Summary
Cheng-you Yao is a camera test engineer and R&D specialist with 8 years of experience designing and integrating optical imaging systems, signal processing pipelines, and hardware/software control for semiconductor and biomedical applications. He holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Michigan State and advanced degrees in photonics and electrical engineering from National Taiwan University, combining deep academic research with product-focused development at KLA and Google. His work spans wide-field CMOS microscopy, MEMS-scanned miniaturized imaging, SERS and photoacoustic systems, and SNSPD-enabled ultra-sensitive detection, plus instrument software and reconstruction algorithms implemented in LabVIEW, Python, and C/C++. At KLA he translated optical designs into broadband plasma inspection products, and at Google he now focuses on camera test engineering, bridging lab prototypes to scalable manufacturing test flows. Known for cross-functional collaboration, Cheng-you brings a rare mix of hands-on optics experimentation and production engineering, often surfacing novel signal-processing approaches from his PhD research into practical imaging products.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Photonics and Optoelectronics, Master of Science - MS, Photonics and Optoelectronics at National Taiwan University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomedical Engineering at Michigan State University