Philip Chen

About Philip Chen

Hands-on engineer with 13+ years of experience across semiconductor, consumer electronics, and automotive industries, specializing in embedded software design, manufacturing testing, software release management and partner/customer/ecosystem engagement.** My open source contribution **- Linux Kernel: https://tinyurl.com/5785fatp- Chromium OS (EC firmware): https://tinyurl.com/2p94jtmu- Chromium OS (factory tools): https://tinyurl.com/9f25vvfn- Chromium OS (autotest): https://tinyurl.com/mx8ckwm- Coreboot: https://tinyurl.com/2veecb8x- AOSP: https://tinyurl.com/22y25rx7

Experience

1. Tech Lead, Android Automotive Virtualization and Soc Ecosystem

   Google

   Nov 2021 — Present · Kirkland, WA, US

   Virtualization **- Founded and led a team to build the virtual AAOS reference device, extending AOSP “Cuttlefish” emulator to support automotive-specific features (e.g. vehicle HAL, hibernation, IMU, camera)- Drove AAOS ecosystem to migrate to the cloud-native virtual development/test platform- Collaborated with automotive hypervisor and SoC partners to enable AAOS digital twin- Designed and implemented the power management framework for AAOS-SDV (an Android OS variant for Software-Defined-Vehicle)** SoC Ecosystem **- Initiated and launched \"AAOS Vendor Readiness Program\" to build reference IVI SW with global automotive SoC partners, shortening OEM time-to-market by 3+ months- Drove AAOS ecosystem to adopt GKI (Generic Kernel Image) and secured buy-in from the lead SoC/OEM partners for the first launch

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

  Master's degree, Software Management

• National Taiwan University

  Master's degree, Communication Engineering

• National Taiwan University

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering

Skills

• Rf Design
• Signal Integrity
• Circuit Design
• Firmware
• Software Engineering
• Integrated Circuit Design
• Power Management
• Embedded Systems