# Ivan Chen > CET @ RIT | Software Engineer Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ivanchen1 Born and raised in New York City, I love to read, program, and release my creative energy. I spend most of my free time learning more about technology, design, and public speaking. I'm a 2nd year undergraduate student studying computer engineering at RIT. I'm currently working at the NYC Mayor's Office of Management and Budget where I work on optimizing and automating data workflows. I was the Vice President of Software Engineering at StuyPulse for the 2023 FRC season and also led the Research and Development efforts of the team. I specialize in developing autonomous robotic systems and computer vision solutions. I worked in Manhattan's Chinatown as a Program Coordinator alongside Hon. Justin Chin-Shan Yu, identifying solutions for community issues and advocating for change within our local government. ## Work Experience ### Autonomous Software Engineer @ RIT Racing Jan 2024 – Present • Develop a high-fidelity multi-threaded HIL vehicle dynamics simulation in C using a bicycle model and torque vectoring to analyze and test a full perception, planning, and control pipeline. • Engineer a 3D perception stack to process simulated LiDAR frames, sent via UDP, into point clouds with detection and classification algorithms like RANSAC ground plane removal and A-BIRCH for cone clustering. • Implement a Stanley vehicle controller for trajectory tracking, migrating from previous pure pursuit approach. • Create a baseline path planner calculating track centerline using Delaunay triangulation and cubic interpolation. • Research advanced control, including LQR and MPC, and high-fidelity SLAM solutions using LIO-SAM. ### Teaching Assistant @ Rochester Institute of Technology Jan 2025 – Present Courses: - Mechatronics Senior Design - Microcontroller Systems - Introduction to Digital and Micro Systems ### Software Engineering Intern @ New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | New York, New York, United States • Automated end-to-end tax data pipelines with automated report generation/notification with MS Power Automate. • Reduced daily data cleaning / processing time by 93% to 1.5 minutes, using Pandas and Python. • Architected internal tax legislation research LLM + RAG system, with ChromaDB and LLaMA. ### Web Development Lead @ The Stuyvesant Spectator Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States - Led effort to completely redesign and build a new website that was more stable and featured a modern new design. - Reworked the workflow of uploading articles to the website for greater efficiency and a better user experience. ### Full Stack Engineer @ The Stuyvesant Spectator Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States ### Software Engineer @ StuyPulse Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States - Developed and tested the code for two highly esteemed robots, ranked #24 and #26 in the world during the 2022 and 2023 seasons, respectively. - Took on the responsibility of creating educational resources to impart knowledge to new team members and ensure the preservation of our existing expertise. - Played a crucial role in mentoring newcomers in programming and other vital concepts in robotics. - Led efforts in exploring innovative technologies through dedicated research initiatives. ### Vice President of Software Engineering @ StuyPulse Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States - Managed a department of 40+ members to write clean and functional code. - Led a team of 130+ members through the FRC season, to multiple competitions, and world championships. - Worked extensively with members and fellow leadership members to design, build, program, and test world-class FRC robots with advanced controls and engineering knowledge. ### Webmaster @ StuyPulse Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States ### Program Coordinator @ Chinatown East Neighborhood Council Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States - Worked alongside Democratic District Leader Justin Yu. - Coordinated with interns, community leaders, and non-profit organizations within Manhattan's Chinatown. - Advocated against congestion pricing, proposed a tree planting project to government officials, planned fairs and events, hosted press conferences, gave speeches, and worked on many other issues that impact the Chinatown community. ### Junior Caucus Director of IT @ Stuyvesant Student Union Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States ### Sophomore Caucus Director of IT @ Stuyvesant Student Union Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States Co-led and worked on creating a new website design. Improved the backend content management system (CMS) of the website. Led a project to create a centralized search engine for information in the school. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Engineering Technology Rochester Institute of Technology Jan 2024 ### Stuyvesant High School Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 ### IS239 Mark Twain Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/anivanchen - GitHub: https://github.com/anivanchen - Website: https://ivanchen.dev - Website: https://linkedin.com/in/anivanchen --- Source: https://flows.cv/ivanchen1 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ivanchen1/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01