I am a robotics engineer with expertise in simulation development, narrowing the sim-to-real gap by creation of high-fidelity virtual environments to accelerate robotic testing and deployment. I am particularly passionate about reinforcement learning and imitation learning, exploring control strategies that enable safer, more human-like interactions.
I earned my Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Waterloo. I also conducted human-robot interaction research at the Active Robotics Interaction Lab under Dr. Yue Hu, with a publication on IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
Hi, I am Ji Yuan 'Steven' Feng
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I am a robotics systems engineer passionate about bringing autonomous and biomimetic robots to life.
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NVIDIA
2023 to Present
At NVIDIA, I worked on both Isaac Lab and Isaac Sim, focusing on distinct facets of robotic simulation. In Isaac Lab, I developed scalable humanoid and legged robot models and designed reinforcement learning-based locomotion policies. In Isaac Sim, I concentrated on high-fidelity simulation, building realistic digital twins, synthetic sensor models, and inference pipelines for deploying trained policies through ROS and Isaac Sim. I also presented several talks at NVIDIA GTC on robot composition and software-in-the-loop simulation pipelines.
Education
University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechatronics Engineering with AI Option, with Distinction
Active Robotics Interaction Lab
Researched human perception of robot behaviors under Dr. Yue Hu, paper published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Stanford University
Robotics and Autonomous Systems Graduate Certificate (In Progress)
Internships
Tesla
Developed lighting apps for new Model S/X and Tesla Semi, including Tesla Light Test.
NVIDIA
Built realistic sensors and simulated quadruped robots in NVIDIA Isaac Sim's robotics platform.
ecobee
Built production test fixtures and CV/ML algorithms for smart thermostat display testing.
University of Waterloo, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
TA for intro C++ course; led tutorials, graded, designed exams.
Khazanah National Americas
Explored drone, CV, and AR/VR tech to support investor understanding and decision-making.
Ford Motor Company
Supported F150 Lightning development and testing using Jenkins, TestStand, C#, Python.
Projects
Skills

C, C++, C#, CUDA
Python, MATLAB, R
Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP8266
OpenCV, Tensorflow, Pytorch
Solidworks, AutoCAD, Blender

ROS, ROS2, Gazebo
Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab
Private Pilot, Glider Pilot License