Steven Xu

Robert Bosch GmbH

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• Synthesized Xilinx FPGA designs in Vivado, developing RTL architectures in VHDL and integrating IP cores, softcore processors, and communication protocols to optimize signal processing algorithms in a quantum gyroscope.
• Programmed Microblaze microcontroller firmware utilizing Vitis in C through UART to evaluate processor efficiency, control gyroscopic rotation, and allow for real-time interfacing for parameter tuning and filter optimization.
• Developed validation designs for FPGA radiation testing, integrating software and hardware benchmarks to determine FPGA SEU and TID effects and conducting experiments with radiation of up to 30 kilorads with 70% resource usage.
• Implemented a Python testing interface using PyQt to simulate gyroscopic behaviour and optimize data processing threads and GUIs for efficient board testing.

Greypoint Industries

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• Developed embedded systems and firmware for autonomous drones

UBC Sailbot

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• Developed Python applications for simulating component choices utilizing object-oriented programming to define the model, simulation physics and to increase sailboat simulation efficiency by around 50%.
• Conducted statistical analysis using a multivariate Gaussian vector generator and designed a rudder PID simulation.
• Gained hands-on experience with Git, Linux, ROS, and Docker and developed object-oriented boat state classes.
• Participated in multidisciplinary design reviews to optimize sailboat design specifications and software integration.

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• Developed a Python Data Pipeline for researchers to validate structures in nanotechnology optical banknote designs.
• Implemented simulation in Jupyter Notebooks, iterating through sample feedback and managing GDS layout databases.
• Leveraged expertise in Python, Git, and Docker to enhance project workflows. Applied mathematical knowledge of linear algebra and 3-D transformations to find optimal optics rotations capable of increasing simulation efficiency by 30%.
• Conducted optical research in photographic measurement using analyzing the effects of light to optimize colour effects.

University of British Columbia

Awards: Presidential Scholars Award, Dean’s Honour List

Relevant Coursework: Software Construction, Data Structures & Algorithms, Signals & Systems, Linear Circuits, Robotics, Machine Learning