# Peter Johnson

> Software Engineer at Zoox

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/peterjohnson1

I am an Engineering graduate of Harvey Mudd College with a minor in Economics. I am passionate about Robotics, Guidance, Navigation & Control and the software that powers them. I have experience developing the full autonomous stack of robots with an emphasis in state estimation/sensor fusion and local planning/controls. I discovered that probabilistic robotics has a large overlap with quantitative finance, particularly derivatives pricing and have been expanding my knowledge there through fun personal projects.

Growing up in Hawaii, going to college in California, studying abroad in China and an internship in North Dakota have given me a wider view of the world and taught me how to work with anyone.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Zoox
Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Developing simulation pipeline to asses path planning stack performance and calculate safety statistics. Working on scenario authoring tools and scenario generation tooling

### Robotics Software Engineer @ Farcast, Inc
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Hawthorne, California, United States
Developed localization and control systems

### Student Research & Development Engineer @ Bobcat Company
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Claremont, CA
Harvey Mudd College Clinic Program. Integrated radar into autonomous stack for object detection and avoidance. Implemented new vehicle controller to navigate between waypoints.

### Robotics Software Engineer Intern @ Bobcat Company
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Bismarck, North Dakota
Convert Bobcat track loader to autonomous system using embedded Linux board running ROS interfaced with machine CAN bus. Localization done through off the shelf radio telemetry.

### Grader and Tutor @ Harvey Mudd College
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Greater Los Angeles Area
Head Lab Tutor ENGR 085 Digital Electronics and Computer Architecture
HMC CS 60 Principles of Computer Science
HMC CS 70 Data Structures and Program Development
HMC ENGR 079 Introduction to Engineering Systems

### Computing and Information Services Intern @ Harvey Mudd College
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018

### Research Engineer @ Ningbo Techmation Co.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Claremont, California
Harvey Mudd College Clinic Program. Developed Object Detection and tracking algorithm using a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar and an Extended Kalman Filter


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering
Harvey Mudd College

### Summer Study Abroad in Electrical Engineering, Chinese Language and Modern Chinese History
Peking University

### Valedictorian
Kalani High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/peter-m-johnson

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Last updated: 2026-03-29