Alexandra Zhang Jiang

Avionics Engineer Intern at Virgin Galactic
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(386) 825-5501
Location
San Francisco Bay Area
Languages
  • Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Cantonese Limited working proficiency

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Credentials

  • Learning Altium
    LinkedIn
    Jun, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • Food Handler Cards
    ANSi

Experience

    • United States
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Avionics Engineer Intern
      • Jun 2023 - Present

  • Magnetic Microrobotics and Microsystems
    • University of California, Irvine
    • Chip design researcher
      • Oct 2022 - Present

    • United States
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Avionics Engineer
      • Sep 2022 - Present

    • United States
    • Education Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Vice President
      • Jun 2022 - Jun 2023

    • Open Project Space Lead
      • Apr 2021 - May 2022

      • Organized lectures and workshops to guide 60 students to assemble and program eight projects covering topics such as embedded systems, serial communication, and PCB design• Coordinated with UCLA's Open Project Space founder to get fundings, and feedback• Managed a Canvas page to record students progress and post lectures

    • United States
    • Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Hardware Engineer
      • May 2022 - Jun 2022

    • United States
    • Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chassis and Electrical Lead
      • Oct 2021 - Jun 2022

      • Analyzed current draw and power requirements for each subsystem to determine needed battery capacity, plan power distribution, and implement protection layers such as an analog killswitch for the 2022 rover• Designed 2 MOSFET driver PCBs in KiCad to control motors and other high voltage electronics using digital signals from Raspberry Pi's for the Science Mission• Collaborated with Mechanical Team to plan interior spacing for electrical layout using Solidworks

    • Drive Subsystem Lead
      • Jul 2021 - Oct 2021

      • Supervised the design process of a rocker-bogie suspension system and the design of 3D-printable airless wheels with high crushability and traction for the 2022 rover • Coordinated weekly progress reports with my team to keep motivation up and delegate action tasks to meet deadlines set in a Gantt Chart• Designed electronics layout for the drive system to have a concrete plan for the production phase

    • United States
    • Professional Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Robot Pupper Project: Electrical Lead and Software Co-Lead
      • Oct 2020 - Jun 2021

      • Researched, wired, and programmed movements of a 3-axis legged quadruped robot using Raspberry Pi to communicate via UART with Pololu Maestro motor controller • Used SpeechRecognition Python library to implement vocal commands for the robot • Wrote script in Python to interface with infrared sensors and IMU used for object avoidance • Plan to use a pi camera for object detection for a future iteration • Researched, wired, and programmed movements of a 3-axis legged quadruped robot using Raspberry Pi to communicate via UART with Pololu Maestro motor controller • Used SpeechRecognition Python library to implement vocal commands for the robot • Wrote script in Python to interface with infrared sensors and IMU used for object avoidance • Plan to use a pi camera for object detection for a future iteration

    • United States
    • Robotics Engineering
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Electronics Department Co-Captain
      • May 2019 - May 2020

      • Planned electronics layout for competition robot according to mechanical and programming restrictions with Solidworks• Trained 14 students on electronics basics, pneumatics, tools, and sensors in order to have capacitated members to repair the competition robot in pits after a match• Replaced old electronics equipment by raising $500 from grant writing and networking a sponsorship from Weller for six new soldering equipment

    • Electronics Deparment General Member
      • Sep 2018 - May 2019

      • Participated actively in all team meetings and other teams' workshops• Learned electronics basics, connections, pneumatics, and soldering• Shadowed team leaders and asked relevant questions.

Education

  • UC Irvine
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Engineering
    2020 - 2024
  • Girls Who Code
    Summer Immersion Program
    2019 - 2019
  • Mills High School
    High School Diploma
    2018 - 2020
  • Instituto Panamericano
    2008 - 2018

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