# Tianyi Zhang

> I work on perception data synthesis and sensor simulation at Aurora

Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tianyizhang

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer II @ Aurora
Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Graduate Research Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

### Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
16664 Self-Driving Cars: Perception and Control; 16385 Computer Vision

### Graduate Student Instructor @ University of Michigan
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
ROB535 Self-driving Cars: Perception and Control

### Graduate Student Research Assistant @ University of Michigan
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

### Robotics Engineer @ Refraction AI
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Ann Arbor, MI
Worked on Perception solution for a delivery robot, including:
- Developed software drivers for RGB tracking camera and Hi-dense LiDAR
- Developed a novel feature-based LiDAR-camera calibration method
- Realized the motion compensation pipeline for point cloud
- Realized a intelligent pipeline to automatically calibrate different sensors onboard

### Visiting Student Researcher @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Developed and improved a water flow visualization method for a flow-structure interaction study
Funded by TJU undergraduate fundings

### Software Engineer @ SlamTec
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Shanghai, China
Tested infrared ranging sensors and LiDARs and their application on a mobile indoor robot.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Robotics
Carnegie Mellon University

### PhD pre-candidate in Robotics
University of Michigan

### Master of Science - MS in Robotics
University of Michigan

### Bachelor's degree
Tianjin University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tianyi-zhang-396b0a186

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Last updated: 2026-04-11