Work Experience

Tech Lead Manager, Oct 2022 - present
AutoX, San Jose, CA

Team Management

Managed a multidisciplinary team covering routing/planning, control, integration, and related areas for autonomous driving.
Established a streamlined workflow for development, testing, and analysis to ensure efficient problem-solving and continuous improvement.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop integrated AI-solutions for autonomous driving.

Technical Development

Led efforts to enhance safety protocols for handling system failures.
Spearheaded advancements in the planning architecture.
Implemented remote support features for handling scenarios outside the autonomous system's standard domain.
Addressed dynamic environmental challenges by integrating updated mapping data into the planning framework.

Tech Lead of Planning and Integration team, May 2019 - Oct 2022
AutoX, San Jose, CA

Led a team of four engineers to maintain and enhance motion planning performance for urban and suburban autonomous driving.
Successfully delivered the xUrban project on schedule, enabling autonomous driving in Shenzhen’s urban, village, and highway environments with features such as pull-over, pull-out, lane-change, side-pass, unprotected turns, and nudging.
Enhanced Shanghai’s robotaxi service by integrating pull-over functionality with the robotaxi server and client.
Prepared demonstrations for the California DMV Driverless Permit and implemented the emergency pull-over feature.

Software Engineer, May 2018 - April 2019
AutoX, San Jose, CA

Designed and enhanced motion planning algorithms with a focus on pull-over, pull-out, and lane-change scenarios.
Verified and evaluated algorithms using real-world cases and meticulously designed simulation scenarios.
Conducted daily peer code reviews to ensure robust, efficient, scalable, and maintainable algorithms and system architecture.
Played an active role in securing the Autonomous Vehicle Pilot Permit from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
Contributed to the launch and operation of San Jose's robot delivery service.

Research Assistant, Fall 2015 - Summer 2017
Advisor: Prof. Chee Yap
Computer Science Department, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
NYU Exact Geometric Computation group (EGC)

Co-authored three accepted papers at SoCG 2016, WoCG 2016, and WAFR 2016.
Developed and implemented the Soft Subdivision Search (SSS) algorithm in R² x S² and R³ x S² configuration spaces.
Designed soft predicates for triangle, non-crossing 2-link, rod, and ring robots.

Substitute Military Service, Summer 2014 - Summer 2015
Taoyuan Women's Prison, Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice, Taiwan

Managed and maintained security equipment, including surveillance and alarm systems.

Teaching Assistant, Spring 2013
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
CSIE 1925 - Introduction to Computer Programming
Instructor: Prof. Chieh-Chih (Bob) Wang
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University

Assisted 50 students during TA hours by resolving lecture and programming-related issues.
Expanded the problem database for the JudgeGirl system.
Maintained and ensured the smooth operation of the JudgeGirl system.
Received high student satisfaction, scoring over 8/10 from more than 60% of the students in a performance survey.

Weekly Volunteer Tutor, Spring 2013 - Spring 2014
Green Tree club at National Taiwan University

Provided weekly English and Math tutoring to two underprivileged junior high school students at Fanghe Junior High School.

Teaching Assistant Mentor, Spring 2012
CS 235102 - Data Structure
Instructor: Prof. Sheung-Hung Poon
Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University

Expanded the problem database for the department's Collegiate Programming Examination.
Managed and maintained the NTHU Online Judge system.

To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well. - Isaac Asimov, Foundation