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Lukas Pankau
Lukas Pankau builds adaptive manufacturing systems as co-founder and CEO of Industrial Next (YC W22). Previously designed self-driving hardware at Waymo and electrical architectures and robotic assembly systems at Tesla, after leading vehicle electrical systems at Ford.
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Industrial Next
Jul 2021 — Present
Co-Founder / CEO
Leads development of AI-enabled robotics and adaptive manufacturing systems, drawing on automotive and autonomous-driving architecture work.
Waymo
Nov 2018 — Jun 2021
Hardware Architect
Developed next-generation self-driving sensing and communications architecture.
Ecofficient Labs
Jan 2009 — Oct 2020Founder
Worked on building energy efficiency through thermography, construction analysis and solar research.
Tesla Motors
Sep 2013 — Oct 2018Staff Electrical Engineer
Led low-voltage electrical architecture and developed vision-guided robotic assembly systems.
Ford Motor Company
Nov 2010 — Sep 2013
Lead Electrical Systems Engineer
Designed global vehicle electrical-distribution systems and built tools for wiring-data extraction and design workflows.
University of Michigan
Aeronautical and Industrial Engineering
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