# Xuesen Li

> Staff Robotics Software Engineer / Tech Lead Manager

Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/xuesen

## Work Experience
### Software Development Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2024 – Present | Santa Clara, CA

### Staff Robotics Software Engineer @ Flexiv Robotics
Jan 2018 – Jan 2024 | Santa Clara, CA
- Developing software platforms for real-time sensor data processing and high efficiency computation.
- Building 3D vision platforms for high precision object detection.
- Developing contact-exploiting reactive motion planning algorithms for navigation in a cluttered environment.

### Head of Product @ Flexiv Robotics
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Santa Clara
- Established the architecture of the 1st and 2nd generation of products(10+) including software packages, AutoML platform, and hardware products and brought them to the customers since 2019.
- Built/Led a team of 20+ engineers and product managers over a span of five years.

### Product Design Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Apple Watch PD - Design the Future of Apple Watch
- Contributed to the architectures and detailed designs of multiple generations of Apple Watches.
- Developed the Haptics and Acoustics modules for over 20 components, and brought designs into mass production.

### Researcher, Robotics @ Stanford University, LentinkLab
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Stanford
- Built an remote-controlled 4-wing flapper airplane (weight 20g, wing-span 11.8in) using carbon fiber. The flying gesture and speed are controlled by servos and a brushless motor.
- Designed an automatically triggered landing gear (weight 3.8g) to mimic the behavior of bird claws, which enabled an UAV to land on vertical walls of different textures including polyethylene, wood and concrete.
- Created models and 3D printed prototypes with special consideration of strength-to-weight ratio.
- Tested and analyzed the performance of the landing gear using high speed cameras (1/2000 sec). Improved designs based on the retracting speed and momentum of the snapping arms.


## Education
### Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014

### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mechanical Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/xuesen

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Last updated: 2026-03-25