# Zhixian Huang

> Principal Software Engineer at Fortinet

Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/zhixian

Principal Software Engineer at Fortinet Inc.
Strong experience on Unix/Linux platform development and Android system bring up.
Familiar with Computer Networking, Computer Architecture, Robotics, Systems Security.
Language: C/C++, Python, Shell Script.
Please mind that I barely practice interview coding questions, i.e. Leetcode.

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Development Engineer @ Fortinet
Jan 2022 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Develop FortiOS for the Next Generation Firewall (NGFW).
Lead on bringing up new products.
Tune up system performance and enforce system security for FortiGate.

Contributed Products:
FortiGate 50G / FortiGate 30G

Projects: 
FortiOS kernel security hardening:
Enforce whitelisted filesystem mounting
Enforce integrity checking for critical system files.

Industrial Connectivity:
https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.4.4/administration-guide/426842/industrial-connectivity-new
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81j0X749yJ0
IEC60870-101 to IEC60870-104 conversion
Modbus Serial to Modbus TCP conversion

### Software Engineer @ Juniper Networks
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | United States
Honor: CEO Excellence Award (2021)
Develop JUNOS (FreeBSD/WindRiver Linux based OS) on enterprise services gateways.
Design infrastructure modules for kernel in high performance and scalable networking systems.
Contribution: SRX5K-SPC3, SRX5K-RE3, ACX-7100...

### Embedded System Engineer @ Rufus Labs
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Los Angeles
In charge of hardware & embedded system development.
Designed PCB for the 2nd Gen Rufus Cuff (https://www.getrufus.com). 
Built Android BSP and developed drivers for the device.
Maintain Android source codebase.

### Embedded System Engineer Intern @ Rufus Labs
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Los Angeles
Help on porting Android system to the device. Research includes booting, kernel and peripheral driver. Currently I am implementing Android Recovery Mode on device.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rufus-cuff-more-than-a-smartwatch#/story

### Research and Development Engineer @ Shenzhen MinDe electronics technology Ltd. (Mindeo)
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | http://www.mindeo.cn/company_profile.php?lang=1
1) Researched in hardware and embedded systems for the product of barcode scan instruments.
2) Conducted a project of providing universal language unification support on all products.
3) Processed routines including code optimization, technical support, testing, etc.


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
University of Southern California

### Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering
Shenzhen University


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-12