# Prateek Shah

> Planning and Control Engineer at Zoox

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

Georgia Tech CS graduate concentrated in Intelligence, Modeling, and Simulation. I'm interested in things that involve lots of data and real-time guarantees, from autonomous cars to wearable tech.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Zoox
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### CTO & Co-Founder @ Spanning Labs
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
Generative documentation tool
* Built team of 12
* Raised $8.5MM total

### Software Engineer @ Zoox
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Foster City, California
Planner: Driving Algorithms and Maturity

Developed algorithms relating to double parked vehicles / blocking vehicles, driving in oncoming lanes, and smart ray tracing. Designed and implemented a deep traceability and diagnostics framework for planning and behavior validation.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Zoox
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Planner: Driving Algorithms

Developed algorithms to improve comfort during lane changes, improved velocity control near slow vehicles, and a framework to validate changes to cost terms in planning.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Zoox
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Menlo Park
Control Systems Engineering

Developed novel reactive collision avoidance system when vehicle is remotely controlled.

### Flight Software Intern @ SpaceX
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Hawthorne, CA

### Student Researcher @ Georgia Tech Research Institute
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Atlanta, GA


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

### Certificate in Political Science and Government
Sciences Po
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

### IB Diploma
Southside High School
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pcshah1996

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Last updated: 2026-03-23