# Raphael Chang

> Software Engineer at Waymo

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/raphaelchang

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Waymo
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States

### Software Engineering Intern @ Skydio
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Redwood City, California, United States
- Architectural improvements of flight controller C++ code to improve autonomy performance
- Investigated image processing methods to determine valid camera regions from video logs
- Design and implementation of inter-task communication framework on real-time OS

### Undergraduate Researcher @ MIT CSAIL - Distributed Robotics Laboratory
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Cambridge, MA
- Led development of cloud robotics communication framework and cloud computing service
- Developed client and server stack for robots running ROS using Python, Go, and JavaScript
- Designed tests and simulations for performance statistics and optimization
- Designed collaborative multi-robot systems with distributed computation in the cloud
- Implemented traffic monitoring algorithms using CNNs for self-driving car applications

### Avionics Intern @ SpaceX
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Hawthorne, CA
- Led development of software tools for production testing of next generation rocket engines
- Architecture improvements for Python test software framework used in avionics production
- Developed various software utilities for simulating, programming, and verifying test units
- Designed circuit boards and harnesses to support test fixture development

### Firmware Engineering Intern @ Boosted Boards
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Mountain View, CA
- Developed production embedded software for next generation portable electric vehicle
- Wrote code for PIC microcontrollers in C to support various hardware peripherals
- Redesigned and implemented motor control algorithms for more accurate torque response
- Designed software to automate development processes such as testing and device pairing

### Student Lab Assistant @ MIT EECS Department
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Cambridge, MA
- Helped design weekly design labs for Introduction to EECS I course, involving Python development for robots
- Assisted class of 50 students at weekly lab hours

### Member @ MIT Motorsports Formula SAE Electric Team
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Cambridge, MA
Electronics and Software team member
- Designed charger and main system safety shutdown boards in Altium Designer
- Developing C++ software for VCU and dashboard, such as regenerative braking system

### Co-President @ Lynbrook High School Robotics Team
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Jose, CA
- Ensured timely completion of all aspects of robot, including mechanical, electrical, software, and finance
- Led mechanical and software development to build functional robot in six weeks

### Software Lead @ Lynbrook High School Robotics Team
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Jose, CA
- Redesigned robot automation framework from scratch using C++
- Wrote computer vision software to track objects in C++, using libraries such as OpenCV, PCL, FFTW, and unicap.
- Designed robot control system, using techniques such as PID and filtering, on National Instruments cRIO real time controller running vxWorks

### Webmaster @ Lynbrook High School Robotics Team
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Jose, CA
Built a fully featured content management system and a member system from scratch for the team website


## Education
### Master of Engineering - MEng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

### Lynbrook High School
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/raphael-chang-2728325a
- Website: https://raphaelchang.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-20