# Tri Khuu > Robotics Software Engineer at Bear Robotics, Inc. Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tri ## Work Experience ### Robotics Software Engineer @ Bear Robotics, Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | Redwood City, CA * Platform Architecture & Process Management: Owned and managed the core robot process management system (ROS stack), including design and implementation of process launching, resource allocation, and state management for reliable robot operation. * Safety & Performance Optimization: Developed a containerization framework for safety-critical process isolation, ensuring uninterrupted essential operations even under resource constraints or failures. Introduced new software policies and practices to decouple dependencies * API & Interface Development: Contributed to the launch of multiple robot platform APIs for internal and third-party developers. * Robotics Algorithm Development: Designed and deployed a camera blockage detection system that eliminated "false positive" obstacle detection caused by items on robot trays, preventing the robot from oscillating movement. * Fleet Management: Developed and delivered core software packages that supported multiple features, business logic, and comprehensive data collection for remote diagnostics and fleet management, enhancing vehicle monitoring and operator interaction. ### Software Engineer, Autonomous Driving @ Ridecell Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Milpitas, California * Sensor Calibration: Designed and implemented a sensor calibration pipeline for LiDAR and camera systems using C++, improving data accuracy for downstream perception tasks. * Autonomous Driving Stack: Integrated various open-source frameworks/libraries into the vehicle's autonomous system following experimentation. * Data Infrastructure: Built a data collection pipeline supporting ingestion and storage for training vision-based detection models. * System Integration: Provided critical support in various system integration and release cycles, ensuring successful deployment of the autonomous vehicle. ### Robotics Engineer @ Hayward Industries, Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | North Kingstown, Rhode Island * Developed a ROS-based foundation on a Raspberry Pi for an experimental mobile robot designed to operate on a manufacturing floor and transport materials up to 50 pounds. * Maintained and tested various drivers for off-the-shelf components such as LiDAR, cameras. ### Software Engineer @ Symbotic Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Wilmington, Massachusetts * Contributed to software reliability improvement by adding over 60 new unit tests to the palletizing algorithm implementation. * Developed a visualization tool (GUI) using C# to display the results of the palletizing algorithm, cutting the testing and validation cycle time for the R&D team. ### Research Assistant @ Worcester Polytechnic Institute Soft Robotics Lab Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Worcester, MA ## Education ### Master of Science (M.S.) in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Robotics Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ### Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence Stanford University Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tkkhuu --- Source: https://flows.cv/tri JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tri/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23