Jonathan Tao
Research Scholar at University of California
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Top SchoolJonathan Tao is a research scholar and RF/electronics engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience designing hardware and software systems for commercial fleets, lab instruments, and high-performance vehicles. He blends RFIC and power-electronics expertise from internships at SpaceX and HRL with applied research at UC Santa Barbara and SRC, and has a track record of automating diagnostics and scaling telemetry-driven fleet management at Tesla. Comfortable with circuit-level SPICE validation and scripting to streamline workflows, he also builds embedded networked systems—from battery management to dashboard and telemetry units—for competitive EV programs. Based in Santa Barbara, he is finishing doctoral work in electrical and computer engineering while translating academic research into practical, production-ready tools.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering at University of California, DavisDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Santa Barbara
English, ChineseGithub contributions (5)
jongtao/jongtao.github.io
Jan 2015 - Dec 2025
Contributions:201 pushes in 11 years 1 month
FRUCD/Node-Beaver
Oct 2014 - Jun 2015
Contributions:131 commits, 52 pushes, 4 branches in 8 months
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