Summary
Chieh-an Lin is a factory simulation engineer and seasoned software leader with 11 years of experience building real-time simulators, embedded systems, and large-scale scientific simulations. He has led cross-disciplinary teams to deliver safety-critical reactor simulators, aviation-grade HIL systems, and Taiwan’s first domestically developed train wheel profile measuring product, pairing deep control/firmware expertise with cloud-native data pipelines. His background in astrophysics (PhD-level research) informed algorithmic innovations that cut simulation times by orders of magnitude and introduced advanced statistical inference techniques to production workflows. At Radiant he formalized NQA-1–compliant data practices and drove Kubernetes-based compute pipelines to raise data availability to 100%, showing a rare blend of rigorous QA and modern DevOps. Now based in El Segundo, he applies physics-first thinking to industrial digital twins and factory-scale simulations, with a habit of turning theoretically hard problems into practical, deployable systems.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), High Energy Physics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), High Energy Physics at École Polytechnique
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics at Université Paris Cité
Mathematics, Physics, Mathematics, Physics at Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Chinese, French, English, Mandarin, German