Andres Pulido

I’m a software engineer in the motion planning org at Rivian. Previously, I was a graduate student in APRILab at the University of Florida, advised by Assistant Professor Jane Shin. During my undergrad I was also involved in the Machine Intelligence Lab (MIL), where I worked in the mechanical and software team. I have also had a couple of internship positions in the autonomous vehicle industry.

Read about my Projects, Industry Experiences, Publications, and Podcast.

Research interests:

Robotics motion planning
State estimation
Reinforcement learning
Safety in autonomous vehicles
Learning-based Robotics
Optimal and adaptive control

Internship experiences:

Rivian - Software Engineering Intern - Autonomy (May - Aug 2025)
Aurora Innovation - Software Engineering Intern (May - Aug 2024)
UF REEF - Robotics Software Intern (May - Aug 2022 & 2023)
Aurora Innovation - Systems Engineering Intern (May - Aug 2021)
Cummins - Product Validation Co-op (Aug - Dec 2020)

To read more about the internship experiences, check out my resume.