesharing. Together, with electric vehicles and Lyft Shared rides, autonomous vehicles will save millions of lives globally, eliminate congestion, reduce emissions, and allow us to rebuild cities around people and not cars.

### Software Engineer @ Ridecell
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

### Software Engineer @ Auro
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Santa Clara, CA

### Graduate Research Assistant @ The Ohio State University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Columbus, OH
Developed and maintained small scale vehicle test bed using iRobot Create robots as cars. Retrofitted several vehicle platforms with autonomous capabilities, including automobiles, golf carts, and mobility scooters. Conducted research on vehicle-to-vehicle communication for intersection handling and eco-driving, augmenting existing public transportation systems with autonomous vehicles, and advanced driver assistance systems. Designed and implemented a bicycle stabilization system using high-speed flywheels. Worked with various vehicle simulation software packages.

### Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant @ The Ohio State University
Jan 2007 – Jan 2013 | Columbus, OH
Project manager and lead engineer for a microcontroller-based robot control platform for the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors Cornerstone Robot Design Project. Produced in a quantity of 250, this device has been used by almost 2000 students in the last four years. Designed and implemented a multi-camera robot positioning and tracking system. Lab Instructor. Worked on course development and training of other teaching staff.

### Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ The Ohio State University
Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 | Columbus, Ohio
Teaching assistant for the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors Program. Helped students with course assignments involving technical drawing, programming, and robot design.

### Robotics R&D Engineer @ Yost Engineering, Inc
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Portsmouth, OH
Designed and constructed a basketball sized spherical robot platform. Worked on the initial filtering algorithm of a six degree of freedom inertial motion sensing system. Helped inthe development  of a motion capture software using these sensors.

### IT Intern @ Diamond Innovations
Jan 2005 – Jan 2005 | Worthington, OH
Maintained company website by adding new page functionality, correcting existing database access, and adding new web applications. Developed a web-based Job Scheduler using Java and ORACLE from design specifications.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Elecrical and Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University

### Master’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University

### Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/michael-vernier-a898226

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Last updated: 2026-04-11