Summary
Jaythan Dao is an EECS student at UC Berkeley with eight years of hands-on experience across silicon, embedded firmware, and hardware reliability, currently interning on vehicle and flight software at SpaceX. He brings a cross-disciplinary background from ASML hardware programs to robotics PCB bring-up and firmware research at Berkeley’s BML, blending chip-adjacent interests with practical systems engineering. Jaythan has taught an accredited robotics course (EE198 Micromouse), led test engineering for consumer wireless devices, and earned multi-award research recognition at regional science fairs, underscoring both technical depth and pedagogy. He’s actively pursuing silicon/digital chip design and architecture internships for Fall ’26 / Spring ’27 and pairs hardware bring-up skills with software fluency. Based in San Jose, he combines industry experience, research credibility, and public diplomacy roles (U.S. Youth Ambassador) that signal strong communication and cross-cultural collaboration. Contact: jaythan.dao[at]berkeley[.]edu.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at University of California, Berkeley
Bellarmine College Preparatory
Branham High School