# David Yang

> Agent manager

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidyang2

Generalist robotics software engineer working on autonomous semi-trucks. My range of work includes high-level routing, trajectory generation, sensor calibration, sensor-driver development and offline data analysis among other things. I am always looking to expand my horizon of expertise and jump into new areas or dig deeper into familiar ones.

I work mostly in C++ and python and have a passion for constantly learning how to utilize these languages to write succinct, efficient, and readable code.

My academic background is in development of electric-carbon fuel propulsion systems for aircraft. Specifically in optimization of component sizes to best achieve a single or range of flight profiles.

## Work Experience
### Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Scout AI
Jan 2026 – Present

### Staff Software Engineer @ Kodiak
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | Mountain View, CA

### Senior Software Engineer @ Kodiak
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024

### Software Engineer @ Kodiak
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Mountain View, California, United States

### PHD Student @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

### Turbocharging Systems R&D Intern @ ABB Turbo Systems
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Baden, Switzerland
Research of different turbocharging systems for gas and diesel engines, ranging from basic 1-stage systems to 2-stage systems with EGR and various system control elements.

### Graduate Research Assistant @ MIT Gas Turbine Laboratory
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Experimental investigation of the thermodynamic behavior of supecritical carbon dioxide during rapid expansion.

### Honors Scholar Intern @ Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Austin, Texas
Transfer of C-BML architecture into an OWL ontology through a JAVA-SQL interface.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

### Master of Science (M.S.) in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/david-yang-9744b4a3

---
Source: https://flows.cv/davidyang2
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/davidyang2/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-23