Yang Zhou
Product Design Engineer at Apple
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolYang Zhou is a Product Design Engineer based in Boulder with a decade of experience bridging physics research and product-focused engineering at Apple. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Delaware and brings deep domain expertise in magnetic materials, instrumentation, and robotic navigation/SLAM from his academic work and postdoctoral projects. At Apple since 2016 he applies rigorous experimental design and materials knowledge to product-scale engineering challenges, translating lab-grade innovation into manufacturable solutions. His background spans synthesizing nanostructured electrocatalysts and designing permanent magnet systems for balloon instrumentation, giving him uncommon breadth across materials science and systems-level product design. Yang’s career blends academic rigor with practical product delivery, and he’s comfortable navigating both research uncertainty and the constraints of high-volume consumer hardware. Living in Boulder, he pairs analytical problem solving with hands-on prototyping to drive robust, scalable designs.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Physics, Ph.D., Physics at University of DelawareBS, Space Physics, BS, Space Physics at Peking University
Github Skills (17)
robotics10
imu10
depth-camera10
camera10
calibration10
optical-flow10
slam10
toolbox8
hierarchical8
factor7
sparse7
ros6
smoothing6
pattern-recognition6
behavior5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
yangyulin/yangyulin.github.io
May 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:78 commits, 85 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
yangyulin/multi_sensor_drivers
Jul 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:72 commits, 59 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 5 months
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