David Hsu Email & Phone Number

Foster City, California, Us

I lead a small group of talented QA engineers to evaluate the performance of our autonomous vehicle's motion control algorithms. We develop test plans to ensure the safety of our vehicle's driving behavior, design simulated testing scenarios to extract performance metrics from our software stack, and triage issues seen during on-vehicle testing.

Foster City, California, Us

I manage a small tight-knit group of talented and smart engineers as we design and prototype cross-functional solutions to various challenges that other Zoox teams encounter. My focus is on creating a team with good work-life balance, deep understanding of product requirements, solid technical expertise, and great interpersonal relationships. We're hiring: https://jobs.lever.co/zoox/1a5cf932-1289-4915-aa5c-1b1e6919ae8eOur team's work covers a wide spectrum of the product development lifecycle, including:- developing a deep understanding of the customer, the challenges they face, and the proposed use case of our product through interviews or retrospectives.- brainstorming ideas and conducting cross-functional technical feasibility studies- designing and prototyping the product solution, potentially including PCBA design, mechanical fixture design, and FW / SW coding- bring-up, integration testing, and developing V&V test plansFeel free to reach out with any additional questions you may have.

Foster City, California, Us

Summary: Designing, testing, and integrating electronic sub-systems for autonomous vehicles, their sensors, and hardware to enable the simulation ecosystem around autonomous driving.Some projects below:Project 1:I led a project to characterize inertial measurement units (IMU) from different vendors, and evaluate their performance in our vehicles. I designed the PCB test platform, wrote firmware to read out data from the IMU's, put together an evaluation plan with a multidisciplinary group of experts, conducted experiments to measure the IMU performances, and gave a company-wide talk on the results. The conclusion of this project directly resulted in the IMUs that were selected for our next-generation vehicle architecture.Project 2:I led the EE design work on a high-speed (GHz+) digital board for advanced vehicle sensor hardware-in-loop testing. I collaborated with FPGA and software engineers to put together a focused requirements doc targeted towards a minimum viable product, and I designed the schematic and layout of the board. My design efforts led to the full bring up and complete validation of the board and the FPGA design in only a week, which is significant as it was the very first version of a complex and completely new prototype platform. The conclusion of this project resulted in the completion of the hardware backbone of our next-generation sensor data playback and simulation system.Project 3:I led the firmware engineering efforts for a power distribution platform being designed and built in-house, for which I also led the requirement discovery process by conducting interviews of key stakeholders.Project 4:I led a team of 7 engineers in sensor bring-up and verification efforts for vehicle build. My responsibilities include managing day-to-day testing schedules and roadmaps, resolving build issues, and delivering daily technical debrief summaries to program management and leaders.

Palo Alto, California, Us

I constructed a fully working 1 mm resolution PET imaging system prototype for imaging patients with breast/head/neck cancer. My thesis topic involves electronic system stability and optimization, with regards to reconstructed image quality. I designed analog circuits with an emphasis on high-voltage stability and safety, as well as digital circuits and flat flexible circuits.

I worked with Professor Fred Gibbons for a year to develop a new course, "EE 205: Product Management for Electrical Engineers and Computer Scientists", which was offered for the first time in Fall 2017. I helped develop curriculum encompassing important PM topics such as "Jobs to be done", "customer centricity", and more. I spearheaded the initiative to incorporate real-life PM projects with industry partners into the course curriculum. As a teaching assistant for EE 205, I helped mentor 18 students through their PM projects with corporate partners, including the creation of "Product Opportunity Assessments" and "Minimum Viable Products". I coordinated course logistics, including lectures, office hours, grading, and presentations.

Cupertino, California, Us

I researched and prototyped novel display hardware related concepts. Check out the patent section below to see one project I was involved with.

San Jose, Ca, Us

I worked in the Displays and Sensors group, creating new integrated applications for existing LCD display drivers and LED backlight drivers.

Austin , Texas, Us

I did hardware validation and verification for a Front-end Adapter Module (FAM) for the NI FlexRIO product. I made appropriate changes to the PCB and component layout to ensure it met power inrush specifications.

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I researched different contact metallization techniques and architectures for diamond photodetectors in the deep UV photon spectrum range. More specifically, I looked at methods to mitigate carrier trapping that occurs in diamond.

I optimized the material composition of organic solar cells with Cu2O and PCBM nanoparticles. I achieved a maximum efficiency of 2.5%, 60% higher than literature values at the time. In my work in the clean room, I operated a spin coater, photolithographer, ultrasonic cleaner, ICP hydrophile, glove box, thermal coater, solar simulator, and absorption spectrometer.

Ms / Phd, Electrical Engineering

B.S, Electrical Engineering