Zhening Yang is a research engineer in San Jose with nine years of experience building computer vision and robotics software, currently contributing to R&D at Horizon Robotics. He combines academic rigor from an M.S. in Robotics at Carnegie Mellon with hands-on production experience at Horizon and Amazon, delivering perception and mapping systems for autonomous platforms. His background includes road semantic segmentation and HD map generation from an internship at Foresight AI, reflecting a strong focus on perception pipelines and real-world data engineering. Zhening’s trajectory shows repeated returns to Horizon Robotics, suggesting deep domain expertise and impact on long-term projects rather than short-term engagements. Comfortable bridging research and production, he brings both algorithmic understanding and software engineering discipline to deployable vision systems. Colleagues would note his blend of academic training and pragmatic delivery in safety-critical autonomy projects.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Optics Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Optics Information Technology at Jiangsu University
Master of Science (M.S.), Robotics, 3.65/4.0, Master of Science (M.S.), Robotics, 3.65/4.0 at Carnegie Mellon University
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Zhening Yang - Research Engineer at Horizon Robotics