Carson Zhang
Principal R&D Test Engineer at Broadcom Inc.
Cupertino, California, United States
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Top SchoolCarson Zhang is a Principal R&D Test Engineer in Cupertino with over 20 years of deep experience designing and implementing real-time embedded and Linux platform software, from U-Boot and kernel work to device drivers and multi-core concurrency. He has a strong track record building automated test systems and developer tools, leveraging Python and frameworks like Robot to accelerate validation of complex ASICs, AI accelerators, and multimedia processors. Carson’s background spans networking and storage giants (Cisco, Broadcom, Western Digital) where he translated low-level hardware behavior into scalable, production-ready test and firmware solutions. Known for hunting down elusive failure modes, he combines systems-level debugging with test automation to shorten time-to-resolution and improve release quality. Outside work he’s a robotics and solar power enthusiast who lives by “Life is short, use PYTHON,” reflecting a practical, maker-minded approach to engineering.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Concordia UniversityUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Github Skills (45)
algorithms10
data-structures10
computer-science10
algorithm7
jetbrains7
visualization7
template-engine7
starcraft7
language-server7
jinja27
stylus6
react6
ide6
linux6
python6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
zmcddn/Data-Science-Helper
Oct 2018 - Jan 2021
A visualization tool designed to help Data Scientist with their datasets
Contributions:178 commits, 63 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
visualization
zmcddn/coding-interview-guide
Jul 2020 - Sep 2021
A systematic coding interview guide
Contributions:117 commits, 54 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
computer-scienceprogamming-interviewsdata-structuresleetcode-problemdevelopment-engineer
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