Xiaofan Chen
Senior Staff Hardware Engineer at Rockwell Automation
Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolXiaofan Chen is a Senior Staff Hardware Engineer based in Singapore with 26 years designing industrial automation and power/analog electronics systems. He has led hardware and cross-disciplinary teams at Rockwell Automation to deliver PLCs and Distributed I/O products, driving new product development, large continuation portfolios and offshore team setup while generating multiple patents. Earlier R&D roles at Pepperl+Fuchs produced high-volume, certified industrial sensor and isolation barrier families that remain market staples. Hands-on expertise spans analog electronics, embedded HW, power electronics, system design and technical program management, with a knack for balancing legacy product support and cost-reduction with new development. He also contributes to open-source USB tooling—improving libusb’s cross-platform robustness—reflecting a practical interest in microcontroller and USB interoperability. Known for pragmatic leadership, Xiaofan combines deep circuit-level knowledge with proven delivery of industrial-grade, certified products.
26 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Student, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, PhD Student, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, IrvineMaster of Engineering, School of Electrical and Electronic Enginnering, Master of Engineering, School of Electrical and Electronic Enginnering at Nanyang Technological UniversityPhD Student, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, PhD Student, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteBachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering at Zhejiang University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (10)
c1710
cross-platform10
c1110
multiplatform10
libusb10
linux9
debug9
windows9
debugging9
build-system8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
libusb/libusb
Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
A cross-platform library to access USB devices
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:59 reviews, 2 commits, 35 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Xiaofan primarily focused on improving the code quality and maintainability of the libusb library. Their commits addressed inconsistencies in prototypes, fixed build issues on various platforms like Linux and Windows, and corrected Windows-specific issues, including a missing byte in the HID backend. They also updated the libusb-1.0.def file and made adjustments to address compiler warnings and deprecation concerns. These changes demonstrate a strong understanding of the library's internal workings and cross-platform compatibility.
libusbwindowsusblinuxusb-devices
mcuee/avrdude-packing
Oct 2022 - Jan 2024
This repository contains the release pipeline to build statically avrdude
Contributions:15 releases, 65 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year 2 months
pipelineavrduderelease-pipeline
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