Summary
Yu Zhou is a software engineer with 11 years of experience applying robotics, perception, and autonomy research to production platforms, currently contributing to NVIDIA’s Robotics Platform in the San Francisco Bay Area. His background spans academic research on safe shared autonomy at UIUC and hands-on R&D roles at Temasek Laboratories, NUS Advanced Robotics Center, and the State Key Laboratory of Robotics, showing a blend of rigorous research and applied engineering. He holds advanced degrees in mechatronics and electrical & computer engineering and has repeatedly moved projects from lab prototypes to real-world systems. Outside core roles he’s worked inside industry leaders such as DJI and maintains a project portfolio online, signaling an engineer who pairs deep technical foundations with practical system-building experience.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Northeastern University (CN)
Master's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chinese, English