Summary
Xiaodong Xun is a Senior Hardware Engineer with over a decade of experience architecting optical and display systems for mobile devices, currently driving hardware development at Amazon Lab126. He has led end-to-end display and camera projects at Motorola—from shatter-proof plastic OLEDs and the Moto 360 transreflective LCD to power-saving display algorithms and THX-certified tuning—combining deep optics expertise with practical product delivery. His background spans physical optics, thin-film and thermal modeling, spatial light modulators, holography and diffraction, and he is fluent in tools from Zemax and LightTools to Matlab, LabView and SQL-driven big-data analysis. Xiaodong blends creative invention (multiple patents and novel testing/micro-projector technologies) with hands-on prototyping and cross-functional project leadership, often translating advanced research into manufacturable features. Trained with a PhD in Optical Sciences and earlier work on sub-nanosecond thin-film testers, he brings rigorous experimental methods to consumer hardware problems. Based in Hoffman Estates, IL, he pairs academic depth with product-focused delivery and a rare track record of moving cutting-edge optical research into shipped devices.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Bachelor of Science, Space Physics, Bachelor of Science, Space Physics at University of Science and Technology of China