Hello, I'm Zixun Huang
MSE Electrical Engineering (Robotics) at University of Pennsylvania
Passionate about robotics, autonomous systems, and bridging software engineering with intelligent machines.
About Me
Welcome to my personal website!
I'm currently pursuing my Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) in Electrical Engineering with a Robotics concentration at the University of Pennsylvania. I'm passionate about bridging the gap between software engineering and robotics systems.
I have hands-on experience in full-stack development, systems programming, and data analysis from my internships at Tesla and other tech companies. I'm particularly interested in how AI and robotics can solve real-world challenges in automotive, manufacturing, and service industries.
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
Frameworks & Technologies
Tools & Platforms
Languages
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) - Electrical Engineering
August 2025 - May 2027 (Expected)
Concentration: Robotics
Currently pursuing advanced studies in electrical engineering with a focus on robotics, including advanced control systems, machine learning applications, and autonomous systems design.
University of California, Berkeley
Computer Science Exchange Student
January 2023 - December 2023
GPA: 3.94/4.00
Honors: A+'s in Software Engineering and Data Structures
Core Courses: Operating Systems and System Programming, Efficient Algorithms and Intractable Problems, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, etc.
Tongji University
Bachelor's Degree - Computer Science and Technology, Software Engineering (Senior)
September 2021 - Present
GPA: 90.8/100
Honors: Undergraduate Scholarship, Exchange Scholarship
Core Courses: Advanced Programming Language, Database Principles and Applications, Computer Networks, etc.
Experience
Software Engineering Intern
Tesla (Shanghai Gigafactory, R&D Center) - APAC Service Engineering team
03/2024 - 08/2024
Platform Development: Developed and maintained Tesla's in-China Service Vehicle Management Platform (Elena), using TypeScript on React, including new feature implementations, menu revision and code debugging.
Data Analysis: Performed vehicle alert data analysis in Python and created statistical diagrams to meet government requirements.
Team Assistance: Assisted the North America Service Engineering team in refactoring front-end code of an internal website to meet regulatory compliance requirements.
Captions Project: Reconstructed the data analysis procedure, designed and implemented a one-stop platform for team engineers to access and locate custom data visualizations, using AWS OpenSearch service.
Process Improvement: This project simplified the data analysis workflow for the team, improved data search efficiency, reducing reliance on Python scripts and front-end tasks.
Software Engineering Intern
Hundsun Technologies Inc. - Summer Camp
07/2023 - 08/2023
Front-end Development: Developed HundsunOS Fund Sales System using company front-end framework (vue2.0) and micro-services.
User Interface Design: Designed layouts for web management system interface, including relevant documentation.
Code Optimization: Revised code structure under mentor guidance, refactored CSS style scope and regulated function parameters.
System Testing: Conducted both unit and integration testing on the system, creating test cases using Jest documentation.
Projects
ActionMap
Group Leader, Full-stack Developer
10/2023 - 12/2023
Implemented a web app in MVC architecture based on Ruby on Rails which allows users to access the basic information of candidates and their related news in groups of different topics on a visual map modal through the API of Google.
Group Leadership: Led a team of four, performing agile development, organizing each cycle design and review, and engaging in pair programming to complete key features and testing for the project.
TDD/Test Driven Development: Constructed unit tests using RSpec and integration tests with Cucumber and Capybara, simulating user interactions and measuring test scalability, by Agile process requirement.
Software Development: Implemented concepts and techniques learned from Software Engineering course (CS169), utilizing patterns like factory, observer, and strategy integration DRY principle.
Project Management: Managed project issues via GitHub Project and deployed the app in stages to Heroku.
PintOS
Group Leader, C language Developer
01/2023 - 05/2023
Developed an operating system for the x86 architecture in C language which supports multithreading, loading and a file system.
Group Leadership: Led the whole group to collaborate on brainstorming project design, implementation, writing test cases and debugging.
Feature Implementation: Developed kernel thread, priority thread scheduling, cache eviction based on the existing framework code.
Problem Solving: Handled tough cases such as race conditions due to priority thread scheduling, synchronization of cache list in file system.
Honors & Awards
2022-2023
Tongji University International and Hong Kong-Macao-Taiwan Exchange Scholarship (Third Class)
2021-2022
Tongji University Undergraduate Social Activity Scholarship
2021-2022
Tongji University Undergraduate Second-Class Scholarship
2021-2022
Excellent Student Leader, Tongji University
2021
Men's Group Champion, National Lacrosse University Student League
2021
Outstanding Worker, Jiqin Academic New Media Planning Department "Jiqin Small Assistant"