Jim Yuan
Staff Software Development Engineer at Tesla
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Yuan is a Staff Software Development Engineer based in San Jose with two decades of deep expertise in system software, firmware, and BIOS/UEFI bringing hardware-level reliability to production fleets. He has driven platform bring-up and low-level firmware for automotive and server platforms across roles at Cruise, Supermicro, Tyan, and now Tesla, blending hands-on engineering with cross-functional leadership. Jim is especially experienced in BIOS bring-up and telemetry-influenced system tuning, which helped transition research prototypes into robust, road-ready systems. He pairs a BS in Automation from Tongji University with a practical focus on production hardening and tooling, often operating at the intersection of firmware, hardware validation, and telemetry. Colleagues value his knack for translating ambiguous hardware behaviors into repeatable software-driven diagnostics and long-lived fixes.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS Automation, BS Automation at Tongji University
Github Skills (17)
buildroot10
firmware10
overlay10
makefile10
openpower10
opal9
vms8
linux8
kernel8
power-systems8
bitbake8
ppc64le8
bootloader7
powerpc7
u-boot7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
open-power/p8dtu-xml
May 2016 - Apr 2019
Contributions:25 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 2 years 11 months
open-power/p9dsu-xml
Mar 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:5 PRs, 26 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years
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