Ningfeng Huang
Tech Lead Manager, AR Optics at Facebook
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolNingfeng Huang is a tech lead manager specializing in AR optics with a decade of experience translating photonics research into production-grade optical systems at Facebook Reality Labs. He progressed from hands-on research scientist designing near-eye displays to leading teams that deliver scalable AR optical solutions. His background combines a PhD in electrophysics with practical expertise in high-performance computing, ray tracing, and multithreaded/vectorized software—skills honed at DreamWorks, Bloo Solar, and USC. Ningfeng has a track record of accelerating compute-intensive pipelines (e.g., 2–4x speedups in ray tracing modules) and building HPC infrastructure supporting hundreds of cores. He also bridges experimental nanophotonics and applied systems, having pioneered optical trapping experiments and high-efficiency nanowire solar devices during his academic career. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he blends deep scientific rigor with product-focused engineering to drive next-generation AR hardware.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering Electrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering Electrophysics at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Southeast University
English, Chinese
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Github contributions (5)
ningfengh/practice
Jul 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:72 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
ningfengh/SC_Tracer
Jan 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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