Ethan Chiou
Firmware Engineer at Zoox
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEthan Chiou is a firmware engineer with 12 years of experience bringing embedded products from prototype to mass production, currently contributing to Zoox's hardware stack in San Francisco. He is proficient in C, C++, and Python and has a strong track record in rapid prototyping, embedded Linux gateways, and improving device networking reliability. At Samsara and Span he led firmware efforts that bridged product, sales, and manufacturing, shipping cloud-connected industrial devices and consumer hardware. His background includes interdisciplinary work at Mindtribe and research at UC Berkeley on human-centered design and novel hardware inputs, reflecting a blend of practical engineering and user-focused innovation. Comfortable owning firmware workflows end-to-end, he pairs systems-level thinking with hands-on debugging and test automation to accelerate time-to-market. An under-the-radar strength is his ability to translate customer needs into prioritized firmware roadmaps that reduce field issues and improve manufacturability.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyHigh School, High School at Lynbrook High School
English, Chinese
Github Skills (6)
saleae-logic4
portal3
logic2
embedded2
python1
analyzer1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
echiou/stopwatch
Mar 2017 - Mar 2022
Contributions:18 pushes, 4 branches, 3 comments in 5 years
echiou/tipsy
Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:21 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 month
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