Shihao C.
Member of Technical Staff @ Physical Intelligence
About
Say hi @ shihaocao@gmail.com, or dm me on Twitter!
United States
San Francisco
Computer Software
C++, Flight Software, Leadership, Embedded Software, Systems Integration, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), 3D Printing, Computer Science, AutoCAD, Fusion 360, Java, Python, UAV Construction, UAV Mission Planning, Laser Cutting, UAV Piloting, PC building, Hobby Rocketry
Experience
Member of Technical Staff
Physical Intelligence
San Francisco Bay Area
• General purpose robotics
Software Engineer II
SpaceX
Software Engineer
SpaceX
San Francisco Bay Area
• Built the team's HOOTL stack for phone and satellite simulators • Built Wireless Emergency Alerts from scratch to send the first alerts ever from space • Scaled C++ 4G Core Network from 0 to 10 million devices for Starlink Mobile
Co-founder and CTO
Orchard
• Enabling precision crop management for fruit farmers using robots and AI
Venture Partner
Contrary
• Investing in technology for the future and building startup ecosystems across North America • Led one seed investment in the software/hardware/robotics space
SWE Intern
Jump Trading
• Built custom cache aware low latency (ns range) high rate (10Gbps+) stats framework in C++ • Architected data flow thru 100+ apps, 10+ hosts, shared mem, databases, and frontends • Deployed stats framework into two production clusters, 10x-ing existing stats data flow • Played chess
Co Lead
Pathfinder for Autonomous Navigation
Ithaca, NY
• Spearheaded software development for the Pathfinder for Autonomous Navigation (PAN) project, two 3U Cube Satellites which will autonomously rendezvous and dock in LEO • Developed C++ drivers and flight software for attitude control pipeline and GPS • Devised HITL/HOOTL tests to validate drivers, state-machines, and hardware
Starship Flight Software Intern
SpaceX
Hawthorne, California, United States
• Upgraded inter-process data sharing, deprecating 2 relay systems and 40+ config files • Owned, and supported inter-process data sharing for flight software (200+ devs) • Restructured GNC->FSW->Network data flow for new distributed compute architecture • Architect-ed flight software abort relay verification system, catching 4 critical bugs • Optimized generation speed by 100x through data caching and multi-threaded workflows
Vehicle Engineering Intern
SpaceX
Hawthorne, California, United States
• Responsible for production landscape and engineering of two valves on Falcon 9 and Merlin • Iterated design and process to eliminate 90% of rebuilds, doubling production rate
Systems Engineering Intern
ExoAnalytic Solutions
Reston, VA
• Delivered field deployable solar-powered HackRF-based satellite detector in one month • Developed RF signal processing and filtering routines using GNU Radio and Python
President and Founder
TJUAV
Alexandria, VA
• Spearheaded and managed development of the 2019 fixed-wing UAV for SUAS • Lead architect for flight software, power system, CONOPS, and mech. design/manufacturing • Placed 23rd in Rookie year @ 2019 AUVSI SUAS among 75 college teams
Education
Cornell University
Computer Science
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Computer Science
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