Apr 2025–present
Staff Engineer, Woven by Toyota — Palo Alto, CA
Arene Base team: a C++14 library used in safety-critical automotive software, open sourced on GitHub.
Luke Peterson
San Jose, CA · hazelnusse@gmail.com · github.com/hazelnusse · linkedin.com/in/hazelnusse
Experience
May 2022–Apr 2025
Senior Engineering Manager, Software Engineering Manager, Woven by Toyota (formerly Woven Planet) — Palo Alto, CA
Manager of the Portable Motion Libraries team (planning & control software for ADAS), continuing the team led at Toyota Research Institute after an employer transition in May 2022.
Oct 2018–Apr 2022
Software Engineering Manager, Senior Software Engineer, Toyota Research Institute — Los Altos, CA
Manager of the Portable Motion Libraries team. Led re-architecture of the planner and controller for a 2020 Olympics showcase; contributed to technology transfer with teams in Japan for the TSS3/20 and TSS4/25 products.
Jan 2017–Sep 2018
Senior Staff Engineer, Nio — San Jose, CA
Embedded software for the Nio ES8 ADAS computer: QNX Neutrino/FreeRTOS bring-up on custom hardware, build system infrastructure, camera system communication, CAN DBC encoding/decoding libraries, JTAG flashing tooling.
Apr 2015–Jan 2017
Control Systems Software Engineer, Apple (SPG) — Sunnyvale, CA
Algorithm development, hardware selection, and simulation.
Dec 2014–Apr 2015
Embedded Algorithm Engineer, Nest Labs — Palo Alto, CA
Algorithm development for Nest Detect; built a desktop simulation system for testing new firmware against recorded and synthesized sensor data.
Oct 2013–Aug 2014
Dynamics & Controls Engineer, Lit Motors — San Francisco, CA
Dynamic modeling and embedded real-time control for gyroscope-stabilized two-wheeled vehicles.
2009, '11, '12, '14
Software Developer & Mentor, Google Summer of Code
Developed sympy.physics.mechanics for symbolic multibody equations of motion; mentored three students.
2006–2013
Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Davis
Dynamic modeling and real-time C++ control for a self-balancing robotic bicycle; co-authored NSF grant #0928339.
2007–2008
Design Engineer, UC Davis Engineering Fabrication Laboratory
Contract design work; maintained lathes, mills, and other shop equipment.
1999–2007
Machine-gunner, MOS 0331, United States Marine Corps
Served in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003); honorably discharged as Sergeant.
Education
2013, 2007
Ph.D., M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Davis
Dissertation: Bicycle dynamics: modelling and experimental validation.
2004
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
Professional Development
Modern C++17/20 (Nicolai Josuttis, 2021) · Embedded Systems Programming in C++ (Barr Group, 2019) · Automotive Functional Safety (kVA USA, 2017) · Extended Firmware Defect Prevention (Barr Group, 2015) · Linux Internals, Device Drivers, Embedded Linux (KComputing, 2015) · Kalman Filtering (2012) · Presenting Data and Information (2011)