Tim Wheeler

Staff Software Engineer

Tim Wheeler is a Staff Software Engineer at Waymo since May 2022, focusing on vehicle reasoning. Previously, Tim served as a Senior Software Engineer at Volley Automation, leading multiagent planning for automated parking garages and enhancing the decision-making system and simulation capabilities. Tim also brought expertise from Kitty Hawk, contributing to eVTOL aircraft projects, including safety analyses and cloud infrastructure for decision-making in flight operations. With earlier experience as a Visiting Student Researcher at TU Darmstadt and internships at Bosch and Space Exploration Technologies, Tim has developed a strong foundation in dynamics, trajectory prediction, and UAV applications. Tim holds a PhD and a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Stanford University, along with a Bachelor's degree from UC San Diego.

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