Hi, I am Ji Yuan 'Steven' Feng

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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.

Steven Feng

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