Zhenkai Wang
Senior Engineering Manager at PlusAI
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhenkai Wang is a Director of Engineering based in Palo Alto with a decade of experience specializing in computer vision and robotics, currently leading perception development for self-driving trucks at PlusAI. He progressed through technical and management roles at PlusAI—Member of Technical Staff to Director—combining hands-on algorithm design with team and product leadership. His academic work at Stanford SVL and University of Michigan produced practical systems in object detection, tracking, SLAM, and multi-agent path planning, including real-world quadrotor deployments. Zhenkai brings deep expertise in accelerating CV pipelines on mobile hardware and integrating perception into safety-critical autonomy stacks. Colleagues describe him as a practitioner who bridges rigorous research and production engineering, often translating prototype vision models into robust, deployable systems. He pairs aerospace and ECE training with a demonstrated track record of shipping perception solutions for large vehicles in complex environments.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at University of MichiganMaster of Science (M.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Stanford University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (4)
idris6
documentation3
chrome2
chrome-extension2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
zhuangzaiku/zhuangzaiku.github.io
Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:24 commits, 51 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
zhuangzaiku/LearnOpenGL-Practice
Jan 2023 - Oct 2024
Contributions:4 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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