Xu Li
Founder And CEO at Tidalloft
Redwood City, California, United States
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Top SchoolXu Li is a founder and CEO with a decade of hands-on experience designing full-stack RF hardware, FPGA RTL, and embedded ARM systems, currently advancing AESA radar for aviation safety at Tidalloft. He combines deep RF front-end and PLL expertise from early roles at Qorvo and National Instruments with system-level FPGA and GPU signal processing know-how applied to beamforming, pulse compression, and range-Doppler workflows. Prior roles at Meta and NIO broadened his scope to wireless infrastructure and automotive real-time modules, proving an ability to translate complex analog/digital/RF tradeoffs into production-ready products. A practical engineer who moves smoothly between schematic, PCB layout, and Verilog/SystemVerilog, he thrives in small teams that take concepts to manufacturing. Outside the lab he is an instrument-rated pilot with 400+ flight hours, a detail that informs his focus on avionics safety and real-world performance. Based in Redwood City, he pairs multidisciplinary technical depth with an entrepreneur’s drive to commercialize advanced radar and RF systems.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electronic Engineering and Information System, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electronic Engineering and Information System at Wuhan UniversityPrivate Pilot Aircraft Pilot, Private Pilot Aircraft Pilot at Advantage Aviation, Inc.Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Information Systems, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Information Systems at China Ship Research and Development Academy
English, Chinese
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Github contributions (5)
shyul/Altium
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:41 commits, 65 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
shyul/Nitride
Sep 2021 - Aug 2024
Contributions:96 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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