2x founder

Lukas Pankau

Founder | Engineer | General Nerd

Co-founder

Industrial Next· Winter 2022 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

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2021Co-founder· Industrial Next

Founder · since 2009

Company

Industrial Next

Role

Co-Founder / CEO

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

San Francisco Bay Area

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Industrial Next

Tesla autonomous manufacturing for everyone

Winter 2022

Experience

Career

Industrial Next
Co-founder
Co-Founder / CEO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2021 – Present
2021
Waymo
Hardware Architect · San Francisco Bay Area · 2018 – 2021
2018
Ecofficient Labs
Founder
Founder · 2009 – 2020
2009
Tesla Motors
Staff Electrical Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area · 2013 – 2018
2013
Ford Motor Company
Lead Electrical Systems Engineer · Detroit Metropolitan Area · 2010 – 2013
2010
University of Michigan Solar Car Team
Web Developer, Graphic Artist, and Branding Specialist · 2004 – 2008
2004
University of Michigan Spacecraft Mission Design Project
Business Manager · 2006
2006
Yazaki North America
Systems Engineer · Greater Detroit Area · 2006 – 2008
2006
Yazaki North America
3D Engineering Co-op · Greater Detroit Area · 2006
2006
SY Systems Technologies
3D Engineering Intern/Co-op · Greater Detroit Area · 2005
2005

Bio

Lukas was the lead electrical architect behind Ford’s Global Fusion and Edge platforms, and Tesla’s Model X, 3, and Y. In his five years at Tesla he transitioned to lead next-generation Autopilot hardware architecture and special projects in the Fremont factory focusing on autonomous manufacturing. After Tesla Lukas spend three years defining Waymo’s next-generation sensor and communications architecture. In his spare time he enjoys cooking and reading terrible fiction novels.