Professional Experience
NIO Firefly Autonomous Driving System
Technical Manager / Data Platform Expert
August 2018 - Present
Lead Data Platform team in NIO Firefly Autonomous Driving System. Accelerate the development and test validation of L2 autonomous systems through unified data platforms and simulation. Architecture of network traffic load test and real-time analysis for SUD vehicles. Design online data management system for ADAS L2 testing and SUD platform.
Pactera
Software Architect
November 2017 - January 2018
Developed a web system to import data into Apache Hive from various databases and file systems using different configurations. Used Spring/MyBatis framework as well as Shell scripting.
ChooseBuy
Founder / Architect
July 2007 - October 2017
Developed process automation projects for SME. Set up various databases including MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft Access, PostGres, Solr Cloud/ElasticSearch. Developed Web/Java API to read data from databases and present as reports. Recognized as one of the top 10,000 freelancers out of 20 million freelancers on freelancer.com.
Key Projects - Autonomous Driving & AI
Adventure - Data Platform for Engineering Vehicles
Period: April 2023 - August 2025 | Position: Technical Manager/Expert
Description: Built the foundation data platform for the entire ADAS team in Firefly business division, from 0 to 1. Established data format, data transmission protocol and technical standards, executed various projects to build up the data platform and operate it efficiently.
Results: For test vehicles, collection of 6.1 million clips in 2.5 years from Apr 2023 to Aug 2025. For user vehicles, more than 2 billion files, monthly traffic of more than 46 million visits.
Logsim - Software in Loop Simulation of ADAS Functions
Period: October 2023 - August 2024 | Position: Technical Manager/Expert
Description: Developed a cloud-based functional simulation system to identify bugs and performance issues during functional development, providing validation and regression testing reports for functional algorithms.
Results: Designed the technical architecture for the cloud LogSim system, enabling the concurrent execution of up to 260 test cases across 18 servers. Developed a large-scale, K8S-based cloud simulation system capable of executing 60+ test cases simultaneously.
Mecha - CI/CD Platform
Period: October 2022 - December 2022 | Position: Technical Manager/Expert
Description: Established the software CI/CD process for Firefly Autonomous Driving from the ground up. Integrated software from domains including ADAS, chassis, and telematics into a unified package. Managed software releases involving multi-chip architectures, multiple operating systems, and various programming languages.
Results: Successfully delivered 450+ releases of the FYAD software package. A single CI/CD operations engineer supported 30+ software developers.
Observer - SUD ADAS Data Platform
Period: June 2019 - June 2020 | Position: Technical Manager/Staff Engineer
Description: Established a data visualization and analytic platform by collecting ADAS data from over 250,000 user vehicles, enabling real-time signal analysis and statistical monitoring.
Results: Reduced the peak data loss rate from 50% to under 5%. Decreased data latency from hours to under 5 seconds, enabling near real-time analysis. Tuned the data ETL pipeline to ensure stability and handle data fluctuations between peak and off-peak hours.
Luna - ADAS Data System for QA Vehicle
Period: August 2018 - March 2019 | Position: Technical Manager/Staff Engineer
Description: Collected sensor and application data from test vehicles and implemented data visualization on a web platform, performing necessary data analysis and data format conversion.
Results: Successfully established a cloud-based data visualization and management system, reduced the time to data to be under 24 hours.
Education
September 2000 - July 2003
National University of Singapore
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
January 2000 - July 2000
National Institute of Education
English, Computer, Calculus
September 1999 - November 1999
University of Science and Technology of China
Applied Chemistry
Certifications & Specializations
Coursera Specialization: Functional Programming in Scala
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Including: Functional Programming Principles, Functional Program Design, Parallel Programming, Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark, Capstone Project
Coursera Specialization: Deep Learning
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Including: Neural Networks and Deep Learning, Improving Deep Neural Networks, Structuring ML Projects, Convolutional Neural Networks, Sequence Models
Additional Coursera Courses: Machine Learning, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies, Algorithms (Part I & II)
Languages: Mandarin (Fluent), English (Fluent)
