Internships

I worked on the body firmware controls team, and developed lighting applications that run on the new palladium Model S, X, and Tesla Semi such as the Tesla Light Test, which was featured on the Tesla Semi Delivery Event

I joined NVIDIA Isaac Sim team, a scalable robotics simulation that powers photorealistic, and physically accurate metaverse for training advance robots. I worked on creating force sensors and simulating quadruped robots in the Omniverse

Ecobee is a Canadian Smart Thermostat Company, I joined Ecobee as an embedded developer, worked on fixtures that supports thermostats productions and developed computer vision and machine learning algorithms for testing displays

I joined the Teaching Team for an introductory C++ programming course as a TA, hosted tutorials, graded assessments, created exam questions, and supported the automated testing server using Python.

Khazanah is a National Wealth Fund that primarily invest in Silicon Valley startups, and as an innovation intern, I worked on different projects in the fields of drone, computer vision, AR/VR to better understand and explain the technologies to the investors

At Ford Motor Company, I worked on supporting the various chipsets used in the F150 Lightning as a member of the manufacturing software team, using tools such as Jenkins, NI Teststand, C#, and Python.

About Me

I am a robotics systems engineer at NVIDIA on the NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Isaac lab team, building simulation platforms for training and developing robots of the future. I specialize in making sensor simulation models, creating digital twins, and building reinforcement learning workflows for the simulator.

I received my bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering and AI option with distinction at the University of Waterloo. I was a part of WATonomous, the Waterloo's self driving car team where I gained insights in autonomous vehicles and experiences with ROS. I also competed in hackathons and have built 10 unique projects which won numerous awards.

In my free time, I play the accordion and clarinet, adn I am also active at NVIDIA's board game club. I am also a fully licensed pilot, and I miss flying!

Skills

C, C++, C#, CUDA

Python, MATLAB, R

Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP8266

OpenCV and learning Tensorflow

Solidworks, AutoCAD, Blender

ROS, ROS2, Gazebo, and Isaac Sim

Projects and Hobbies

Airplane Project (2020)

The sky is calling!

In this project, I built a remote controlled airplane from scratch using raspberry pi and esp8266 modules, and designed software and mechanical architectures from scratch in a team of two.

Watonomous

Bolty!

Watonomous is a University of Waterloo design team that turns a chevy bolt to a level 4 autonomous vehicle. At Watonomous, I worked on local planning for the vehicle, particularly with the MPC controller and gained valuable experience with ROS.

Webapp Hackathon Projects

Best Use of Google Cloud Award (Purrtector, NWHacks 2021)

Intelibatch (left) is a webapp for displaying and predicting COVID19 cases across North America using React (front end), Flask (back end), and Tensorflow (prediction) to compute the optimal batch size for repeated testing

Purrtector (right) is a chrome extension for encouraging planet positive behaviors by rewarding users with digital pets using React and Flask.

Wearable Hackathon Projects

1st Place (VisionSense, MakeUofT 2019)

VisionSense (left) is an IoT outfit to haptically guide users with visual impairments/obstructions while monitoring their environment

Nightlight (right) is a wearable that allows bike users to signal turns at night via motion-sensing technologies which will activate turn lights

BOFA, the Line Follower Robot

2nd highest competition mark

Lead the mechanical design for a line following robot using SolidWorks, drafted Bill of Material, and oversee software, mechanical, and electrical developments as project manager

HiSecurity!

Hack the north, 2019

This camera system which utilizes machine vision (OpenCV and Sktlearn) to physically track and identify faces using the stepper motors onboard. The handy ui also enables users to track the system remotely and in real time.

VEX Robotics

Finalists, Alberta Provincial Championship 2017 and 2018

Over the three years, we explored various robotics systems such as holonomic drives, reverse double four bar lifts, and even learned C programming and programed PID controllers from scratch in a team of three.
Furthermore, we qualified and competed at VEX World Robotics Championship representing Canada twice, and this experience ultimately propelled me towards a career in robotics engineering.

Pilot

"Oh! I slipped the surly bonds of earth and danced the skies on bright yellow wings."

I finally touched the sky when I earned my glider pilot license in grade 10 and private pilot license in grade 11. This was an breathtaking experiences that inspires me to build robotics airplanes to this date.

Hi, My name is Ji Yuan Feng

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