Mingfeng Zhang
Engineering Manager - Trajectory Generation
South San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMingfeng Zhang is an engineering manager specializing in trajectory generation with 11 years of robotics and aerospace experience, currently leading trajectory teams at Zoox in South San Francisco. He bridges deep academic rigor—a PhD in Aerospace Engineering—with hands-on product delivery, holding two granted patents and four pending for robotic systems and perception. Mingfeng has built and scaled multidisciplinary teams to 20+ engineers, established systems engineering and AS9100/ISO processes, and led commercial partnerships for aircraft maintenance robotics. His technical breadth spans dynamics, control (from PID to MPC), state estimation, motion planning, and ML/DRL, implemented in Python and C++ across ROS-based systems. Notably, he combines field-proven flight and vehicle autonomy experience from academia and industry with operator-focused productization, making him adept at turning complex research into deployable, safety-conscious robotic solutions.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MS Navigation Guidance & Control, MS Navigation Guidance & Control at Beihang UniversityPhD Aerospace Engineering & Science, PhD Aerospace Engineering & Science at University of TorontoThe No.1 Middle School of the City of Yueyang
English, Chinese, French
Github Skills (200)
python10
duckdb10
deep-learning10
database-management10
assemblyscript10
async10
ml10
sql10
neural-network10
embedded-database10
high-performance10
database10
server-side10
application-framework10
kubernetes10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
tomzhang/kubernetes
Dec 2015 - Nov 2020
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 5 years
gcpcontainer-clusterdockerkubernetescluster-manager
tomzhang/play-for-scala-developers
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 14 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
java
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