# Shams Feyzabadi

> AI  | Motion Planning | PhD

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/shamsfeyzabadi

Experienced Software engineer with focus on robotics applications. Interested in autonomous systems, motion planning, framework design, robot middleware, localization, navigation, tele-operation and medical robotics.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer(simulation behvaior planning) @ Aurora
Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Behavior Coordination Software Engineer @ Figure
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Lead Robotics Software Engineer @ Bonsai Robotics
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Jose, CA
Implement motion planning algorithms for off-road tractor autonomy. 
Have a hands-on experience on anything in a robotics system including hardware and software.
Utilize several 3rd party tools to make the fully autonomous tractor work.

### Staff / Lead Engineer, Motion Planning Software @ Rivian
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Palo Alto, CA
Worked in motion planning team to drive the vehicle at Level 2 autonomy. 
Led several interns and engineers to integrate the motion planning component in the vehicle. 
Implemented the software platform to implement a general purpose motion planning tool.

### Senior Robotics Software Engineer @ Intuitive Surgical
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Sunnyvale, CA
Led interns in the autonomy team at intuitive surgical. 
Worked on machine learning techniques to protect patient/surgeon privacy. 
Used robotics algorithms to drive Da Vinci autonomously in limited scopes.

### Robotics Software Engineer @ Intuitive Surgical
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Sunnyvale, CA
Implemented several autonomy software tools for data logging and data upload to enable an ML data pipeline.  
Improved the software platform on the robot for advanced autonomy features.

### Robotics Software Engineer Contractor/Intern @ Intuitive Surgical
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Sunnyvale, CA
Implemented a robot software platform used in image guided surgeries.  Several ipc tools were used to  run a deeply distributed robotics system known as Da Vinci

### Researcher and PhD Student @ University of California, Merced
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Merced, California Area
Motion planning with safety constraints in non-deterministic environments was the main focus of my research.

### Researcher @ Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 | Bremen
Involved in multiple projects and mostly working on software design and simulation of the projects. The main contributions were about robot tele-operation, human robot interactions, robot communications, kinematics analysis and simulator design.

### Research Assistant @ Jacobs University Bremen
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 | Bremen, Germany
Involved in simulating robots in USARSim, and programming robots to participate in RoboCup competitions. The robots were mainly rescue robots which needed to reach their goal in shortest and safest possible time.

### Robotics Consultant @ Azad University
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Tehran, Iran
Taught and advised students to participate in RoboCup competitions. This project was mainly organizing students in different groups and preparing them for implementations of special tasks in a robotic team.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Computer Science
University of California, Merced

### Master's degree in Computer Science
Jacobs University Bremen

### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Iran University of Science and Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shams-feyzabadi-a8123912

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Last updated: 2026-04-11