# Yifan Nie

> Software engineer in autonomous driving

Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/yifannie

Comprehensive experiences both in academia and industry. Proficient in multiple programming languages. Passionate in scientific software development.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.
Jan 2024 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Senior Research And Development Engineer @ Synopsys Inc
Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View

### Postdoctoral Fellow @ SuperAnnotate AI
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
Understanding how the annotation quality affects the recognition on both object recognition and semantic segmentation tasks. Built two stage networks for incrementally improving the quality of the semantic segmentation network.

### Postdoctoral Scholar @ Berkeley Lab
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Berkeley, CA
Multiscale simulation method development and application in nano-science. Machine-learning based force field potential development.

### Intern - Multiscale Modeling Engineer @ Micron Technology
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Boise, ID
Working with ab initio calculations of materials and chemicals in collaboration with the in-house development, and device physics by multi-scale (atomistic-continuum) modeling and simulations. Delivered technical reports and co-authored 1 manuscript.

### Actor @ The Court Theatre
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Christchurch, NZ
Playing Demetrius in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream.

### Assistant Engineer @ State Power Investment Corporation
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Beijing City, China
DFT and MD simulations of the corrosion of structural materials, represented by zirconium alloys. Co-authored 2 manuscripts.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Texas at Dallas

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Materials Chemistry
Peking University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yifan-nie-36b07b182

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Last updated: 2026-03-29