Zhihao Deng
Senior ML Compiler Software Engineer at NXP Semiconductors
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhihao Deng is a Senior ML Compiler Software Engineer with eight years of cross-disciplinary experience building production-grade compiler passes, perception stacks, and safety-critical systems for robotics and autonomous racing. He has driven large-scale compiler improvements at SambaNova—designing DSL extensions, migrating pattern engines to C++, and enabling multi-node operator fusion—and now contributes ML compiler expertise at NXP after Kinara's acquisition. Equally at home in the field, Zhihao built LiDAR perception and MOT systems for an Indy Autonomous Challenge race car and has led SRT cave rigging and vertical rope teams in life‑risk environments. His background blends Berkeley EECS training, hands-on electrical and PCB work, and documentary filmmaking, giving him rare strengths in systems-level engineering, logistics, and cinematic data storytelling. Colleagues rely on him to bridge research, tooling, and deployment while bringing practical rigor honed by extreme-sports leadership and a decade of meditation practice.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Electronic Engineering and Computer Sciences, Master's degree Electronic Engineering and Computer Sciences at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Engineering - BE Automation, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Automation at Xi'an Jiaotong University
Github Skills (6)
apple-silicon5
benchmark4
deep-learning3
machine-learning3
pytorch3
routines2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
CuteCake/Multi-Object-Tracker-py
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:33 commits, 15 pushes in 1 year
CuteCake/PhoneHeater
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
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