Hannah Yang
About Hannah Yang
Passionate Positioning/Navigation Engineer My professional career started at GPS Research Laboratory in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford, and transferred to Qualcomm and later to Intel. Throughout my professional career, I have worked extensively in developing innovative navigation systems in aviation and in smartphones and wearable devices. I am passionate about the position, navigation, and timing systems in aviation, spacecraft, and autonomous vehicles. During my Ph.D. at Stanford GPS Research Laboratory, I worked on GBAS and was a pioneer of developing algorithms to meet or suggest to modify the FAA integrity and availability requirements for airport surface and terminal area navigation using single-frequency differential GPS. At Qualcomm, I designed and developed the indoor navigation system using various sensors, and the crowdsourcing based location service system in smartphones. I enjoyed developing systems from concept through demo-level production. My 5 years of experience as an R&D systems engineer bring expertise in requirements and design documentation, and test-plan generation and execution. At Intel, I worked on the design, development, and testing of the algorithm of the GNSS/INS positioning navigation system integrated with other various sensors, focusing on developing commercial products in wearable devices and smartphones that can be used as navigation systems for vehicles as well. In the process of product development, I have experienced in peer design and code reviews, and process feedback and improvements. In both companies, I have experienced how to use machine learning with a neural network for research and product development. Also, I have been exposed to navigation systems with cameras/LiDAR through conferences, symposiums, and seminars for the last 10 years for the application of aircraft and smartphones. For my future career, I am very excited to explore other technologies of navigation systems. Years of research and industrial experience and expertise demonstrate my skills and potential as a technical lead for developing position, navigation, and timing systems in aerospace and autonomous vehicles.