Months after losing one of top executives to Apple, Tesla is once again losing yet another leading engineer to Google. Robert Rose left Tesla in October following the release of Autopilot. Reports indicate that the engineer joined Google Robotics on Dec. 2.

Rose has an impressive resume as a software engineer. He worked at Hewlett Packard after he completed his Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oregon State University. Following this, he developed award-winning games for the Sony PSP hand-held consoles. Among his titles are "Resistance: Retribution" and "Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror."

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Rose moved to California in 2009 and worked as the lead software engineer for Space X. During his stay at Space X, he worked with the first Falcon 9 and Dragon flight. He quickly rose to the top and became Director of Flight Software, a position he held until July 2014.

Following a brief stint at Vicarious, he joined Tesla in May as the head of the Autopilot team. While working with the Autopilot team, they were able to release the version 7.0 update which enabled "Auto Lane Change" and "Autosteer."

Based on his LinkedIn profile, Rose left Tesla following the release of Autopilot in October. A month later he joined Google. A source close to the company told 9to5Google that Rose is not going to work on Google's autonomous car project.

Reports indicate that Google is making leaps in terms of the development of its autonomous car. Last week, the search giant was awarded two patents for the interior features of its car.

One of the patents revealed a heads-up display on the steering wheel, a control panel and cup holders. There is also a "GO" button that allows passengers to control stereo volume, door locks, internal lights, seats and windows with a push of a button. A large "STOP NOW" switch is also added which can stop the car in case of emergency. The second patent features a set of exterior signage that can communicate with pedestrians, according to PCMag.

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