Zachary Sussman
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Cofounder and CTO
San Francisco, California, United States
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Jobs
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Cofounder and CTOMACHNov 2021 - Current (4 years 8 months)- Autopilot EngineerTeslaAug 2020 - Oct 2021 (1 year 3 months)Created, integrated, and optimized cutting-edge planning and control algorithms for Tesla Full Self Driving
- Software Engineering InternAURORAMay 2019 - Aug 2019 (4 months)Designed and built a machine-learned cost function for trajectory planning using Tensorflow Created a tool to leverage existing resources to allow automatic generation of labeled data for learning
- Software Engineering InternFacebookMay 2018 - Aug 2018 (4 months)Created, integrated, and shipped a new component of an internal tool using React.js, Flow, and GraphQL Wrote Hack scripts and acted as liaison for a mass import of data in order to migrate away from a third-party provider Migrated data between storage solutions, pioneering the use of a new migration process
- Teaching AssistantCarnegie Mellon UniversityAug 2017 - Dec 2017 (5 months)Developed teaching content, led recitation sessions, held office hours, and graded student work Prof. John Mackey, 15-151: Mathematical Foundations for Computer Science
- Software Engineering InternAppleMay 2017 - Aug 2017 (4 months)Designed and developed new features for iWork for iPad using Objective-C++ Selected and adapted algorithms from the literature to work for our applications Created a fully localized user interface for a concurrent backend algorithm
- MResearch AssistantMobility Data Analytics Center Carnegie Mellon UniversityJan 2017 - May 2017 (5 months)Optimized web interface for traffic prediction models Designed and built bikeability visualization
- InternTROVE Predictive Data ScienceJun 2016 - Jul 2016 (2 months)Integrated Mirage data mocking into Ember.js testing framework Added new interface for managing users with Ember.js Helped fix dozens of bugs
- Software EngineerInsightMay 2015 - Aug 2015 (4 months)Designed and developed the user interface for an AI-controlled database with D3.js Created algorithms for measuring connection strength between nodes
Education
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- Bachelor of Science with Honors, Computer ScienceCarnegie Mellon UniversityJan 2016 - Dec 2020 (5 years)
Projects (professional or personal)
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- SSCS Honors Thesis Research: Outlier-Robust Linear and ReLU RegressionAug 2019 - Current (6 years 11 months)Researching outlier-robust methods of statistical estimation with Professor Pravesh Kothari.
- IIn-Sight: Tension-Based Haptic Feedback to Improve Mobility and Navigation for Blind PeopleJan 2018 - Current (8 years 6 months)Developed software to control a new wearable navigation assistant for those with visual impairments Designed and implemented algorithms for LIDAR perception and haptic feedback Presented at Hacking Blind Navigation workshop at CHI 2019 and at Meeting of the Minds at Carnegie Mellon in 2018 and 2019
- FFrequent Transit Map GeneratorJan 2016 - Dec 2016 (1 year)Created a program to generate frequent transit maps from GTFS data with Python
- LLittle-CC: A minimal self-hosting C compilerJan 2016 - Dec 2016 (1 year)Designed and built a self-hosting compiler for a large subset of C, targeting x86-64 machine code
- AAutomatic Particle Detection in Cloud ChambersJan 2015 - Dec 2016 (2 years)Developed algorithms in Python with OpenCV to detect subatomic particles in a homemade cloud chamber
- AAugmented Reality Circuit SimulatorIn its current state, AR Circuit Simulator exists in two parts - the UI and the image recognition. Both work on their own fairly well, but were unable to be integrated due to time issues. The UI simulates and projects a circuit onto a user-drawn circuit diagram, while the image recognition sees a camera image of a circuit diagram and decomposes it into its components.
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- FForbes 30 Under 30, 2026Forbes MagazineDec 2025https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2026/transportation-aerospace?profile=mach9
- Allen Newell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate ResearchCarnegie Mellon UniversityMay 2020For the senior thesis "Outlier-Robust Linear and ReLU Regression," advised by Professor Pravesh Kothari.