# Ximu Z. > Senior Engineer, AI Framework Software Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ximu Senior software engineer in AI compiler, focusing on backend (codegen). ## Work Experience ### Senior Engineer, AI Framework Software @ Black Sesame Technologies Inc Jan 2023 – Present | San Jose, California, United States ### Engineer, AI Framework Software @ Black Sesame Technologies Inc Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Jose, California, United States ### Graduate Research Assistant @ University of Tennessee, Knoxville Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Knoxville, Tennessee Area 1. Classification of causes of distribution power system outages using LSTM+FC. Classify the cause of outages given the data including current waveform, weather, faulted phase, etc. (Python, TensorFlow/Keras) 2. XCPonEthernet communication between CANape and ZedBoard Zynq-7000 ARM/FPGA SoC Development Board for online measurement and calibration, cooperated with Daimler. (C/C++, XCP, UDP) 3. FreeRTOS application on Xilinx ZedBoard for multi-tasking in motor control and diagnostic, cooperated with Daimler. (C/C++) 4. CAN/CAN FD communication between CANalyzer and Xilinx ZedBoard, cooperated with Daimler. (C/C++) ### Graduate Student Research Assistant @ University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater Detroit Area 1. Vehicle position and context detection & prediction. Built geometric model plus neural network for detection and prediction (within 1 sec) of vehicle’s relative position on self-collected V2V dataset. (MATLAB) 2. Detection of driver stress in real-world driving environment using physiological signals (BR, HR, HRV, GSR) with convolutional neural network (CNN), cooperated with Toyota Research Institute. (Python) ### Electrical Engineering Intern @ NIO Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Shanghai City, China Wireless charging and automatic parking: involving in wireless charging system design, validation and test; working with ADAS group for automatic parking. ## Education ### Master's degree in Electrical Engineering University of Tennessee, Knoxville ### Master's degree in Computer and Information Sciences University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School ### Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ximu-z-b1a2a4179 --- Source: https://flows.cv/ximu JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ximu/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01