Sam Lin
Google Automotive Services XPA Technical Lead
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Lin is a mobile platform architect and technical leader with 13 years of software and systems experience, currently leading Google Automotive Services xPA efforts from Mountain View. He bridges low-level embedded engineering (RTOS, ARM assembly, toolchains) with Android platform and automotive ecosystem work, having driven compatibility, emulator, and partner technology roles across Google. A pragmatic "hard-core" open-source contributor, Sam has patched AOSP dex tooling to support newer dex versions and routinely operates at the intersection of product, partner integration, and platform internals. His background spans RF circuit design to LCD hardware development and military systems, giving him a rare hardware-to-software systems perspective. Fluent in English, Mandarin and Taiwanese, he pairs deep technical breadth (C/C++, Java, Python, OpenGL) with strong communication and ecosystem-building skills.
13 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Business Administration, Master, Business Administration at CQUniversityGraduate Certificate, Telecommunication Engineering, Graduate Certificate, Telecommunication Engineering at RMIT University
Github Skills (4)
dex10
java10
javas10
android10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
aosp-mirror/platform_dalvik
Oct 2017 - Aug 2018
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Sam's contributions primarily involve modifications to the `tools/dexdeps` directory within the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository. The commits center around supporting dex version 39, which was introduced in API level 28. The changes include updating the `DexData.java` file to recognize the new dex file magic number. The user's work is characterized by merging changes related to dex version updates.
vchong/cts
Jul 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1066 commits in 1 year 7 months
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