Kailin Huang

About Me

Software Engineer for Autonomous Driving at NVIDIA. MSc Mechanical Engineering - Robotics from ETH Zürich. I have experience in Visual Localization and Mapping, GNSS, Sensor Fusion, Pose-Graph Optimization, Extended Kalman Filter and Particle Filter.

I was born in China and grew up there. I moved to Germany with my parents when I was 15. After finishing the German highschool (Abitur), I came to Switzerland to study mechanical engineering at ETH Zurich.

I speak Chinese, English and German fluently and can, after several years of struggle, also understand Swiss German. ;)

Projects & Experiences

Industrial

• Senior Software Engineer for Autonomous Driving NVIDIA, Zurich, 12.2023 - current
  • Software development for state estimation for NVIDIA’s autonomous driving system
• Sensor Fusion Engineer Fixposition AG, Zurich, 06.2019 - 11.2023
  • Sensor fusion for high-precision localization using VO/VIO, RTK-GNSS, IMU and V-SLAM
  • Embedded Linux software development
  • Tools for data organization, analysis and visualization
• Particle Filter for lane level localization Short Internship, Autonomous Driving Department, NIO, Shanghai, 12.2018 - 01.2019
  • Sensor fusion using particle filtering for lane level localization using Vision, GNSS and IMU data.
• CFD Methodology Development MAHLE Behr GmbH, Stuttgart, 03.2016 - 09.2016
  • Programming Java-Tools for automation of STAR-CCM+ simulation workflow, post-processing and report generation.
  • Maintain compatibilities with updated APIs of Star-CCM+.
  • Implementation of new functionalities and improvements of the automation workflow.
  • Development of a cross-platform (Windows, Linux) Java-Tool for automated report generation from CFD simulation results.

Academic

• Dense Object SLAM Master Thesis, Computer Vision and Geometry Group, ETH Zürich, 03.2018 - 10.2018 Supervisor: Peidong Liu and Prof. Marc Pollefeys

  • Dense SLAM using RGB-D cameras with semantic instance segmentation using deep learning.
  • Using alignment of depth information to creat a 3D reconstruction of each object.

  • Objects can be used as landmarks for localization and loop closure.

    Code, Thesis

• The role of Fluid Mechanics in Zebrafish Regeneration Semester Project, CSE-Lab, ETH Zürich, 04.2017 - 07.2017 Supervisor: Dr. Siddhartha Verma

  • Coupled fluid-solid CFD simulation to understand the force on a zebra-fish’s tailfin.

• Feasibility study of an unsprung aerodynamic package in Formula Student Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zürich

• Formula Student Electric ETH Zurich Student Project, AMZ Racing, 09.2013 - 09.2016 Building a formula style race car in a team of about 25 people. Compete in Formula Student competitions (Formula Student Germany , UK, Austria, Spain) across Europe.

  • Design and development of steering system
  • Design, simulation, manufacturing of aerodynamics
  • Wind-tunnel testing and validation of aerodynamics
  • Mentor of aerodynamics

Education

• MSc. in Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zürich, 2016-2019 Focus in Robotics Courses:
  • Machine Learning
  • Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence
  • Image Analysis and Computer Vision
  • Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control
  • Recursive Estimation
  • Robot Dynamics
  • Theory of Robotics and Mechatronics
  • Vehicle Propulsion System
  • Flight Dynamics
  • Introduction to Game Theory
  • Fundamentals of CFD
  • Advanced CFD

• BSc. in Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zürich, 2012-2016

  Courses:

  • Analysis I/II/III
  • Mechanics I/II/III
  • Linear Algebra
  • Chemistry
  • Machine Elements
  • Innovation Project
  • Control Systems I/II
  • Signals and Systems
  • Informatics
  • Computational Engineering
  • Manufacturing Techniques
  • Dimensioning I/II
  • Fluid Dynamics I/II
  • Thermodynamics I/II/III
  • Aerial and Ground Vehicle Aerodynamcis
  • Lightweight Construction

More to come

My technical blog. Currently empty but will be filled with stuffs during the time.

Contact

My Email is kailin-huang@outlook.com

You are also welcome to follow me and message me on LinkedIn and Github. I am also a hobby photograph, follow Instagram and Shutterstock to see my photos.