Jacob Manning

Jacob Manning is a Senior Software Engineer with extensive experience in lidar infrastructure and autonomous vehicle technology. Currently employed at Stack AV since June 2023, Jacob previously held similar roles at Latitude AI and Argo AI, where responsibilities included serving as a technical lead and collaborating cross-functionally on self-driving systems. Jacob's work at Argo AI involved developing performance-critical data structures for lidar point clouds and enhancing interoperability with multiple sensor types. Academic accomplishments include a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and research related to machine learning applications in space environments. Notable publications include work on training Convolutional Neural Networks for NASA and implications for Small-Sat platforms.