# Zihang Li

> Robotics Engineer

Location: Union City, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/zihangli

Zihang earned his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with minor in Computer Science at Ohio State University and Masters’ degree in Mechanical Engineering specified at Product Design at UC Berkeley. Research and work experience related to mechanical design, analysis and manufacture and control. Corresponding Software and skill related to SolidWorks (CAD/CAM), ANSYS APDL (FEA), MATLAB, C++/Python. Right now he is turning to robotics field, building the simulation environment and integrating SLAM/navigation algorithm to generate regression testing.  Interested in seeking mechanical design/ robotics simulation engineer position.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ AutoX
Jan 2022 – Present | San Jose, California, United States

### Co-Founder & Robotics Engineer @ Friendly Robots Company
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California
● As a startup team to build the differential drive vacuuming robot from hardware and software
● Simulation: Build the simulation infrastructure and regression testing pipeline with Gazebo
● Devop: Deploy the sim testing to AWS and build the git CICD pipeline using Docker and Bash
● SLAM: Implement and tune Cartographer and RTABMAP in sim and real robot
● Navigation: Tune ROS nav stack with TEB local planner and write own global planner with C++
● Data analysis: Build the online and offline Python script to log the robot trajectory and analyze
● Robot Arm with vision: Build two-link arm in a moving robot with object detection. Write the API
to nav the robot and manipulate arm to reach the object using Python, OpenCV, HEBI actuator
● Mechanical: Iterate the new robot fairing and deck design
● Skill utilized: ROS, Python, Bash, Docker, C++, Gazebo, URDF, SolidWorks, SLAM/NAV Algorithm

### Research Assistant @ UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Berkeley, Canifornia
Dynamic Aerial Manipulation using Quadrotor UAV Research 
(Graduate Researcher at Hybrid Robot Lab )
•	Led a group of three to build a drone delivery system 
•	Mainly focused on grabber accessory prototyping and testing with Raspberry Pi
•	Skill utilized: SolidWorks, 3D Printing, Lab Testing with Python, DFM/DFA

### Mechanical Engineer @ suitX
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Berkeley,Calnifornia
Hiking Exoskeleton of Knee Design Project 
(UC Berkeley Collaborated with SuitX)
•	Grouped to design the exoskeleton of knee for hiking customers to reduce knee fatigue
•	Mainly focused on redesign the Series Elastic Actuator to smaller the size by 30%
•	Skill utilized: SolidWorks, FEA, Excel, DFM/DFA, GD&T

### Mechanical Engineer @ Chang Jiang Bearing Co., Ltd
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Chongqing City, China
Ball Bearing Design and Improve 
(Summer Internship)
•	Grouped to redesign the failure ball bearing in gearbox for Getrag DCT300 project 
•	Utilize the ROMAX to build the gearbox model, and check the design with calculating percent of damage of bearing after given operation hours and maximum contact stress
•	Skill utilized: ROMAX, Excel

### Research Assistant @ Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Columbus, Ohio Area
Build Efficient Model for Turbomachinery Research
(Undergraduate Researcher at Gas Turbine Lab)
•	As individual researcher to combine MAX Method and Fourier Constraint Modes Method to analyze damaged turbine rotors and get Reduced Order Model to simplify the analysis
•	The time of ANSYS FEA for turbine rotor system reduced from 4 days to 1 day
•	Skill utilized: MATLAB, FEA (ANSYS APDL), Modeling


## Education
### Master of Engineering - MEng in Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Mechanical Engineering Major, Computer Science Minor
The Ohio State University

### Bachelor's degree in Vehicle Engineering
Chongqing Jiaotong University


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29