Frank Zhao
Hardware Engineer at Frank Zhao Engineering Services
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFrank Zhao is a seasoned hardware engineer with 13 years of experience designing consumer and experimental electronics, currently shaping next-generation peripherals in PlayStation’s US R&D group. He blends practical electrical engineering skills from a Waterloo B.A.Sc. with hands-on firmware and embedded control experience gained at companies like rLoop, Adafruit, and Spartan Bioscience. Frank has led end-to-end hardware workstreams—design, manufacture, and test—on high-profile projects including a hyperloop pod, and he mentors teams on low-level C debugging and system integration. In parallel he has run a consulting practice supporting hardware and firmware startups, demonstrating an ability to translate product requirements into manufacturable designs. Based in California, he has a track record of moving quickly and economically without sacrificing engineering rigor. Colleagues know him for solving tricky embedded problems and shipping polished peripheral products under tight timelines.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical Engineering at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (135)
lora10
esp3210
camera10
sdk10
qml10
high-performance10
slicer10
gcode10
sony10
pyqt10
cnc-controller10
rc10
remote-control10
esp826610
cnc10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
frank26080115/my-laser-projects
Jun 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:30 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
frank26080115/Hydra-Dual-Brushed-Motor-ESC
Jan 2024 - Jun 2024
Contributions:5 releases, 133 pushes, 5 branches in 4 months
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