# Tor Shepherd

> Performance Software Engineer

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tor

I love planning/controls - specifically, I'm interested in path planning, nonlinear feedback controllers, and the full behavioral stack of autonomous vehicles.

Also recently experimenting with SIMD!

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer, Performance @ Zoox
Jan 2024 – Present

### Planning Engineer @ Motional
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### Autonomy Engineer @ Aurora Flight Sciences
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

### Robotics Engineer @ May Mobility
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

### Robotics Engineering Intern @ May Mobility
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

### Robotics Engineer @ EarthSense, Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
Develop optimal control algorithms for autonomous robot navigation through tough terrain using C++

Design Python package for unit testing robot software and hardware

### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ Focal Point, LLC
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Chicago


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Robotics
University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School

### University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tor-shepherd-294644148

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Last updated: 2026-03-31