# Jianan (Jason) Zhu

> Software Engineer at Pony.ai

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jiananjasonzhu

My name is Jianan Zhu and I am currently working at Pony.ai Inc as a software Engineer working on Planning for autonomous truck. I received my Ph.D. degree in 2020 in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at UC, Irvine and received my bachelor degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing. 
My research area includes robotics, localization, mapping, and navigation from both algorithm development and real-world implementation perspectives. I have hand-on experiences in sensing technologies, e.g., radio sensors (ultra-wideband), inertial sensors, dead-reckoning, and vision sensors. I also have software development experience in C++ for more than 5 years in academia.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Pony.ai
Jan 2020 – Present | Fremont, California, United States

### Graduate Research Assistant @ UC Irvine
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020
•	Developed novel localization algorithms for multi-agent systems under GNSS-denied environments which resulted in consistent estimation with better accuracy and less communication cost 
•	Devised real-time software/hardware systems for different agents with a variety of sensing technologies
•	Collaborated with 3 university faculties and 5 graduate students from 3 different laboratories
•	Mentored 3 undergraduate students on different navigation-related research projects and one of the students won UCI UROP grant

### Teaching Assistant @ UC Irvine
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Irvine, California, United States


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Robotics, navigation, estimation, localization, SLAM, ultrawide band
UC Irvine

### Master of Science - MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
UC Irvine

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Industrial Engineering
Tsinghua University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jianan-jason-zhu

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Last updated: 2026-04-11