Zetian Zhang
Software Engineer at Waymo
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolZetian Zhang is a software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in motion, path and trajectory planning for autonomous systems, currently building perception-to-control solutions at Waymo in San Jose. He combines deep academic training—a Ph.D. focus on motion planning and optimal control—with hands-on L4 autonomy experience leading motion planning modules and decision-making features for urban driving. His work at SAIC delivered a 50x improvement in disengagement rate through robust trajectory optimization and real-world validation across San Jose and UC Davis, and he contributed navigation-science work at Amazon Scout. Comfortable with algorithms ranging from A*, RRT*, iLQR to sequential convex programming, he bridges control theory and practical engineering to ship safe, testable autonomy stacks. Based in the Bay Area, he brings a pragmatic researcher’s mindset to large-scale system integration and on-road validation, and off the clock his GitHub profile hints at a long-standing appreciation for software freedom.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.14/4.0, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.14/4.0 at University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyMaster of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering, 4.0/4.0, Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering, 4.0/4.0 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
react9
typescript9
nodejs9
cadvisor4
kubernetes3
blockchain3
k8s3
ecosystem2
api2
python2
python-bindings2
containerd1
zookeeper1
java1
testing1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
englandbaron/CadvisorAnalysis
Aug 2019 - Nov 2020
Cadvisor for K8s RunTime Analysis
Contributions:1 release, 16 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 3 months
runtimek8skubernetescadvisorruntime-analysis
englandbaron/springboot-sqlite-demo
Sep 2019 - Jun 2020
SpringBoot Sqlite Example For Hack Coding
Contributions:3 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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