Xi Cheng
Senior System Software Engineer at NVIDIA
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolXi Cheng is a Senior System Software Engineer with 11 years' experience specializing in ADAS/AD systems, currently contributing to NVIDIA from Munich. He blends deep embedded and system-software expertise (C/C++, C, Matlab) with safety-critical automotive experience—developing ASIL-D compliant functions, ROS-based validation frameworks, and sensor-fusion/semantic-segmentation prototypes. His background spans chipset-level mobile baseband work (Intel) through autonomous driving platform development for OEM highway pilot projects (TTTech Auto/BMW), showing a rare combination of telecom-grade protocol engineering and modern autonomous systems design. Xi applies Clean Code and TDD practices, HPC-accelerated ML tuning, and cross-functional collaboration in large-scale Scrum, and has a strong academic foundation with an MS from RWTH Aachen and an autonomous-driving nanodegree. Notably, he has driven measurable system improvements—from optimizing mobile cell-search algorithms to launching products in major consumer devices—highlighting a pragmatic focus on performance and reliability.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Self-Driving-Car Nanodegree, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems , Machine Learning, Deep Learning, https://profiles.udacity.com/p/1154738666, Self-Driving-Car Nanodegree, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems , Machine Learning, Deep Learning, https://profiles.udacity.com/p/1154738666 at UdacityBachelor's degree, Information Engineering, 85/100, Bachelor's degree, Information Engineering, 85/100 at Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at RWTH Aachen UniversityMaster, Communication Engineering, 1.9 (as 90/100 in U.S), Master, Communication Engineering, 1.9 (as 90/100 in U.S) at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
English, German, Chinese
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Github Skills (17)
flask6
pdb6
flask-migrate6
python6
flask-mail6
debugging6
postgresql6
planning5
system-integration5
segmentation4
semantic4
server-side3
router3
meteor3
semantic-segmentation3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
byronrwth/Udacity-SelfDrivingCar-Term3
Jan 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:66 commits, 6 PRs, 44 pushes in 5 months
self-driving-carsemanticpath-planningudacity-self-driving-carsemantic-segmentation
byronrwth/Udacity-SelfDrivingCar-ND-Term1
Apr 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:58 commits, 51 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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