# Pasha Stone

> Embedded Software Engineer at Google (Google Cloud Platform - TPU team)

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

I can make your machines talk, listen, and think

## Work Experience
### Embedded Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2022 – Present
Working as an Embedded Software Engineer for Google, under the Google Cloud Platform division, on the TPU (Tensor Processor Unit) team

### Embedded Software Engineer @ Volansi
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
●Maintained and contributed to firmware codebase for delivery drones (Python, C/C++, CI, Git)
●Worked on servers and clients that log, communicate, and track drones in real time (Python)
●Improved satellite, cellular LTE, and RF LoS communication system (Python, C++)
●Documented and contributed to low level drivers and data pipelines (C++, CAN, SPI)
●Created framework for test simulations and helped architect Test Automation Platform (C++, Gazebo)

### Robotics Engineer @ VC Automation
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Sausalito, California
● Led a team of engineers on a 6 month project that created a novel PC interface to control and program industrial robotic arms. Project was completed and will be released in early 2021.
● Created Python libraries, as well as wrote code in proprietary robot arm languages, that enable PC controlled distributed systems of 1 or many robotic arms.
● Designed and wrote firmware (C++) for a wireless (Bluetooth, Zigbee) IoT solution that sends safety signals across long and short distances in automation spaces.
● Wrote software and designed custom systems to support the unique automation needs of several major tech companies in the Bay Area.

### Founder, Team Lead, and Software Lead @ Forest Roving Autonomous Nature Creator (F.R.A.N.C.)
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Santa Cruz, California, United States
● Led a team of 9 Engineers to create a Robot that could autonomously plant seeds.
● Simulated and integrated navigation stack, sensors, & motors (ROS, Gazebo, Python, C++)
● Designed embedded systems (programable SoC), created firmware (C), and implemented wireless communication (Zigbee) for both the Robot and Base Station

### Computer Science / Electrical Engineering Intern @ S&C Electric Company
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | alameda, california
● Wrote test automation scripts for firmware testing through a Java based Server
● Created Python libraries for hardware verification test tools to be utilized in test scripts
● Created framework for automated test orchestration (IaaS) that was the groundwork for the
test automation platform used at the company, that utilizes my own client and server

### Undergraduate Researcher @ DANSER  Labs
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | UC Santa Cruz
Worked in the DANSER lab on breakthrough treatments for the common eye condition Amblyopia using the powerful new technology of virtual reality headsets.

### Tech Intern @ French Farsi Without Tears
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Berkely, California
Handled all tech work, including audio/video recording set up, and website development

### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ Syserco
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Fremont, CA
Intern for the engineering department of a controls company. I create record sets for jobs, put together presentations for customers, and design infrastructure and wiring for controllers and HVAC devices.

### Senior Staff Writer @ Swish Analytics
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco, CA
Worked as a writer and blogger for Swish Analytics.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Engineer - Robotics
University of California, Santa Cruz


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pasha-stone-09280a104

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Last updated: 2026-03-29