Wei Shi
Independent Embedded Engineering Consultant In-Vitro Diagnostics (Contract) at Independent Consultant
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolWei Shi is an independent embedded and software engineering consultant with 20+ years of experience designing data-intensive, hardware-integrated systems across medical devices, lab automation, finance, gaming, and automotive. He specializes in firmware and real-time control, full‑stack development (C/C++, C#, .NET), medical imaging and ML-based diagnostic analysis, and custom electronics design—taking products from prototype to regulated production. Recent work includes architecting control and imaging subsystems for high-throughput in-vitro diagnostic instruments and translating clinical/regulatory needs into reliable instrument software. Wei combines deep low-level hardware bring-up and PCB experience with high-level system design and performance optimization, and he often leads cross-functional teams spanning engineering, clinical, and business stakeholders. He is drawn to complex, safety‑critical systems where reliability and real‑world constraints drive elegant engineering tradeoffs.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at Trent University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (15)
openvr10
arcade10
oculus-quest9
openxr9
oculus9
virtual-reality8
cms8
game-development6
game-engine6
mozilla5
browser4
android4
firefox3
privacy2
firefox-android1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
vivalite/VRArcadeSoftware
Oct 2019 - Oct 2020
Virtual Reality Arcade Software
Contributions:32 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
cmsoculus-questrealitygamevirtual-reality
vivalite/ImageFontFinder
Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
CNN (Convolutional Neural Networks) Based Chinese Character Font Finder
Contributions:1 push in 6 months
chinesefont-finderfontconvolutionalneural-networks
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